ESPON seminar about "Territorial Cohesion Post 2020:
Integrated Territorial Development for Better Policies" 

Where? Sofia, Bulgaria When? 30-31 May 2018

Fighting depopulation in rural areas -
identifying development potential in rural regions

Where? Soria, Spain When? 22 May 2018

 Long travel times to the nearest regional centre complicate
 access to services of general interest. People living in the northern periphery,
 on islands and in mountain areas have long travel times to regional centres. 

The ESPON 2020 Programme aims at promoting and fostering
a European territorial dimension in development and cooperation
by providing evidence, knowledge transfer and policy learning to
public authorities and other policy actors at all levels.

   ... and territorial development for the future of Europe:   
   synthesis report from the ESPON seminar in Tallinn