ESPON 2013 Programme Working Party / Meeting Geographical Information Systems for Statistics ESPON 2013 Programme André Mueller Cluster Coordinator (Capitalisation / Analysis / Publication) ESPON Coordination Unit

ESPON 2013 – Overview (1/3) Mission of the 2013 Programme: ESPON: European Observation Network on Territorial Development and Cohesion ESPON 2013 shall support policy makers (all over Europe and at all levels) to design their policies by: providing evidence and comparable information on the regions, revealing territorial capital and potentials for their development, providing long term evolutions and perspectives.

ESPON 2013 – Overview (2/3) Enlargement of the 2013 Programme: Countries: 29  31 (Iceland and Liechtenstein) Budget: 17  47 million EURO Co-financed by ERDF:

ESPON 2013 – Overview (3/3) The work programme is now structured in five priorities: P1. Applied Research on territorial development, competitiveness and cohesion: Evidence on European territorial trends, perspectives and policy impacts; P2. Targeted Analysis based on user demand: European perspective to development of different types of territories; P3. Scientific Platform and Tools: Territorial indicators and data, analytical tools and scientific support; P4. Capitalisation, ownership and participation: Capacity building, dialogue and networking. P5. Technical Assistance, Analytical Support & Communication

ESPON 2013 Operational Programme Total number of Project Partners, Stakeholders and Experts (as of February 2009)

Themes of Applied Research (P1): First 6 Themes Cities and Urban Agglomerations Functionality and development opportunities for European competitiveness and cohesion Development opportunities in different types of Rural Areas Demography and migratory flows affecting European regions and cities Effects of rising Energy Prices on regional competitiveness Territorial Impact Assessment of policies (exploratory) Climate Change and territorial effects on regions and local economies

Themes of Applied Research (P1): Next 10 Themes Attractiveness of European regions and cities for residents and visitors European patterns of land use Territorial cooperation in transnational areas and across internal / external borders Transport accessibility at regional / local scale and patterns in Europe Secondary growth poles in territorial development European perspective on specific types of territories Territorial dimension of innovation and knowledge economy Continental territorial structures and flows (globalisation) Services of General Interest (new theme) Maritime inter-linkages and sea use (new theme)

Targeted Analysis (P2) Projects running: Upcoming projects: 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 (TD) Upcoming projects: Potential of Rural Regions (PURR) Transnational Support Method for European Cooperation (TranSMec) Crossborder Spatial Strategies (Ulysses)

Scientific Platform and Tools (P3) A triad of projects: ESPON 2013 Database Territorial indicator and indices Monitoring Tools: Typology compilation DataNavigator HyperAtlas Online Map Making Tool Update of maps: Demography Accessibility of air and multimodal Lisbon strategy performance Creative workforce

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