Open Seminar “ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making” - Contributing to the Europe 2020 Strategy

ESPON invites for a two days Open Seminar on “ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making”. The Seminar is organised in cooperation with the Spanish Presidency of the European Union, and takes place in Madrid - Alcalá de Henares on 9 and 10 June 2010.

The Seminar will address the use of ESPON results in policy-making in support of competitiveness and cohesion of territories. Its purpose is three-fold:

1. Nourish the necessary discussion and understanding of the territorial dimension of the new Europe 2020 Strategy;
2. Demonstrate the added value and suggest practical use of European wide ESPON knowledge in policy making, particular at regional level;
3. Discuss best practices and room for improvements in disseminating and communicating ESPON project results to policy makers ranging from local/regional level to European level.

Please read more about the aim of the seminar on the next page.

Who should participate?
The seminar is open for all interested people and will in particular welcome a mix of policy makers and scientists from Europe and neighbouring countries to a maximum of 250 participants.

The seminar is free of charge but each participant has to cover expenses for own travel arrangements and accommodation. 

Registration
Deadline for registration was 19 May 2010. Should you have questions please do not hesitate to contact the ESPON Coordination Unit at info@espon.eu.

Please find below the final programme of the Seminar and practical information.

This event is organised within the framework of the ESPON 2013 Capitalisation Strategy
(Actions related to European Seminars and Workshops).