Prague, 22 November 2012 The ESPON TOWN project (Small and Medium-Sized Towns) invites to its first international workshop “Toward EU2020 - Framing a research agenda for Small and Medium-Sized Towns”.

Stockholm, 15-16 November 2012 The Territorial Agenda 2020 and the Europe 2020 Strategy highlight sustainable, smart and inclusive growth as desirable development paths. The project ENECON organises a workshop to discuss the dimension of the concepts “sustainability” and “sustainable regions”.

The Interim Report presents preliminary results and considerations of policy relevant implications.

The aim of this Applied Research Project is to provide profound knowledge on EU neighbour regions in order to support targeted policy development in the light of Cohesion Policy.

The Draft Final Report of the targeted analysis ULYSSES is now available.

The Final Report of the applied research project ARTS is now online.

Luxembourg, 25 October 2012 The University of Luxembourg, ESPON Contact Point, organises the conference "Priorities for the upcoming territorial policy of Luxembourg. ESPON delivers food for thought" which aims at presenting ESPON results and national data to feed the debate on the upcoming territorial policy.

At the ESPON Workshop "Innovation & Knowledge” policymaking community, practitioners and scientists discussed the territorial dimension of innovation and knowledge and its implications for the elaboration of future Structural Funds programmes. The event offered a chance to put forward participants’ views at a crucial time for the elaboration of future Structural Funds programmes.

The final report of the applied research project SGPTD is now online.

“The attractiveness of European regions and cities in Europe and its contribution to Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth - How can policy makers make better use of this territorial potential?”, Brussels, 10 October 2012.