The ESPON seminar is organised in cooperation with the Austrian Presidency of the EU Council and takes place on 5 - 6 December 2018 in Vienna. The objective is to discuss new narratives for territorial development in the context of the Territorial Agenda 2020. It will also debate on how place-based policies can impact mid and long-term Cohesion Policy goals.

How can research in territorial interrelations, integrated territorial development and new data sources contribute to territorial development and cohesion?

A continuation of the ESPON study on the digitalisation of public services in European cities

Watch Fabrizio Barka's key-note speech at the ESPON seminar in Sofia.  

Ilona Raugze, Director ESPON-EGTC speaking at the High Level Roundtable on integrated territorial development at the World Urban Forum (WUF9)

This video contribution was part of a conference about "Green economy in the Apennine Region" on 22-23 May 2018

New legislation regarding public procurement has been approved recently in Luxembourg and therefore from 20 of April 2018 the following law and regulation have entered into force:

EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Creţu and Secretary of State for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure Camille Gira visited ESPON EGTC

Euroactiv's Nikos Lampropoulos spoke to ESPON EGTC Director Ilona Raugze about the role of territorial cooperation for the future of European cohesion. 

on the role of evidence-based policy making and ESPON for the future of EU policies