8 June 2010 - Roundtable discussion with key policy makers on the Europe 2020 Strategy

A special roundtable discussion with key policy makers on the Europe 2020 Strategy took place in the morning of the first day. This session focused on understanding the contribution of the diversity of European territories to a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.

The aim of this session was to target the mindset of the participants and the seminar discussions on new ESPON findings and evidence to potential contributions of different territories, and by doing so to support the further development of EU Cohesion Policy and in particular its territorial cohesion component.

Parallel Workshops

Based on the first session, detailed discussions in parallel workshops addressed the results of the ESPON Applied Research Projects and Targeted Analyses in relation to the policy questions underlying them. The challenge of these workshops was on the one hand to show experiences for communicating and disseminating project results to regional stakeholders and on the other hand to address specific means to communicate these results.

The audience was also informed about key messages the almost final ESPON projects have delivered to support regional policy makers and stakeholders. This first day finally ended with a runway of new ESPON projects and selected expressions of interest that will lead in to ESPON projects during 2010.

9 June 2010 – How to use ESPON evidence in policy-making

The morning of the second day was devoted to show the use of ESPON evidence in policy-making through a number of examples. The session started with an example at the EU level and step wise zoomed in to the local level.

Hereafter the parallel workshops continued, also including workshops with the ESPON Database. Finally, the Seminar closed up by giving insights on the further development of the ESPON 2013 Programme, including on data, indicators and typologies related to European Territorial Cohesion.
 

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