The service shall support decision-making related to the urban-rural transport connectivity challenges facing non-metropolitan regions limiting their access to essential services, business and employment opportunities. The aim of the project is to improve transport policy and systems related to connectivity by engaging the participating stakeholders in knowledge transfer activities, developing networks of information exchange and advancing understanding of flexible and sustainable urban-rural mobility and accessibility.

The service shall contribute to 1) enhancing the use of Big Data in supporting policy with up-to-date information relevant for territorial analysis and to 2) explore spatial patterns and dynamics of housing in European cities using Big Data. 

In 2018 the ESPON EGTC will tender 6 applied research activities:

The service shall contribute to enhancing integrated policy development in the European growth corridors through a better understanding of spatial dynamics and interactions in these specific areas.

The service shall contribute to evidence-based, coherent and transparent decision-making in EU Member States considering land-sea interactions in the development of national maritime spatial plans. It shall develop a methodology to explore land-sea links, including the coastal interface. All EU sectoral policies affecting seas, islands, coastal regions and maritime sectors need to be taken into account in the analytical process.

The service shall develop a step-by-step methodology describing how to determine the ex-post impact of any cross-border cooperation (CBC) programme on the territorial development of the border regions.

The service shall attempt to quantify the impacted contributions of the material cultural heritage to regional development over the past 5 years by establishing a set of comparable socio-economic indicators and performing data collection in the stakeholders’ territories.

The ESPON EGTC will tender 4 service contracts for Targeted Analyses:

The ESPON EGTC is looking for one Trainee for the unit Administration & Management for a period of 5 months, starting as soon as possible but preferably by December 2017. The work includes a variety of organisational, administrative and financial tasks related to public procurement processes, administrative checking of submitted tenders and proposals, contracting procedures, preparation of progress reports, and budget management. Deadline for submitting an application is 27 October 2017.

The ESPON EGTC is pleased to announce that the