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%.

Evaluation of the 25 project proposals will run during July 2010 and the results will be tabled for the Monitoring Committee meeting in September. The Monitoring Committee intends to decide on the best proposals and announce the results in October / November 2010.