• Call for Proposals for Targeted Analyses

    Targeted Analyses, conducted under Priority 2 of the ESPON Programme, is defined by stakeholders who will participate in the project implementation. It is a new type of projects supporting the use of existing ESPON results in partnership with different groups of stakeholders. Targeted Analyses provide an opportunity to stakeholders for (1) enhancing their understanding of the larger territorial context, (2) making comparisons to other territories, regions and cities, and (3) hereby providing a European perspective to considerations on the development of their territories.
    The expertise needed to carry through the analyses is found by Calls for Proposals based on Project Specification developed by the involved stakeholders and ESPON in close collaboration.

    Call for Proposals, opened on 16 September 2009, for two Targeted Analyses that have been selected on the base of expression of interest from stakeholders. The projects shall address the following targeted themes:
    • Potential of Rural Regions/PURR
    • Transnational Support Method for European Cooperation/TranSMec
    The available budget for this call amounts to 360.000 € as indicated in the table below and one single proposal can be selected for each of the 2 themes indicated.

    Calls for proposals for the Targeted Analyses under Priority 2 Available Budget
    Potential of rural regions 210,000.00
    Transnational support method for European cooperation 150,000.00


    Potential beneficiaries of this call are public and private bodies. Please consult the specific requirements for private applicants made available in the Application Pack - Priority 2.

    For any questions in relation to the content of any of these two targeted analyses, potential beneficiaries are asked to contact the ESPON CU directly at content@espon.eu. Please do not get in touch with the stakeholders behind the projects at this stage of the project development.

    The deadline for submitting proposals for this calls is 11 November 2009.

    Below you may download the Application Pack - Priority 2, which includes all the relevant documents related to the Call for Expression of Interest :
    1. Project Specifications
    2. Programme Manual on Priority 2 (Targeted Analyses)
    3. Programme Manual on Project Implementation Requirements
    4. Subsidy Contract Template
    5. Partnership Agreement Template
    6. Application Form Part A
    7. Application Form Part B (Anonymous)
    8. Requirements for private applicants.

    Potential applicants are recommended to also take into account the legal framework accessible here.

    Name Type Size
    Application Pack - Priority 2 ZIP 1.49 MB