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ESPON Workshops 5 and 6 October 2010 in Bruxelles. The ESPON 2013 Programme: Achievements and Prospects. The ESPON 2013 Programme. Role in Structural Funds 2007-2013:
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ESPON Workshops 5 and 6 October 2010 in Bruxelles 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 based on comparable information on regions and cities revealing territorial capital and potentials. Budget 2007-13: • 47 mill Euro (ERDF 34 mill. Euro and 13 mill. Euro from 31 countries) Programme Priorities: • P 1: Applied Research • P 2: Targeted Analyses based on stakeholder interest • P 3: Scientific Platform with Tools • P 4: Capitalisation
P1: Applied Research (1) 17 Project themes ongoing: • 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)
P1: Applied Research (2) • 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 • Services of General Interest • European Seas in Territorial Development Last 6-8 Applied Research projects for calls in 2011
P2: Targeted Analyses, use of ESPON results (1) 16 projects ongoing • 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)
P2: Targeted Analyses (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) • ESPON and TIA/EATIA (Ministries UK, Portugal and Slovenia) • Yardsticks for Cross-border Spatial Development/ULYSSES (Region Alsace plus 17 cross-border regions) • Regional Integrated Strategies/RISE (West-Midlands (UK), Västerbotten (SE), Sealand (DK) and Randstad Flanders Brussels) • Polycentric Metropolisation in Central Europe/POLYCE (Vienna, Bratislava, Ljubljana and Prague plus Hungary) • Territorial Performance Monitoring/TPM (Belgium (Flanders), Catalonia, North-Rhine Westphalia, Navarra and Dublin Region) • Development conditions for Paris, Berlin, Warsaw/BEST METROPOLISES (Cities of Warsaw, Berlin and Paris)
P2: Targeted Analyses (3) • Migration and gender balance in rural regions/SEMIGRA (Saxony-Anhalt Region plus development agencies of Hungary, Finland and Sweden) • Smart Institutions for Territorial Development/SMART-IST (Ministries of Italy and France) 2 projects launched on 24 August 2010 • Airports as Drivers in Peripheral Regions/ADES (Regions of Savona and Western Greece plus City of Jyveskyla) • Advanced Monitoring of regional R&D/AMCER (Regions of Tuscany, Catalonia, Andalusia, Alpes Cote d’Azur, Brittany, Ostrobotnia, Lower-Saxony and Flanders) 4-5 Targeted Analyses for Calls in 2011 • Call for Expression of Interest in January 2011 • Call for Proposals in August 2011
P3: Scientific Platform and Tools Ongoing larger projects: • ESPON Database phase I • Territorial Indicators/Indices Project launched on 24 August 2010 • ESPON 2013 Database – phase II Larger additional project for 2010-2011 • Territorial Monitoring and Reporting
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 2 new projects approved by the MC: • ESPON Concepts/CaDEC • ESPON results at different scales/SCALES 2-3 additional projects in call by January 2011
Summing up: Progress by end 2010 Programme Implementation progress: • Applied Research projects: • 17 projects ongoing or final • 6-8 additional Applied Research projects remain • Targeted Analyses (based on stakeholder demand): • 18 ongoing • 4-5 additional Targeted Analyses coming up • Scientific Platform and Tools: • 3 major projects ongoing • 1 major projects remaining • Transnational Networking Activities: • 2+2 projects ongoing • 2-3 additional projects foreseen
Summing up: Future Calls Future rounds of calls • 24 August – 19 October 2010 • Call for Proposals for 2 Targeted Analyses • Call for Proposals for Database II • 23 November 2010 – 21 January 2011 • Call for Expression of Interest on becoming expert in Knowledge Support System • 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 activities in 2010 Media and Publications • Territorial Observation 3 on Lisbon/Europe 2020 • First Synthesis Report in October 2010 • First Scientific Report in December 2010 Events • ESPON Seminar on 15-16 November 2010 in Liege (together with the Belgian EU Presidency) • ESPON Workshop in December 2010
More Information Thank you for your attention Please visit www.espon.eu