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Small and medium-sized cities15-16 November 2023ESPON seminar in CuencaDrivers of sustainable development and urban-rural cooperationRegister today -
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 HandbooksLearn how to use ESPON results in a practical way
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September 14, 2023We are thrilled to invite you to the upcoming ESPON Seminar on “small and medium-sized cities drivers of sustainable development and urban-rural cooperation” -
September 5, 2023The purpose of this call for tenders is to sign a single-operator Framework Agreement for products and services in support of ESPON knowledge transfer activities [Publications, promotional pr -
September 5, 2023The European objective to achieve ‘No Net Land Take in 2050’ has taken spatial planners in the Netherlands by surprise. Other member states, however, have been actively trying to reduce their urban development for years. What can we learn from each other? That is the topic of the symposium on September 27.
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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 -
August 31, 2023This targeted analysis is expected to deliver evidence on territorial effects of the calamities related to climate change, and – on that basis - to work out strategies for adaptati
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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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September 19, 2023The Institute for Spatial Development and the Ministry of Regional Development in cooperation with the Eurocentre in Ostrava organises a national ESPON Seminar with the title “ -
The added value of cohesion policy for metropolitan areas and regions in the Czech Republic - Prague
September 19, 2023The Institute for Spatial Development and the Ministry of Regional Development in cooperation with the Eurocentres in Prague organises a national ESPON Seminar with the title “Přidaná hodnota politiky soudržnosti pro metropolitní oblasti a regiony v České republice“ (The added value of cohesion policy for metropolitan areas and regions in the Czech Republic). -
September 18, 2023An online webinar on Thursday 28th September from 12.30 to 13.45, organised by the Maynooth University and the Southern Regional Assembly, as ESPON Contact Point (ECP) and Monitoring Committee (MC) members respectively for Ireland.
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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. -
September 27, 2022Article 174 of the TFEU states that: '’the Union shall aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions.
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September 18, 2023The ESPON EGTC is launching an open call for tenders to further build up ESPON’s stock of research and enhance the European territorial evidence production in the frame -
July 24, 2023The purpose of this call for tenders is to contract a service provider to deliver expertise support to ESPON EGTC (and Interact) in undertaking the Territorial Agenda (TA) 2030 stocktaking review. -
July 24, 2023The objective of this Targeted Analysis is to deliver high quality research on strategic planning for shrinking rural areas, with a particular focus on Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
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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.
