ESPON Seminar November 2010 in Liège The ESPON 2013 Programme: The Next Steps

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 – European Seas in Territorial Development Last 7-8 Applied Research projects for calls in 2011

P2:Targeted Analyses: Use of ESPON results (1) 16 projects ongoing – 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

P2: Targeted Analysis (3) 2 projects for MC decision in January 2011 – Airports as Drivers in Peripheral Regions/ADES – Advanced Monitoring of regional R&D/AMCER 4-5 Targeted Analyses for Calls in 2011

P3: Scientific Platform and Tools Ongoing/final projects: – ESPON Database phase I – Typology Compilation – Territorial Indicators/Indices/INTERCO Project for MC decision in January 2011 – ESPON 2013 Database – phase II Larger projects in calls in 2011: – Territorial Monitoring and Reporting – One more larger project (tbc)

Transnational Networking Activities 2 projects ongoing involving partners of the ESPON Contact Point Network: – ESPON in Integrated Strategies/ESPON-INTERSTRAT – Nordic-Baltic Dialogue on Spatial Planning/NORBA 3 additional projects decided by MC: – SCALES – CaDEC – ESPONTrain 2-3 more projects optional in Call for Proposals in January 2011

Progress Overview by 18 November 2010 Programme Implementation progress: Applied Research projects: −17 projects ongoing, final or just starting −7-8 additional Applied Research projects remain Targeted Analysis (based on stakeholder demand): −16 ongoing plus 2 for decision January 2011 −4-5 additional Targeted Analyses coming up Scientific Platform and Tools: −2 major projects ongoing/final −2-3 larger projects remaining Transnational Networking Activities: ‒ 5 projects ongoing ‒ 2-3 additional projects foreseen

Calls Third Call 2010 on KSS: ‒ Opens 23 November 2010 and closes 21 January 2011 MC decisions on new projects from latest 2010 Calls: ‒ 1 February 2011: ‒ 2 Targeted Analyses and ESPON Database II Calls in 2011: ‒ Open 24 January 2011/Info Day 9 February2011: ‒ Call for Proposals for 4 Applied Research projects ‒ Call for Expression of Interest for Targeted Analyses ‒ Call for Proposals for Territorial Monitoring and Reporting ‒ Call for Proposals for Transnational Networking Activities ‒ Open 24 August 2011/Info Day 13 September 2011: ‒ Call for Proposals for 3-4 Applied Research projects ‒ Call for Proposals for 4-5 Targeted Analyses

Major Capitalisation in 2011 Media and Publications – First Scientific Report in January – Territorial Observation 4/IT in March – Territorial Observation 5/Creative Workforce in November – ESPON Brochure, Video clip, MapArt, etc. Events – ESPON Workshop/Rural on 8 December 2010 in Luxemb. – ESPON Stakeholder Conference on Targeted Analyses in Bruxelles, March/April 2011 (tbc) – ESPON Workshop in April/May 2011 (tbc) – ESPON Open Seminar June 2011 in Budapest – ESPON Workshop/Territorial Indicators in October 2011 – ESPON Internal Seminar on November 2011 in Krakow

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