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

2. 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.

3. 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:

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. 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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ESPON 2013 Programme
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