July 2008

July 2008

Newsletter of the ESPON 2013 Programme

No 2/2008

Welcome to the second electronic ESPON 2013 Newsletter. It offers information on the latest developments of ESPON. This newsletter informs you on the ongoing stakeholder consultation and the coming calls for proposal during autumn 2008.

MESSAGE FROM ESPON COORDINATION UNIT

The ESPON 2013 Programme shall support policy development in relation to Cohesion Policy. In particular in relation to territorial development and cohesion, will the applied research and analysis of ESPON be able to provide an innovation.  
Stakeholders at European, national, regional, urban, cross-border and transnational levels with comparable facts and evidence on territorial structures, trends, perspectives and policy impacts, all seen from a European perspective. This will enable them to explore their competitive advantages and target possibilities for added value from cooperating in larger territorial context on a common development working together.

The ESPON Monitoring Committee is currently discussing the next applied research projects within the ESPON 2013 Programme and the themes to select.

 In order to reflect the best possible the policy demand, an online survey is currently open for response for policy makers, practitioners, scientists and the wider public. The themes selected by late 2008 will be subject of the next Call for Proposals under Priority 1 for “Applied research on territorial development, competitiveness and cohesion; evidence on European territorial trends, perspectives and policy impacts”, which are planned open during February-March-April 2009.

By taking part in the consultation you will contribute to a sound identification of the themes and territorial issues, considered to be important from your perspective. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
  

STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION ON APPLIED RESEARCH THEMES

Please take part in shaping territorial knowledge and evidence available covering the entire Europe, its regions and cities.

From 16 June to 25 July 2008 you can contribute to the identification of future ESPON research themes by expressing your demand. You access the survey via the ESPON website at consultation. The questionnaire should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete.

The results of this screening stakeholder demand will be used in the process of the ESPON Monitoring Committee selecting themes for applied territorial research projects and will significantly support the ESPON 2013 Programme in meeting your demands.