2002–2012: Ten Years of ESPON Throughout 2012 ESPON will celebrate 10 years of operation. ESPON has over the years provided comparable pan-European evidence, analyses and scenarios on territorial dynamics and built up a knowledge and evidence base that help regions, cities and larger territories in deciding on their development.  

The Call for Tenders "ESPON Data Navigator 2012" is open. Deadline for accessing the documentation is 17/02/2012.

Showcasing paths to regional economic growth and the use of European Territorial Evidence

ESPON released the publication “Territorial Dynamics in Europe: The Creative Workforce”. The publication focuses on territorial evidence, trends and dynamics of European regions related to the creative workforce.

ESPON releases the final report of EUROISLANDS - The Development of the Islands, European Islands and Cohesion Policy. The final report raises awareness of the specificities and diversity of this specific type of territories and takes into consideration the current policy debate related to the European Cohesion Policy.

The project overview shows the state of progress on 62 projects. The publication presents key facts, thematic scope, policy questions, results envisaged as well as information on timing, budget and transnational project groups. 

Three Calls for Tenders are open: Webservices and IT-Solutions, Data Navigator, Online Map Finder - Content Part. Deadline for accessing the documentation is 28/12/2011.

ESPON is financing 4 new applied research projects over the coming two to three years. The projects cover a variety of themes: from the EU 2020 Strategy to Territorial Scenarios and Visions for Europe to Territorial Potentials for a Greener Economy and Territorial Governance.

ESPON is financing 4 new applied research projects over the coming two to three years. ...

The European Parliament has published a study on the Visions and Options for Cohesion Policy after 2013 which is also based on ESPON data and finding. One of the policy recommendations to inform the position of the European Parliament is “The potential contribution of ESPON to policy design and delivery needs to be better exploited”.