ESPON Workshops at the Open Days, 5 and 6 October 2010 in Brussels

logo_odThe ESPON Programme was present at the Open Days in Bruxelles organised by the Commission on 5-6 October 2010.

Two ESPON workshops were conducted.

The first workshop, Cooperation: the benefits of cooperating across internal and external borders, dealt with results of applied research projects on 5 October 2010, involving 4 Lead Partners as speakers.

The second workshop, ESPON provides regions with targeted analysis, took place on 6 October 2010 focusing on Targeted Analyses, also with 4 Lead Partners presenting.

For each workshop around 60-70 participants were present.

Please find below the programme of the workshops and the presentations.

logo_odESPON will have two workshops during this year’s Open Days in Brussels.

The first workshop

“Cooperation: the benefits of cooperating across internal and external borders”

 

is related to Priority 1/Applied Research and is scheduled for 5 October 2010 at 11h15-13h00.

This workshop features four of the new ESPON 2013 applied research projects that highlight the regional or territorial dimension. The first shows how increasing energy prices will have a higher impact on regions with a high and inelastic energy demand. The second study shows how transport and agricultural policies have distinct territorial impacts and how these impacts can be adjusted. The third project illustrates how changing demographic trends will change EU regions over the next two decades and investigates the role of European cities and how this can be enhanced.

The second workshop

“ESPON provides regions with targeted analysis”

 is dedicated to Priority 2/Targeted Analyses and will take place on 6 October 2010 at 9h00-10h45.

This workshop will provide an overview of the analyses that regions and Member States have requested ESPON to undertake. These requests come for example from cross-border regions, large agglomerations and European islands. The work builds on previous ESPON studies and is conducted with the involvement of the regions requesting these analyses and the ESPON coordination unit. One of these analyses has already been concluded and ten more are ongoing. In the current period, the ESPON 2013 programme includes a new priority that provides regions, Member States and managing authorities with the possibility of requesting a targeted analysis on a particular theme or issue. This analysis places these regions and Member States in a European perspective and zooms in on the policy-relevant conclusions that can be drawn for each of the participating regions.

Participation is free. To registering for the ESPON Workshops please visit the official website, which includes details the workshops, speakers, venues. Registration will be closed on 22 September 2010. Online registration 

Documents

Programme

  • Acrobat Document | 253KB

Welcome

  • Powerpoint Presentation | 2.04MB

Regions at Risk of Energy Poverty

  • Acrobat Document | 1.49MB

Demographic and Migratory Flows affecting Regions and Cities

  • Powerpoint Presentation | 3.47MB

Territorial Impact Package for Transport and Agricultural Policies

  • Powerpoint Presentation | 5.64MB

Future Orientation of Cities

  • Powerpoint Presentation | 8.89MB

The case for Agglomeration Economies

  • Powerpoint Presentation | 294KB

Success for Convergence Region’s Economies

  • Powerpoint Presentation | 808KB

Spatial Scenarios: New tools for local and regional territories

  • Powerpoint Presentation | 1.54MB

Crossborder Polycentric Metropolitan Regions

  • Acrobat Document | 1.40MB