After a intensive  and constructive period of preparations and consultations  Commissioner Elisa Ferreira announced on 6 July 2022 that the European Commission has approved the new ESPON programme

El passat 23 de novembre de 2021 es va celebrar a Barcelona el seminari “El paper de les ciutats i les àrees metropolitanes en la política de cohesió: reptes per al període 2021-2027”, organitzat p

COVID-19, like earlier pandemics, had a devastating impact on the tourism sector, with the consequences still being felt.

European regions exhibit strong disparities in relation to their innovation capacity in terms of both the development of innovation and the appropriation of social, economic and environmental benef

The seminar-discussion “Challenges for the Future Development of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area” was held on February 22, 2022.

During an online seminar discussion “Role of cohesion policy in the Planning of Metropolitan areas - Brussels case study”, 30 participants were invited to discuss the results of the international E

The high-level online conference “From ESPON 2020 to ESPON 2030 – Building on 20 years of innovative support for territorial policy-making” on 29 March 2022 gathered more than 400 participants to discuss achievements of the present and perspectives of the future of ESPON programme. Read a short summary of the event and find the presentations of the speakers in this article. 

notika seminārs – diskusija “Rīgas metropoles nākotnes attīstības izaicinājumi”, kurā vairāk nekā 400 dalībnieki tika iepazīstināti ar starptautiska ESPON pētījuma “METRO Kohēzijas politikas loma un nākotnes perspektīvas metropoles areālu un pilsētu plānošanā” rezultātiem par Eiropas Savienības Kohēzijas politikas ietekmi uz Rīgas metropoles areāla izaugsmi, plānošanu un konkurētspēju. 

The ESPON Geography of COVID-19 project (Territorial impacts of COVID-19 and policy answers in European regions and cities) is conductin

Discontent, Division, Disparities, Divides. Those are the four "Ds" characterising the spatial megatrends in Europe today, according to the ESPON findings, as presented by the director of ESPON, Mr Wiktor Szydarowski, at the European Summit of regions and cities, in Marseille.