The ESPON 2013 Programme, the European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion, uses an open competitive process in the selection of projects. Calls are launched regularly.

The Programme co-finances projects in fields of:

  • Applied research on different themes of European territorial dynamics
  • Targeted Analyses
  • Scientific Platform and Tools 
  • Transnational Networking Activities by the ESPON Contact Point network

The Programme budget of €47 mill is part-financed at the level of 75 % by the European Regional Development Fund under Objective 3 for European Territorial Cooperation and by 31 countries, 27 EU Member States and Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

List of Calls

  • 11th Call for Proposals: 22 August - 18 October 2013 (Transnational Networking Activities by the ESPON Contact Point Network); Info Day in Luxembourg on 11 September 2013. More information: Announcement, Info Day 11 September 2013
  • 10th round of Calls for Proposals: Opens 18 April till 13 June 2012 (Targeted Analysis, Scientific Platform/Tools projects and Transnational Networking Activities by the ESPON Contact Point Network); Info Day and Partner Café in Brussels on 10 May 2012. More information: Pre-announcement, Announcement, Info Day 10 May 2012
  • 9th call, Calls for Proposals: 24 August 2011 - 20 October 2011 (Applied Research projects, Targeted Analyses, Scientific Platform/Tools projects and Transnational Networking Activities by the ESPON Contact Point Network); Info Day and Partner Café in Brussels on 13 September 2011.
  • 8th call, Call for Proposals and Expression of Interests: 24 January 2011 – 21 March 2011; Info Day and Partner Café in Brussels on 10 February 2011 (Applied Research projects, Expression of Interest for Targeted Analyses, Scientific Platform – Territorial Indicators and Monitoring)
  • 7th call, Call for Expression of Interest for the Knowledge Support System: 23 November 2010 – 21 January 2011
  • 6th call, Call for Proposals: 24 August 2010 – 19 October 2010; Info Day and Partner Café in Brussels on 8 September 2010 (Targeted Analyses, Scientific Platform – ESPON 2013 Database II) 
  • 5th call, Call for Proposals: 3 May 2010 – 28 June 2010; Info Day and Partner Café in Brussels on 18 May 2010 (Applied Research projects, Targeted Analyses, Transnational Networking Activities by the ESPON Contact Point network)
  • 4th call, Call for Proposals and Expression of Interests for Targeted Analyses: 16 September 2009 – 11 November 2009
  • 3rd call, Call for Expression of Interests for the Knowledge Support System: 19 December 2008 – 12 February 2009
  • 2nd call, Call for Proposals: 20 August 2008 – 15 October 2008
  • 1st call, Call for Proposals and Expression of Interests for the Knowledge Support System and for Targeted Analyses: 21 January 2008 – 22 March 2008

Tools

In order to assist potential applicants to set up a high quality project and to find partners, the following tools are available:

  • Partner Café, an overview of potential partners in support of constructing transnational project groups. An updated version of the overview is available here.
  • FAQs on content, project management and financial issues in the form of questions and answer. To go to FAQs click here.