TIGER - Territorial Impact of Globalization for Europe and its Regions

Theme

Continental territorial structures and flows (globalisation).

Main focus

Globalisation is accelerating with European competitiveness becoming more and more interwoven and dependent on the rest on the world. Understanding Europe in the world is a prerequisite for policy making and for promoting Europe in this international competition.

Integration, cooperation and smart exploitation of resources are key factors for improving the competitiveness of European regions in the globalised world scene. It is also important to better understand the territorial structures and patterns of economic activity at world level, as well as flows between continents and throughout European regions. Regions are under strong impact on many trends and developments related to globalisation and need support to decide on potential strategic investments that could increase their competitiveness in this globalized world.

This project is going to look at globalisation from a territorial perspective and to analyse its territorial aspects and its dynamics at different geographical scales. It shall also address the importance of territorial cooperation and flows linking EU territory. The main aim of the project is to look into the territorial dimension of the globalisation process and analyse its significance for an enlarged Europe. A good understanding of the position of Europe and its regions in the global context and in relation to other cooperation areas shall be obtained. This should be done considering the present context, past trends and analysing changes but also in a prospective way in order to be able to face future challenges and better exploit territorial potentials of the various European regions.

Please read more about the main research areas and main results envisaged on the next page.

Lead Partner

Free University of Brussels, Belgium

Detailed information on the contracted project team can be found under Transnational Project Groups.

Sounding Board

Roberta Benini, IT
Miroslawa Czerny, PL

Budget: € 999 801,00

Project’s lifetime: February 2010 – December 2012

Delivery of Reports

Inception Report: 31 August 2010

Interim Report: 28 February 2011

Annex to Inception Report: 29 July 2011

Draft Final Report: 28 February 2012

Final Report: 30 June 2012

Publishing
Reports will be published once they are approved by the ESPON Monitoring Committee

Publishing
Reports will be published once they are approved by the ESPON Monitoring Committee

More information
Please contact the Project Expert at the ESPON Coordination Unit:
Sandra DI BIAGGIO, e-mail: sandra.di.biaggio@espon.eu