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Explore the importance of ESPON key findings for policy makers in steering Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 and the Territorial Agenda 2020. Identify functional regions needing attention for competitiveness enhancement and discuss challenges and opportunities for better integration across borders. Delve into untapped potentials in Europe and identify the necessary territorial evidence for effective policymaking.
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Workshop 3 – Territorial integration in cross-border and transnational functional regions ESPON Internal Seminar 2013 “Territorial Evidence for Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 and Territorial Agenda 2020”
Chair: Milada Hronkova, ESPON MC CZ • Facilitator: Gretar Thor Eythorsson, ECP IC • Coordinator: Peter Billing, ESPON CU • 13h30Welcome and introduction by chair 13h35 Presentation and statements by ESPON project teams (10 min each): • BSR-TEMO, Gunnar Lindberg • ITAN, Pierre Beckouche • TerrEvi, JürgenPucher • North Sea STAR, Lynne McGowan • 14h15 Chair remarks and facilitator opens up discussion • 14h55 Conclusions by chair and thanks • 15h00 Close Programme and roles
Discuss the usefulness of ESPON key findings for policy makers in developing and implementing policies/strategies in the context of Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 and the Territorial Agenda 2020. Purpose of workshop
Which functional regions across borders and/or in a transnational context require more attention from policy makers to improve competitiveness and reduce economic, social and ecological fragmentation? What are the opportunities and challenges for better territorial integration in cross-border and transnational functional regions in Europe? Where does Europe have unused potentials in this respect? What additional territorial evidence do policy makers need in this context? Questions addressed in this workshop