The Institute for Spatial Development and the Ministry of Regional Development in cooperation with the Eurocentre in Ostrava organises a national ESPON Seminar with the title “

The Institute for Spatial Development and the Ministry of Regional Development in cooperation with the Eurocentres in Prague organises a national ESPON Seminar with the title “Přidaná hodnota politiky soudržnosti pro metropolitní oblasti a regiony v České republice“ (The added value of cohesion policy for metropolitan areas and regions in the Czech Republic).

An online webinar on Thursday 28th September from 12.30 to 13.45, organised by the Maynooth University and the Southern Regional Assembly, as ESPON Contact Point (ECP) and Monitoring Committee (MC) members respectively for Ireland. 

A Territorial Impact Assessment on a Drone Strategy was conducted recently by the Committee of the Regions with the support of ESPON. The findings were published in a report that you can find in this article.

We are thrilled to invite you to the upcoming ESPON Seminar on “small and medium-sized cities drivers of sustainable development and urban-rural cooperation”

Archipelago and small islands are geographical areas with many special characteristics that require special policy response.

The European objective to achieve ‘No Net Land Take in 2050’ has taken spatial planners in the Netherlands by surprise. Other member states, however, have been actively trying to reduce their urban development for years. What can we learn from each other? That is the topic of the symposium on September 27.

4 new Targeted Analyses were approved by the ESPON EGTC after the second cut-of date.

This targeted analysis will identify strengths and weaknesses of the policy tools applied by the participating stakeholders for the management and prevention of natural risks and social crises with

This targeted analysis is expected to deliver evidence on territorial effects of the calamities related to climate change, and – on that basis - to work out strategies for adaptati