ESPON seminar in Espoo
14-15 November 2006
The ninth and last ESPON Seminar under the ESPON 2006 programme took place on 14-15 November 2006 in Espoo, Finland.
This seminar brought together policy makers, the ESPON Contact Points and the Lead and Projects Partners carrying through the applied research projects to discuss the ESPON 2006 final results and to look towards the ESPON 2013 Programme.
During the afternoon of the second day a special session, including the participation of the Deputy General Director of the European Commission and five General Directors responsible for Spatial Development focused on expectations and demands towards the ESPON 2013 Programme and addressed the importance of territorial evidence for policy development.
Three new ESPON publications, the final ESPON synthesis report, the ESPON scientific progress report and the ESPON Atlas, representing the main ESPON 2006 achievements in understanding the diversity, dynamics and perspectives of the European territory were presented during the Seminar and are available for downloading here.
This ESPON seminar was attended by 213 researchers, consultants and policy makers from all over Europe.
You can find below the final programme, list of participants and the different presentations made during the seminar.