• Targeted Analyses

    Targeted Analyses, conducted under Priority 2 of the ESPON 2013Programme, represent a new type of projects supporting the use of existing results in partnership with different groups of stakeholders.

    Introducing a new approach to the generation of project ideas as well as to the implementation of projects, 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. Including a European perspective to considerations on the development of their territories.


    The Targeted Analyses are carried through in close cooperation between stakeholders, a group of experts and the ESPON Programme and emphasis is put on the operational use of the results of the analyses in practice.

    At the moment information on the following Targeted Analyses is available:

    • CAEE - The Case for Agglomeration Economies in Europe
    • ESPON TEDI - Territorial Diversity in Europe
    • EUROISLANDS - The Development of the Islands – European Islands and Cohesion Policy
    • METROBORDER - Cross-Border Polycentric Metropolitan Region0s
    • SS-LR - Spatial Scenarios: New Tools for Local-Regional Territories
    • SURE - Success for Convergence Regions’ Economies