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ESPON INFO DAY 10 February 2011 in Bruxelles. ESPON 2013 Programme: Progress and Prospects. The ESPON 2013 Programme. Role in Structural Funds 2007-2013:
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ESPON INFO DAY 10 February 2011 in Bruxelles ESPON 2013 Programme: Progress and Prospects
The ESPON 2013 Programme Role in Structural Funds 2007-2013: • Support EU Cohesion 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 plus 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
What are ESPON facts and evidence good for? For European policy development: • Support to Intelligent, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth • Tailor SF investments to regional diversity • Foster Territorial Cohesion • Support territorial dimension in Sector Policies • Contribute to European competitiveness in the World For regions and cities and larger territories: • Understand unique capital and unlocked potentials • Define the most promising projects • Reveal possible synergies through cooperation • Help spending EU funds more targeted and efficient For the private sector: • Reveal market opportunities • Support location of FDI
Implementation Overview by beginning of 2011 Programme Implementation progress: • Applied Research projects: • 17 projects ongoing, final or just starting • 8 additional Applied Research projects remain • Targeted Analysis (based on stakeholder demand): • 18 ongoing or closing • 4-5 additional Targeted Analyses coming up • Scientific Platform and Tools: • 4 larger projects ongoing/final • 4 additional projects envisaged • Transnational Networking Activities: • 5 projects ongoing • 2-3 additional projects foreseen
P1: Applied Research (1) 17 Project themes final or 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/ATTREG • European patterns of land use/EU-LUPA • Territorial cooperation in transnational areas and across internal/external borders/TERCO • Accessibility at regional/local scale and patterns in Europe/TRACC • Secondary growth poles in territorial development/SGPTD • European perspective on specific types of territories/GEOSPECS • Territorial dimension of innovation and knowledge economy/KIT • Continental territorial structures and flows (globalisation)/TIGER
P1: Applied Research (3) Territorial and Regional sensitivity of EU Directives/ARTS Services of General Interest/SEGI European Seas in Territorial Development/EsatDOR 4 Applied Research projects in current call Territorial Contribution to Europe 2020 Territorial Scenarios and Visions for Europe Territorial Potentials for Greener Economy Territorial Governance – practices and perspectives 4 more projects under preparation for call in August 2011
P2: Targeted Analyses (1) 18 projects ongoing/closing using ESPON results • The Case for Agglomeration Economies in Europe/CAEE • The Development of the Islands – European Islands and Cohesion Policy/EUROISLANDS • Cross-Border Polycentric Metropolitan Regions/MetroBorder • Success for Convergence Regions’ Economies/SURE • Spatial Scenarios: New Tools for Local-Regional Territories/SS-LR • Territorial Diversity/TeDi • Potential of Rural Regions/PURR • Transnational Support Method for European Cooperation/ TranSMEC
P2: Targeted Analysis (2) • ESPON and TIA/EATIA • Yardsticks for Cross-border Spatial Development/ULYSSES • Regional Integrated Strategies/RISE • Polycentric Metropolisation in Central Europe/POLYCE • Territorial Performance Monitoring/TPM • Development conditions for Paris, Berlin, Warsaw/BEST METROPOLISES • Migration and gender balance in rural regions/SEMIGRA • Smart Institutions for Territorial Development/SMART-IST • Airports as Drivers in Peripheral Regions/ADES • Advanced Monitoring of regional R&D/AMCER 94 Stakeholders from national, regional and local administrations are involved in Targeted Analyses 4-5 additional Targeted Analyses in Calls during 2011
P3: Scientific Platform and Tools Ongoing/final projects: • ESPON Database (phase I) • Typology Compilation • Territorial Indicators/Indices/INTERCO • ESPON 2013 Database (phase II) Larger project in current call for proposals: • Territorial Monitoring and Reporting 3 additional projects in call in August 2011
Transnational Networking Activities 5 projects ongoing involving partners of the ESPON Contact Point Network: • ESPON in Integrated Strategies/INTERSTRAT • Nordic-Baltic Spatial Dialogue/NORBA • Breakdown of ESPON results to different scales/SCALES • Capitalisation of ESPON Concepts/CaDEC • Transnational e-Learning/ESPONTrain 2-3 more projects optional in Call for Proposals opening in August 2011
Calls in 2011 Calls in 2011: • Open 24 January 2011/Closes 21 March 2011 (Info Day today): • Call for Proposals for 4 Applied Research projects • Call for Expression of Interest for Targeted Analyses by Stakeholders • Call for Proposals for Territorial Monitoring and Reporting • Open 24 August 2011/Closes 20 October 2011 (with Info Day on 13 September 2011): • Call for Proposals for 4 Applied Research projects • Call for Proposals for 4-5 Targeted Analyses • Call for Proposals on 3 Scientific Platform projects • Call for Proposals for Transnational Networking Activities
Publications and Events 2011 Media and Publications • Territorial Observation 4/IT in March • Territorial Observation 5/Creative Workforce in November • ESPON Brochure, Video clip, MapArt, etc. Events • ESPON High-Level Stakeholder Conference on Targeted Analyses in Bruxelles on 11 May 2011 (date tbc) • ESPON Workshop on Land Use on 24 May 2011 • ESPON Open Seminar 21-22 June 2011 in Budapest • ESPON Workshop/Territorial Indicators in October 2011 • ESPON Internal Seminar on 29-30 November 2011 in Krakow
More Information Thank you for your attention Please visit www.espon.eu