1. Breakdown and capitalisation of ESPON results on different levels ESPON SCALES

2. Lead partner: Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) – DE Project partners University of Luxemburg – LU Federal Office for Spatial Development – CH/LI Austrian Conference on Spatial Planning – AT VÁTI Hungarian Non-profit Limited Liability, Company for Regional Development and Town Planning – HU Priority 4: Transnational Networking Activities 2

3.  Elaborate strategies that deal with the challenges of scales within the capitalisation of ESPON results.  Development of a manual bringing together the results of the seminars to provide: guidelines to facilitate presentation of ESPON results at different scales depending on the involved countries thematic guidelines dedicated to specific European challenges and focusing on the themes of seminars Objective

4. Strategy Zooming-In European Comparison Bi/multi- lateral comparison

5. Strategy Zooming-In European Comparison Bi/multi- lateral comparison

6.  Zooming-In  European Comparison  Bi/multi- lateral comparison Strategy

7.  Seminar: urban-rural relations, Budapest (27.10)  Seminar: cities, regional development and planning, Luxembourg (11.11) Participants: scientists, practitioners, politicians,... -Presentations and thematic inputs -Panel discussions -Reflections with other ECP Partners  Concept of guidelines Results so far…

8. Some impressions… Photos: Seminar in Budapest, Source ECP HU Seminar: „Urban-rural relationships“ in Budapest, Hungary (27.10)

9. Some impressions… Photos: Panel discussion in Luxembourg, Source ECP LU Seminar: „Polycentric territorial development“ in Luxembourg (11.11)

10.  Seminar: economy, innovation and accessibility, Switzerland (May 2012)  Seminar: risk management, climate change and culture, Austria (June 2012)  Final seminar: SCALES–ESPON results intransnational and national focus, Germany (Sept 2012)  Draft final report: 31 January 2013, Final report: 30 April 2013 Next steps…

11. Thank you for your attention! Yours ESPON SCALES TEAM