An article of our director, Ilona Raugze, published on EURACTIV on the occasion of the Europe Day 2019 

The European population is ageing rapidly, and this is particularly evident in the cities.

Three new calls for targeted analyses are open. Stakeholders are looking for evidence and policy recommendations on: ---

Genova is a great city. It is also the capital of the Liguria Region, one of the ESPON stakeholders in the URRUC project -urban-rural connections in non-metropolitan areas. The other three stakeholders are the Scarborough Borough Council, Marina Alta, and Västerbotten County

“Understanding the economic impact of cultural heritage – Better investments through improved evidence collection”.

If you want to know how the Alps area will look like in 2050 our ESPON project Alps 2050 is the best source of information.

A place-based approach would give cities and regions the opportunity to address development challenges on the basis of development strategies designed by themselves and could contribute to more efficiency.

In February, we had the opportunity and pleasure to host our colleague from Interact’s Turku office, Philipp Schwartz, who spent two weeks with us as part of the staff exchanges within Interreg. This is his experience.

2019 is a decisive year for Europe. The upcoming agreement on the post-2020 EU budget will also give the final shape to the Cohesion policy.

On the eve of 2018, the voices asking for a stronger territorial approach to development policies in Europe became mainstream.