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Programme
- - ESPON 2020 Programme
- - Projects
  - Applied Research
  - Targeted Analyses
  - Monitoring and Tools
  - Transnational Outreach
  - Previous Projects
  - ESPON 2013
  - ESPON 2006
- - Projects by policy themes
  - Regional Economy
  - Social & Cultural
  - Environmental challenges
  - Flows & Interaction
  - Transition & Change
  - Urban Development
  - Rural Development
  - Cross-border functions & macro regions
  - Governance models
  - Specific Solutions, Policy Instruments & Tools
- - Spotlight
  - ESPON - Policy themes
  - ESPON delivers territorial evidence for actual policy needs in various areas
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Topics & Policy
- - Topics & Policy
  - Publications
  - Addressing Labour Migration Challenges in Europe
    
    June 5, 2019
    
    The free movement of labour is one of the “four freedoms” of the European Union and its single market.
    
    Policy brief: Cross-border public services in Europe
    
    June 3, 2019
    
    Most Cross-border Public Services (CPS) deal with environment protection, civil protection and disaster management and transport. In the future CPS development is expected in the fields of spatial planning, economic development, tourism and culture. Many regions in Europe also explore possibilities to establish CPS dealing with health care and labour market challenges.
- - Evidence
  - Mapping urban structures, accessibility patterns and territorial cooperation in Europe
    
    June 22, 2017
    
    The current models and further potentials of polycentric development at different scales in Europe have been analysed by ESPON on the basis of urban structures, accessibility and cooperation
- - Policy
  - Between cooperation and competition: why polycentric development matters
    
    June 22, 2017
    
    Polycentric territorial patterns encourage more balanced development between regions and more co-operative urban-rural relationships.
    
    Territorial evidence for the future of Europe
    
    January 28, 2016
    
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- - Case Studies
  - The Danube Region: a polycentric network combining hub approaches and smart specialisation
    
    June 22, 2017
    
    Some European capital cities jointly function as a gateway in the form of a polycentric network with regard to specific functions in a macro-region.
    
    Upper Rhine region: cross-border differentials foster functional integration
    
    June 22, 2017
    
    Cross-border metropolitan areas link national urban systems in a way that can generate a number of new opportunities and agglomeration economies.
News & Events
- - News & Events
  - News
  - Latest News
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- - Events
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  - ESPON 2013
  - ESPON 2006
- - Press
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  - Stay Connected
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- - Spotlight
  - Life goes beyond administrative borders, policies should do the same
  - Peoples’ lives exceed administrative borders. They live, work and travel from one place to the other: They may live in a town and work in a near big city, they may enjoy cycling in a forest of their neighbouring region or go for shopping at the mall next to the borders.
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Tools & Maps
- - ESPON Toolbox
  - DataBase Portal
  - Access to regional, local, urban, neighbourhood (candidate countries), world, grid and historical data
  - BSR-TeMo
  - Baltic Sea Region Territorial Monitoring System
  - CityBench
  - Urban Benchmarking
  - ETMS
  - Statistical information and practical evidence on territorial trends, dynamics, patterns and structural changes
- - Data Navigator
  - Access to data sources, statistical series and databases provided by National Statistical Offices
  - Functional Indicators Tool
  - Effects of transportation networks on accessibility and the territorial development
  - HyperAtlas
  - Compare and analyse a region?s relative position at european, national and local level
  - Mapping Guide
  - Help on mapping statistical data and delivering the right message
- - Online MapFinder
  - Access to the most relevant ESPON maps
  - Online Mapping Tool
  - Build maps and diagrams at various regional levels
  - Regional Typologies
  - ESPON provides nine regional typologies for additional analysis of project results
  - Territorial Impact Assessment Tool
  - Identify, ex-ante, potential territorial impacts of new EU Legislations, Policies and Directives
- - Spotlight
  - Espon tools introductory video
  - To address today’s policy development, territorial diversity and cohesion challenges, the ESPON programme provides a number of tools with valuable information and data for countries, regions, cities, and citizens.
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  - Tool selection wizard
Participate
- - Participate
  - Invitations for Stakeholders
  - Open Invitation
  - Stakeholder Cafe (Dec 2016)
  - Previous Invitations
  - Consultations
  - Public Consultation (Mar 2014)
  - EU-level Consultation (Mar 2014)
  - Espon 2013
  - Calls for Proposals
  - Legal Framework
  - Procurements
- - ESPON in your country
  - Overview
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    France
    
    Germany
    
    Greece
    
    Hungary
    
    Ireland
    
    Italy
    
    Latvia
    
    Lithuania
    
    Luxembourg
    
    Malta
    
    Netherlands
    
    Poland
    
    Portugal
    
    Romania
    
    Slovakia
    
    Slovenia
    
    Spain
    
    Sweden
    
    United Kingdom
  - Iceland
    
    Liechtenstein
    
    Norway
    
    Switzerland
  - Vacancies
  - Vacancies
  - Previous Vacancies
- - Spotlight
  - Call for Tenders "ESPON Transnational Outreach Support 2019-2022"
  - This call for tenders serves the transnational outreach strand of the ESPON EGTC and aims at bidd
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