Vibrant, Resilient, Well-connected – The Baltic Sea Region in 2040
The Expert’s Conference will celebrate the completion of the VASAB Vision 2040. Experts in the field of spatial planning and regional development will come together to discuss what the VASAB Vision means for the Baltic Sea Region and how each of us can contribute to making it a reality.
The event will take place back-to-back with the adoption of the Vision 2040 by the Ministers responsible for spatial planning and development in the VASAB countries of the Baltic Sea Region on 2 June 2023.
MSP-LSI in Estonia
This report contributes to the Maritime Spatial Planning with two objectives: to undertake an analysis and characterization of the coastal and maritime planning and land-sea interactions from a multi-level (national, local), multi-sectoral (energy, aquaculture, transport, tourism, defence, nature protection, etc.) and multi-actor (public, private) perspective. And to outline policy recommendations that could build the basis for comprehensively embedding the maritime spatial planning competences of local and national level into legislation and into formal and informal planning processes.
MSP-LSI–on demand service for Luxembourg
This activity is based on the results of the targeted analysis project Maritime Spatial Planning and Land Sea Interactions (MSP-LSI) and has been commissioned by the ESPON EGTC for Luxembourg, as a member of the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC). It was conducted following a request of the Ministry of Energy and Spatial Planning Luxembourg, in their role as a member of the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC).
North Aegean: Cohesion Policy design and implementation in an island context
This study analyses the implementation of an Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) targeting small islands of the North Aegean Region in the 2014-2020 programming period, considering observed patterns of development in recent years and in the broader context of Cohesion Policy implementation. Outputs of this analysis serve as basis for recommendations for the design and implementation of a corresponding ITI in the 2021-2027 programming period.
DIGISER - Digital Innovation in Governance and Public Service Provision
This research project sets out to analyse the transformation of the public sector and its service provision through digital innovation by taking into consideration the diversity of the European territory in terms of socio-economic, cultural and environmental endowments in different cities.
METRO - The role and future perspectives of Cohesion Policy in the planning of Metropolitan Areas and Cities
Despite their importance in the development of the European territory, Metropolitan Areas and Cities are not the primary actors in the design of programmes and strategies to implement Cohesion Policy. The experience with the 2007-2013 programming period, showed that cities and urban areas were involved at the project level as beneficiaries.
IMAGINE - Developing a metropolitan-regional imaginary in Milan-Bologna urban region
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The Milano-Bologna urban region encompasses the metropolitan cities of Milan and Bologna and the provinces of Piacenza and Pavia, a strategic regional area across two of the most economically developed Regions in Italy. This area experiences important changes in terms of economic development.
ERMES - ESPON European Research for Maritime Eco(nomic)clusters governance Strategy
ERMES is focused on the reinforcement of land-sea interactions through policies and soft governance solutions that allow for the promotion of Blue Growth and the maximization of regional benefits of sustainable maritime spatial planning.
CE FLOWS – Spatial dynamics and integrated territorial development scenarios for the functional area of Central Europe
The Interreg Central Europe (CE) programme area encompasses the territory of nine EU Member States, i.e. Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, as well as parts of Germany and Italy. It makes up 23% of the EU territory and covers countries from both sides of the former ’Iron Curtain’.
DIGIPLAN - Evaluating Spatial Planning Practices with Digital Plan Data
Digitalization in public administration is gaining momentum in many European countries and spatial planning is no exception. The digitalization process is driven by ideas of efficiency, expressed for example in the concept of “smart cities” and “digital governance”, ideas of participation and improved public service, like “open government” and “open data”, and an aspiration for new economic growth and business opportunities based on this data. The topic of this ESPON Targeted Analysis is highly relevant as digitalization plays an increasing role also in spatial planning.
