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Energy – related Vulnerability of European Regions

The Updated Interim Report of the Project ReRisk (Regions at Risk of Energy Poverty) is now available. More reading.

ESPON Territorial Observation No. 2 - Trends in Accessibility

ESPON has recently published the second edition of "Territorial Observation”. This latest publication is looking into Trends in Accessibility in Europe and its regions with the aim of supporting policy makers engaged with regional competitiveness and territorial cohesion in their considerations in the further policy process. ESPON Territorial Observation No. 2, including maps and datasets, is available here.

ESPON Seminar in Malmö

Researchers, stakeholders as well as policy-makers from all over Europe gathered in Malmö for the Seminar "The ESPON Knowledge Base as Potential for Territorial Analysis and Policymaking at Regional Level". The 2 days event was jointly organised in close co-operation with the Swedish Presidency of the EU. More

ESPON closes 4th Call for Proposals and Expression of Interests with 69 applications

By 20 November 2009, a total of 69 applications had been received involving 385 partners and stakeholders that during the last months have worked hard in getting common applications ready for submission in time. More

New Call for Tenders

The Call for Tenders Capitalisation Strategy and Media Bureau is now open. Deadline for the receipt of tenders is 06 January 2010 by 14h00. More

TIP TAP - New Report

The Draft Final Report of the applied research project "Territorial Impact Package for Transport and Agricultural Policies" is now available. More

Watch ESPON at the European Parliament

The European Parliament - Committee on Regional Development (REGI) invited ESPON to attend the REGI Meeting on 4 November 2009. Peter Mehlbye presented the ESPON 2013 Programme and its activities. After the presentation, Members of the Committee addressed questions and engaged in a dialogue on ESPON. The REGI meeting can be now watched on the European Parliament Multimedia Library, link.


Performance of Less Accessible Regions

Generally it is assumed that regional accessibility is important for the economic and social opportunities of a location or a place. Recent research on agglomeration economies suggests that economic growth, labour migration and accessibility are closely interrelated in reality. However, around 1/8 of the European regions have a high GDP per capita despite a low accessibility. Apparently these less accessible regions found other ways to overcome deficits of low accessibility and reached a good economic welfare.
This ESPON ‘Map of the Month’ focuses on less accessible regions in Europe, i.e regions with a potential multimodal accessibility in 2006 below the EU average. The diversity of these regions is examined by analysing the GDP-PPS per capita in 2006 and the annual net-migration for 2001-2005. Please note that the latest data available display the situation in 2006. Consequently, this map does not reflect any effects of the recent global economic downturn.

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ESPON is set up to support policy development and to build a European scientific community in the field of territorial development. The main aim is to increase the general body of knowledge about territorial structures, trends and policy impacts in an enlarged European Union. More

ESPON Partner Café
Join the ESPON Partner Café! Share your interest and point of view with the aim to building partnership of expertise that can submit proposals for ESPON projects. Private partners are welcome to take part in the ESPON Partner Café. A first compilation of potential partners for TPGs is available here

ESPON Territorial Observation

The Publication Territorial Observation No2 is looking into Trends in Accessibility in Europe and its regions. More

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