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Smart specialisation, integrated strategies
and territorial cohesion: tension or synergies
27 September 2012 - Brussels
ESPON 2013 Programme:
The territorial dimension of EU policy
The ESPON 2013 Programme
Role in Structural Funds 2007-2013:
– Support EU Cohesion Policy development with panEuropean, comparable facts and evidence on Territorial
Structures, Trends, Perspectives and Policy Impacts
– Focus on European Regions and Cities, and revealing
territorial capital, potentials and challenges.
Budget 2007-13:
– 47 mill Euro (ERDF 34 mill. Euro, plus 13 mill. Euro from
31 countries)
Programme Priorities:
– P 1: Applied Research
– P 2: Targeted Analyses based on Stakeholder interest
– P 3: Scientific Platform and Tools
– P 4: Capitalisation
Themes addressed by ESPON Applied Research (P1)
Territorial Impact
Assessment
Urban
Agglomerations
Climate Change
Rural Areas
Growth poles
Migratory Flows
EU Directives
Attractiveness
Green Economy
Demography
Energy
Regions
Innovation
Territorial cooperation
Accessibility
Continental
flows
Services of General
Interest
Cities
Land use
European Seas
Governance
Specific Types of
Territories
Territorial
Scenarios and
Vision
Economy
Themes of ESPON Targeted Analyses (P2)
Cross-border
Spatial
Development
Rural
Regions
Central Europe
Integrated
Strategies
Smart
Institutions
Airports
Territorial Performance
Monitoring
Territorial Impact
Assessment
Landscape
Growth Poles in
South-East
Europe
Indicators for Territorial
Cohesion/Spatial Planning
Monitoring
regional R&D
Best
Metropolises
Scientific Platform and Tools (P3)
ESPON 2013
Database
Territorial
Monitoring in
MacroRegion
– Baltic Sea
Region
Territorial
Indicators/
INTERCO
European Territorial
Monitoring and
Reporting
Detecting
Territorial
Potentials
ESPON
Hyper
Atlas
ESPON Atlas 2014
On-line Mapping Tool
Territorial
Evidence Packs
for Structural
Typology
European Urban Benchmarking
Funds
Compilation
Web Tool
Programmes
New Final Results until summer 2013 (1)
10 final Applied Research projects:
• Land-use, Territorial cooperation, Transport accessibility,
Secondary growth poles, Specific types of territories,
Knowledge and Innovation, Globalisation, European seas,
Services of general interest and Spatial indicators for EU
2020.
11 final Targeted Analyses:
• Potentials for rural regions, ESPON and TIA, Cross-border
strategies, Regional integrated strategies, Metropoles in
Central Europe, Metropolises (Paris, Berlin, Warsaw),
Territorial performance monitoring, Migration in rural
regions, Territorial governance, Regional monitoring of
R&D, Indicators for territorial cohesion and planning.
Supportive ESPON Publications in 2012-2013
ESPON publications envisaged during the next year:
– Territorial Evidence Fact sheets in early October 2012 for 65
ETC programmes
– TIA quick check and guidance in November 2012
– Territorial Observation 7 on Climate Change and Hazards in
January 2013
– Final ESPON project Overview in February 2013
– Territorial Observation 8 on Gateway Cities in March 2013
– Atlas on EU 2020 Strategy in March 2013
– Synthesis Report 2 in May 2013
– Territorial Evidence Packs in May 2013
– Territorial Observation 9 on Targeted Analyses in June 2013
– Handbook on Territorial Governance in September 2013
ESPON Events in 2012-2013
Seminars, conferences and workshops:
– ESPON Workshop on Innovation and Knowledge on 5 October
2012 in Bruxelles
– ESPON Workshop at Open Days on 10-11 October 2012 in
Bruxelles
– ESPON Seminar (internal) on 5-6 December 2012 in Paphos
with theme of European Neighbourhood
– ESPON Scientific Conference in February-March 2013 in
Luxembourg
– ESPON High-level Conference in May 2013 in Bruxelles
– ESPON Workshop on Gateway Cities in May 2013
– ESPON Open Seminar on 12-13 June 2013 in Dublin
Demands from EU Policy and EC Regulations
Key demands
– Territorial dimension due to Territorial Cohesion in Treaty
– Place-based and Integrated approach
– Evidence informed policy and programming
– Concentration on priority themes for investment (CSF)
– Concrete results (important for recovery)
– EU policy affects regions differently
– Exploring diversity through tailor made policy mixes with
integrated solutions
Total Pillar 1
support per
Agricultural
Work Unit
(1999)
• Concentration
in prosperous
northern areas
of Europe
Total Pillar 2
support per
Agricultural
Work Unit
(1999)
• more dispersed,
but still mainly
reaching richer
regions
TIPTAP project: the new Transport Policy
Road infrastructure development
in Baseline Scenario, 2030
Rail infrastructure development
in Baseline Scenario, 2030
Source:
TRANSTOOL Model,
2008
Source:
TRANSTOOL Model,
2008
TIPTAP project: Impacts of the new Transport Policy
Economic Growth (GDP per cap.)
in Baseline Scenario, 2030
Source:
TRANSTOOL Model,
2008
Congestion Costs (time in cong./
total time) in Baseline Scenario, 2030
Including a European perspective
Using ESPON in analyses for integrated regional strategies:
– Openness for adding a European perspective
– Benchmarking/learning the strategy area within numerous
themes related to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
– Look for swot’s of (1) the entire area, (2) for particular
regions and cities, (3) across borders and (4) in the wider
context (neighbours and networks)
– Inform the policy makers on the specific diversity of
potentials and challenges
– Be precise on where within the strategy area what smart
specialisation could be implemented most efficient as actions
– Propose a “balanced” strategy with mix of actions in different
places that can support the policy momentum necessary
More Information
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