ESPON 2013 Programme Info Day 11 September 2013

1. Inspire policy making by territorial evidence ESPON 2013 Programme Info Day 11 September 2013 Call for Proposals for Transnational Networking Activities by ECPs (22 August – 18 October 2013)

2. Call for Proposals Priority 4 - Objectives and Requirements • Beneficiaries • Institutions nominated by Member and Partner States and confirmed by the ESPON Monitoring Committee as ESPON Contact Points (ECP). • Specific objectives • Boosting the outreach and use of ESPON results by regional/local policy makers. In addition to the key stakeholder communities the project should engage with new target groups so far not reached by capitalisation activities. • Actively contribute in innovative and creative ways to advancing the capitalisation and outreach efforts towards the identified target groups, including direct and interactive communication activities, such as “road shows”. • Making use of the deliveries from ESPON Priority 1 and 2 projects, as well as the numerous scientific tools (Priority 3) and publications (Priority 4) to be delivered during 2014. • Budget • Available total budget is 700.000,00 €.

3. Call for Proposals Priority 4 - Objectives and Requirements

4. Call for Proposals Priority 4 - Objectives and Requirements • Specific requirements for the proposal • An overall capitalisation and outreach strategy that: • Includes activities/events with very direct and interactive communication techniques able to stimulate bridge-building between the ESPON “virtual mapping” of European territorial development and the “practical viewpoint” at local level. • Target specific stakeholders at both trans-national and local level, going beyond the “traditional” ESPON target groups and building stronger links with other EU funded Programme Secretariats. • Ensure the implementation of the proposed activities/events in all main European areas - North, South, East and West (large-small, centre-periphery). • Include all the type of actions as described under point 2.

5. Call for Proposals Priority 4 - Objectives and Requirements • Specific requirements for the proposal (cont.) • A package of several actions to be implemented, including the following: • Appropriate tailor-made local activities and events taking into account the specific local contexts and cultures, generating debates with stakeholders to better focus future projects. • Events for a semi-specialised public, such as decentralised events where the ECP could organise parallel events allowing for a common transnational approach (e.g. during the period of the Open Days). • Development of materials of “universal character” adapted to the different target groups. • Intensive publicity/dissemination of activities and outputs. Use of social media tools and professional/ specialised PR and/or journalistic services.

6. Call for Proposals Priority 4 - Objectives and Requirements Specific requirements for the proposal (cont.) Translation of relevant publications/documents developed for the outreach activities (up to 25% of the available budget. Not covering printing costs); Blunder checks on DFR of ESPON P1 Projects from the date of the kick-off meeting until the delivery date of the Final Report of the Priority 4 project. Deliveries and Outputs expected 1. Progress Reports. 2. Blunder checks. 3. The project will be exempt from delivering the normal Draft Final Report. Instead, the project will provide a short activity report for a meeting with the CU by mid 2014. 4. Final Report, including an Annex with all project outputs (e.g. leaflets, publications, power point presentations, videos, etc.) during implementation of the project, and in a format useful for further capitalization use.

7. Further Questions For questions on the content please send an e-mail to: content@espon.eu. For questions regarding procedures please send an e-mail to: procedures@espon.eu. Thank you for your attention!