Latest ESPON Call attracted 25 proposals and 144 partners from 30 countries

07-07-2010 The Calls for Proposals closed on 28 June 2010 and generated 25 project proposals involving 30 European countries and 144 partners. All the project themes in the Calls received proposals.

The distribution by the Priorities of the ESPON Programme was as follow: 7 proposals for Applied Research Projects under Priority 1, 15 for Targeted Analyses under Priority 2 and 3 for Transnational Networking Activities under Priority 4.

Of the applicants, 11%came from Italy, 10% Spain, 9% from Germany and the UK, 6% from France, 5% from Slovenia and Portugal, 4% from Hungary, Netherlands and Sweden. Applicants came from all countries involved in the ESPON 2013 Programme, except Liechtenstein.

The participation rate of Private Institutions in ESPON projects has in these Calls reached 13%. As the analysis of the legal status of applicants shows, the participation rate of Public Institutions is 68% and for Institutions governed by public law 19%.

24-11-2010 The results of the evaluation of the 25 project was tabled for the Monitoring Committee meeting in September and the results were announced in October 2010.

Following the Monitoring Committee decision on the best proposals, 1 applicant submitted an appeal. The ESPON 2013 Programme gives this possibility in accordance with the Programme Manual, chapter 8.12.The decision of the Monitoring Committee following this request and the relevant follow-up is available below.