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Learn about the progress, priorities, and prospects of the ESPON 2013 Programme and beyond. Explore the last calls for proposals, upcoming events, and publications.
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ESPON Open Seminar 13-14 June 2012 in Aalborg ESPON 2013 Programme and beyond: Progress, Priorities and Prospects
Last Calls for Proposals Deadline yesterday on 13 June 2012: • 1 Targeted Analyses • “North Sea – Spreading Transnational results” • 3 Scientific Platform and Tools projects • “European Territorial Monitoring System” • “Detecting Territorial Potential and Challenges” • “European Urban Benchmarking Web Tool” • 1-2 Transnational Networking Activity projects • Total Budget: • 1.988.000€ • Monitoring Committee decision on 28 September 2012
Programme Delivery Volume of projects: • 25 Applied Research projects (policy driven themes) • 23 Targeted Analyses (defined by stakeholder demand) • 10 larger projects under Scientific Platform and Tools • 6-7 Transnational Networking Activities • 10 MA-led projects, including 27 actions (currently) implemented by Calls for Tenders • Expected total programme volume of actions: • More than 92…. • Budget implementation: • Sufficient performance to avoid de-committment • Lowest irregularity rate (0,17 %) of ETC programmes
New Final Results until summer 2013 (1) 10 Priority 1 Applied Research projects: • Land-use, Territorial cooperation, Transport accessibility, Secondary growth poles, Specific types of territories, Knowledge and Innovation, Globalisation, European seas, Services of general interest and Spatial indicators for EU 2020. • 11 Priority 2 Targeted Analyses: • Potentials for rural regions, ESPON and TIA, Cross-border strategies, Regional integrated strategies, Metropoles in Central Europe, Metropolises (Paris, Berlin, Warsaw), Territorial performance monitoring, Migration in rural regions, Territorial governance, Regional monitoring of R&D, Indicators for territorial cohesion and planning. • 2 Priority 4 projects: • Norba, Scales and ESPONTrain
ESPON Events in 2012-2013 Seminars, conferences and workshops: • ESPON-INTERact conference on 25 September 2012 in Luxembourg • ESPON workshop on Innovation and Knowledge on 5 October 2012 in Bruxelles • ESPON workshops at Open Days on 8-11 October 2012 in Bruxelles • ESPON Seminar (internal) on 5-6 December 2012 in Paphos • ESPON Scientific Conference February-March 2013 in Luxembourg • ESPON Open Seminar in June 2013 in Dublin
Capitalisation and ESPON Publications in 2012-2013 • Capitalisation and ESPON publications envisaged: • TIA quick check and guidance in October 2012 • Territorial Observation 7 in December 2012 • Territorial Observation 8 in March 2013 • Atlas on EU 2020 Strategy in March 2013 • Synthesis Report 2 in May 2013 • Territorial Observation 9 in June 2013 • Seminar Report in August 2013 • Scientific Seminar Report 2 in September 2013 • Handbook on Territorial Governance in September 2013 • Territorial Observation 10 in December 2013 • Policy Briefs and Factsheets
ESPON post 2013 Progress towards ESPON post 2013: • Political support to a continuation of ESPON • Joint Working Group on ESPON post 2013 • Luxembourg continues as Managing Authority • Prepare the Operational Programme 2014-2020 • Proposal envisaged second half of 2013 • European Commission evaluation of ESPON 2013 • Major changes under consideration: • Swifter evidence delivery to policy • Leaner administration • Service contracts only • Changes in institutional setup (including EGTC) • More in-house analytical and communicative capacity
More Information Thank you for your attention Please visit www.espon.eu