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Policy Briefs
| 8 April 2024
Under the guidance of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, attention is turning towards the pivotal role of small and medium sized cities in fostering balanced territorial d
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Policy Briefs
| 4 March 2024
The policy brief emphasizes the critical role of small and medium-sized towns and cities in achieving balanced territorial development and fostering economic, social, and territorial cohesion. S
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Policy Briefs
| 19 October 2023
A 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.
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Policy Briefs
| 12 January 2023
At the European level, there is a raising interest in developing a common, operational definition of functional rural areas.
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Policy Briefs
| 27 July 2022
La plupart des études scientifiques réalisées depuis l’apparition du COVID-19 ont montré que les régions qui ont été le plus longtemps soumises à des mesures strictes de confinement ont été sociale
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Policy Briefs
| 17 January 2022
The pandemic has shown that the continuation of life during the pandemic requires robust digital public services throughout the Member States and the use of advanced technologies to enhance public
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Policy Briefs
| 10 December 2021
It is incumbent on governments at all levels to ensure that cohesion policy is efficient and helps deliver territorial cohesion.
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Policy Briefs
| 12 October 2021
There is no official data on region-to-region trade flows between different countries within the European Union (EU).