140 likes | 306 Views
ESPON Info Day on 18 May 2010. The ESPON 2013 Programme: Achievements and Prospects. The ESPON 2013 Programme. Role in Structural Funds 2007-2013: Support policy development with evidence on European territorial structures, trends, perspectives and policy impacts Mission:
E N D
ESPON Info Day on 18 May 2010 The ESPON 2013 Programme: Achievements and Prospects
The ESPON 2013 Programme Role in Structural Funds 2007-2013: • Support policy development with evidence on European territorial structures, trends, perspectives and policy impacts Mission: • Provide comparable information on territorial dynamics that can reveal territorial capital and potentials Budget 2007-13: • 47 mill Euro, • 34 mill. Euro from the European Commission • 13 mill. Euro from 31 countries participating Programme Priorities: • Applied Research, Targeted Analyses, Scientific Platform and Tools, and Capitalisation
Applied Research (1) 6 first projects: • Cities and Urban Agglomerations/Functionality and development opportunities for European competitiveness and cohesion (FOCI) • Development Opportunities in different types of Rural Areas (EDORA) • Demography and Migratory Flows affecting European regions and cities (DEMIFER) • Effects of Rising Energy Prices on Regional Competitiveness (RERISK) • Territorial Impact Assessment of Policies (TIP TAP) • Climate Change and Territorial Effects on regions and local economies (CLIMATE)
Applied Research (2) 9 new projects decided in February 2010: • Attractiveness of European regions and cities for residents and visitors • European patterns of land use • Territorial cooperation in transnational areas and across internal/external borders • Accessibility at regional/local scale and patterns in Europe • Secondary growth poles in territorial development • European perspective on specific types of territories • Territorial dimension of innovation and knowledge economy • Continental territorial structures and flows (globalisation) • Territorial and Regional sensitivity of EU Directives
Applied Research (3) 2 new projects launched on 3 May 2010: • Services of General Interest • European Seas in Territorial Development Second screening of Stakeholder demand ongoing Last 6-8 Applied Research projects for calls in 2011
Targeted Analyses: Use of ESPON results (1) • The Case for Agglomeration Economies in Europe/CAEE (Manchester, Barcelona, Dublin and Lyon) • The Development of the Islands – European Islands and Cohesion Policy/EUROISLANDS (Ministry of Economy and Finance, GR plus 9 stakeholders) • Cross-Border Polycentric Metropolitan Regions/MetroBorder (Ministries in CH, LU, BE, DE and FR) • Success for Convergence Regions’ Economies/SURE (Campania Region plus regions in PO, ES and GR) • Spatial Scenarios: New Tools for Local-Regional Territories/SS-LR (Regions of Barcelona, Torino and Herault) • Territorial Diversity/TeDi(Ministries in NO, FI, CH, CY, MT, RO and SE)
Targeted Analysis (2) • Potential of Rural Regions/PURR (Notodden municipality, Cesis District, North Yorkshire county and Wales) • Transnational Support Method for European Cooperation/ TranSMEC (North West Europe programme) 8 projects opened for proposals on 3 May 2010: • ESPON and TIA/EATIA • Yardsticks for Cross-border Spatial Development/ULYSSES • Regional Integrated Strategies/RISE • Polycentric Metropolisation in Central Europe/POLYCE • Territorial Performance Monitoring/TPM • Development conditions for Paris, Berlin, Warsaw/BEST METROPOLISES • Migration and gender balance in rural regions/SEMIGRA • Smart Institutions for Territorial Development/SMART-IST
Targeted Analysis (3) 2 projects to be launched in August 2010 • Airports as Drivers in Peripheral Regions/ADES • Advanced Monitoring of regional R&D/AMCER 4-5 Targeted Analyses for Calls in 2011 • Call for Expression of Interest in January 2011 • Call for Proposals in August 2011
Scientific Platform and Tools MC selected project proposal in February 2010: • Territorial Indicators/Indices 2 major additional projects for 2010-2011: • ESPON 2013 Database – phase II in August 2010 • Territorial Monitoring in 2011
Transnational Networking Activities 2 projects ongoing involving partners of the ESPON Contact Point Network: • ESPON in Integrated Strategies/ESPON-INTERSTRAT • Nordic-Baltic Dialogue on Spatial Planning/NORBA New Call for Proposals opened on 3 May 2010
Progress by autumn 2010 Programme Implementation progress: • Applied Research projects: • 17 projects ongoing or final • 6-8 additional Applied Research projects remain • Targeted Analysis (based on stakeholder demand): • 18 ongoing • 4-5 additional Targeted Analyses coming up • Scientific Platform and Tools: • 2 major projects ongoing • 2 major projects remaining • Transnational Networking Activities: • 2 projects ongoing • 5-7 additional projects foreseen
Summing up: Remaining Calls Remaining rounds of calls • 3 May 2010 (currently open and subject of Info Day) • 24 August 2010 • Call for Proposals for 2 Targeted Analyses • Call for Proposals for Database II • January 2011 and September 2011 will include: • Call for Proposals for 6-8 Applied Research projects • Call for Expression of Interest for Targeted Analyses • Call for Proposals on 4-5 Targeted Analyses • Call for Proposals on Territorial Monitoring • Call for Proposals on Transnational Networking Activities
Major Capitalisation in 2010 Media and Publications • New ESPON Website (including Map of the Month) • Territorial Observations (Lisbon/2020, Creative, IT) • First Scientific Report in September 2010 • First Synthesis Report in October 2010 Events • Open ESPON Seminar in Alcala, Spain on 9-10 June 2010 • ESPON Stakeholder Conference on Targeted Analyses in Bruxelles, October/November 2010 • ESPON Workshop in October/November 2010
More Information Thank you for your attention Please visit www.espon.eu