Future steps Van Hamme Gilles IGEAT-ULB Internal Meeting october

2/25 The main milestones 1.Interim report due for 28th february Your contribution requested two weeks before (12th february) 2. Sounding board and internal meeting planned at the end of april 2011 (feedbacks from the interim report) 3. Internal meeting in autumn 4. Draft final report is due for 28th february 2012.

3/25 The interim report: Table of content WP2.2. Territorial structures Divisions of the world: data at world level, “Atlas” of the Lisbon Strategy indicators at world level Identification of Europe’s position and profile in the global urban structure -Literature review on the recent trends, dynamics and spatial patterns related to territorial structures in the world (emergence of concepts such as Mega-city-region, …) -Database, maps and first analysis on the main changes in the EU territorial structures due to globalisation WP 2.3. Flows and networks 1 – Literature review completed: theories, facts and figures 2 – Databases completed with sources and methods 3 – Maps and first basic analyses 4 – Working paper : the position of Europe in the world in a long term perspective WP 2.4. Political flows WP2.5. Methodology for prospective and policy options Case studies Future steps Table of content of the final report

4/25 Deliveries (considering the problems noted in the inception report) 1 - Databases according to ESPON DB requests. It is really decisive that these are ready, that the sources and methods are detailed for the interim report 2 – First mapping and rough comments. This should only give simple examples of what can be done with the data. 3 – Reinforce the literature review: Theories, Facts and figures on which we can build our analyses 4 – Working papers on Europe in the world. First step in the multiscalar analysis 5 – Case studies: Objective and detailed plan

5/25 Deliveries for each partner for the interim report: synthesis