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Small and medium-sized cities15-16 November 2023ESPON seminar in CuencaDrivers of sustainable development and urban-rural cooperationLearn more -
Read it onlineTerritoriALL no 10
Small cities
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Climate-neutral territories
Opportunities and challenges for cities and regions towards transition to climate neutrality Learn more
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Governance of new geographies
Emerging geographies: socio-economic characteristics and development potential Learn more
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Places resilient to crises
Strengths and vulnerabilities of European territories to different types of crisesLearn more
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Perspective for all people and places
New approaches of the territorial socio-economic trends, realities and disparities Learn more
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ESPON seminar in LuleaTerritorial perspective
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ESPON HandbooksLearn how to use ESPON results in a practical way
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November 28, 2023The EURegionsWeek is not just a landmark event for Cohesion Policy. -
October 2, 2023We are pleased to announce the third cut-off date for the submission of proposals for Targeted Analyses for the ESPON Programme 2030: 29 March 2024 -
September 14, 2023We were thrilled to welcome you to the upcoming ESPON Seminar on “small and medium-sized cities: drivers of sustainable development and urban-rural cooperation
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October 17, 2023Territorial Impact Assessment on sustainable food systems was conducted recently by the Committee of the Regions -
September 15, 2023A Territorial Impact Assessment on a Drone Strategy was conducted recently by the Committee of the Regions with the support of ESPON. The findings were published in a report that you can find in this article. -
August 31, 2023This targeted analysis will identify strengths and weaknesses of the policy tools applied by the participating stakeholders for the management and prevention of natural risks and social crises with
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April 5, 2022Different regions of Europe have been affected by the pandemic at different times and to different degrees. During the first three waves of the pandemic, a spatial shift from the European centres to the peripheries took place. -
February 13, 2022Disconnected from the mainland, urban-maritime regions that are island face different challenges than regions situated on the mainland. This also goes for Malta and Crete, two of the stakeholder regions that were part of the ERMES project. This article discusses the downsides and benefits of insular regions in relation to eco-cluster development. -
February 1, 2022Research conducted for ESPON has identified four global trends that will significantly change the way European seaports operate in 10 years from now. These trends will not only influence the seaports themselves but will also provide opportunities and challenges for the urban-maritime region where they are located.
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November 24, 2023The purpose of this half-day seminar is to consider what approaches have been adopted to date regarding the governance of the MASPS, and to what extent experience from elsewhere in Europe, drawing on previous ESPON and current OECD research, can inform the structures to be put in place as the MASP concept evolves. -
October 30, 2023The webinar aims at informing and assisting stakeholders in preparing applications for the call for expression of interests. -
October 18, 2023The “Future perspectives for all people and places” seminar is the first seminar organised by the ESPON Contactpoint in Latvia – the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (MoEPRD).
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October 19, 2023A working paper and a Policy brief that were jointly developed by ESPON with Nordregio and the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU (for the first semester of 2023), focusing on two of the presidency’s priorities: the green and energy transitions. -
January 12, 2023At the European level, there is a raising interest in developing a common, operational definition of functional rural areas. -
December 5, 2022ESPON observes that some regional public authorities demonstrate entrepreneurial behaviour when pursuing social and environmental benefits for their communities. In innovation-scarce environment, they connect temporarily with private-sector innovators from regions with higher potential for societal knowhow flow, adopt external knowhow and ‘pollinate’ their regional markets with new opportunities. These opportunities are discovered by local firms, who in turn respond with actions adding societal value in regional markets.
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October 24, 2023The European research project “European regions between free trade agreements and Open Strategic Autonomy” will assess the territorial effects of free trade agreements considered strategically for -
Prior Information Notice (PIN) for an ERP on Governance mechanisms for cross-border functional areas
October 24, 2023The objective of this European research project is to deliver high quality research on cross-border integration across the ESPON space. -
October 23, 2023The purpose of this contract is to support, on request, with the delivery of new individual Territorial Impact Assessments (TIA) for European-level institutions with -for each TIA- sets of new data
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November 8, 2023Speaker biographies Alba Villamor
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May 31, 2021BRUXELLES - L'Europa dice addio al carbone. Una sfida comune, ma con un impatto sociale ed economico profondamente diverso tra Stati e regioni europee. -
April 27, 2021Alta Velocità ferroviaria per contrastare la fuga di cervelli e favorire lo sviluppo dell’industria creativa.
