As recent ESPON evidence on globalisation shows, to strengthen competitiveness and to enhance Europe’s strategic linkages, it is of great relevance to better understand the territorial development of the EU neighbouring regions.

ESPON’s contribution to the formulation of adequate policy strategies to enhance Europe’s competitiveness in the global context is in focus at the Internal Seminar on 5 and 6 December 2012 “Territorial Development Opportunities in Europe and its Neighbourhood to Foster Global Competitiveness”, organised in cooperation with the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union.