ESPON Going Regional
Belfast - 22 -23 February 2005; London - 11-12 July 2005
The aims of the ESPON Going Regional activity were “to disseminate ESPON findings to the research and policy communities, and to foster greater understanding of the trans-scalar aspects of spatial planning.” The partners in the activity hoped to foster “a scientific debate about the ESPON findings and a policy debate and to build links between them.” The focus was set on North Western Europe as a macro-region, though the partners also recognised that to better understand the situation in North Western Europe, perspectives from elsewhere in Europe are also helpful.
ESPON Going Regional held two seminars. The first was “Spatial Development of Europe’s North Western Periphery: The implications of ESPON findings for territories beyond the London-Paris-Milan-Munich-Hamburg “Pentagon”. The second was “Competitiveness and Cohesion in North Western Europe: The implications of ESPON results”. Each attracted scientists, students and practising spatial planners.
This finalised transnational activity was lead by ECP United Kingdom and has as Project Partners the following ECPs: ECP Ireland, ECP Belgium, ECP Hungary, ECP Netherlands and ECP Czech Republic.