Stocktaking paper on functional urban areas
Preparation of this paper has been requested by the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union to substantiate discussion on urban policy in the upcoming term (first half of 2025), with a declaration to be agreed upon by Ministers for Cohesion Policy, Urban Matters and Territorial Cohesion at the informal meeting in Warsaw, in May 2025.
[DESIRE] - Analysis on provision of public services in lagging regions and areas with special needs
In the European Union access to essential services is guided by the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) where Principle 20 stipulates that everyone has the right to easy-to-use and affordable key services, including water, sanitation, energy, transport, financial services and digital communications.
[CROSSGOV] - Governance mechanisms for cross-border functional areas
Integration in cross-border regions can be understood through two main dimensions. The first relates to interactions across the border, shaped by the intensity of cross-border flows and the barriers that may affect them. The second concerns the degree of spatial convergence between the territories, reflected in similarities or differences in their economic, social, and territorial characteristics. These integration processes do not unfold in the same way everywhere.
[MedCoopNet] - Mapping Mediterranean Cooperation Networks and Governance
The Targeted Analysis will contribute to understanding the Mediterranean's emerging geography in terms of its delineations, functional and cooperation arrangements, involved actors, and coherence with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), providing evidence to inform new governance mechanisms and consolidate the existing ones.
[InTerAlp] – Interface Territories across the Alpine region
Governance mechanisms for cross-border functional areas (CROSSGOV)
European research project "Governance mechanisms for cross-border functional areas" (CROSSGOV) aims to develop the knowledge base and prepare the ground for further research under the respective TAP, and to broaden the understanding upon cross-border functional territories, providing a common approach at European level; this will provide a departure point for activities to help policymakers at all relevant levels in harnessing the potential of functional approach in planning and governance.
Strategic Autonomy Rules for Trade in European Regions (STARTER)
The objective of this European research project is to conduct an analysis of the regional effects arising from scenarios related to Open Strategic Autonomy. This includes examining the impact of diversification benchmarks for strategic raw materials outlined in the European Union's Critical Raw Minerals Act. The project also aims to assess the regional effects resulting from concessions in Free Trade Agreements, specifically those contributing to diversification targets for strategic raw materials.
ESPON Targeted Analysis Orientations for the development of an Atlantic Macro-Region (AtlanticMRS)
The service contract shall support the efforts for building a common development vision for the Atlantic Area, which should strengthen the territorial cooperation among regions. It shall contribute to reducing obstacles to a common sustainable territorial development and to strengthening actions aiming at coping with common territorial challenges and thereby supporting actions to further defining the contours of an Atlantic Macro-Region
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