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.

Documents

Presentation

  • Acrobat Document | 22KB

Flyer London Seminar 11-12 July 2005

  • Acrobat Document | 66KB

London Seminar 11-12 July 2005 - Position paper

  • Acrobat Document | 294KB

Flyer Belfast Seminar on 22-23 February 2005

  • Acrobat Document | 26KB

Belfast Final List of Participants

  • Acrobat Document | 8KB

ECP UK Presentation Belfast

  • Acrobat Document | 130KB

ECP Ireland Presentation Belfast

  • Acrobat Document | 6.48MB

ESPON Going Regional Final Report

  • Acrobat Document | 1.34MB