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www.espon.org.uk. ESPON UK Network Workshop TARGETING ANALYSIS ON MIGRATION AND ECONOMY Cliff Hague (UK ESPON Contact Point) Cliff.Hague@espon.org.uk. www.espon.org.uk. Aims of the workshop.
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www.espon.org.uk ESPON UK Network WorkshopTARGETING ANALYSIS ON MIGRATION AND ECONOMYCliff Hague(UK ESPON Contact Point)Cliff.Hague@espon.org.uk
www.espon.org.uk Aims of the workshop • To develop knowledge and understanding of recent and on-going ESPON research on demography and migration; • To provide peer and practitioner feedback; • To develop ideas for proposals for new targeted analysis.
www.espon.org.uk ESPON 2008-2013: Inception reports for the first round of projects • Cities and urban agglomerations: their functionality and potentials for European competitiveness and cooperation • Development opportunities in different types of rural areas • Demographic and migratory flows affecting European regions and cities • Climate change and territorial effects on regions and local economies • Effects of rising energy prices on regional competitiveness • Territorial Impact Assessment of policies. • ESPON Database
www.espon.org.uk The first “Targeted Analysis” projects • The case for agglomeration economies in Europe • The development of the islands – European islands and cohesion policy • Cross-border polycentric metropolitan regions • Success for convergence regions’ economies • Spatial scenarios: new tools for local-regional territories • Territorial Diversity.
www.espon.org.uk Next round Priority 1 topics – tendering late summer • Attractiveness of regions and cities • 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 • European perspective on specific types of territories • The territorial dimension of innovation and the knowledge economy • Continental territorial structures and flows (globalisation) • Consumer public services • Maritime inter-linkages and sea use
www.espon.org.uk Criteria for Priority 2 Proposals • A European perspective • Transferable results bringing added value for a broader user-group • Concrete plan for implementation of findings
www.espon.org.uk Migration • East to west migration is boosting EU economy by Euros50 Billion a year, says a report by the European Commission (FT 8 May 09). • 3.8M moved 2004-07: 80% from Poland and Romania: could be 8.4M by 2020. • 70% from 2004 accession to UK and Ireland. • The economic crisis is slowing migration but that will change. • 50% of migration potential currently realised.
www.espon.org.uk Trends in Population Development – ESPON 2008 • 31 countries up to 2005, with a combination of NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 regions. • Europe is getting older – problems of labour and services in some mainly rural regions.
CLG Research Report 2009 • Main driver of migration is economic. • UK likely to be hit harder by downturn than migrant source countries. • Hence international migration into UK is likely to slow. • No regional breakdown within the UK or source countries in this report. • Need better knowledge at regional scale of drivers and impacts.