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ESPON UK Network,
Communities and Local Government
& RTPI Development Planning Network
UK spatial development evidence base and the
ESPON programme
Introduction to the ESPON programme
Cliff Hague
What is ESPON?
• European
Observation
Network on
Territorial
Development and
Cohesion.
• Research that is
jointly funded by
31 countries and
the ERDF.
• ESPON 2006 and
2013.
Where does ESPON fit in?
National / regional
strategies
ESPON
Cohesion Reports
and Cohesion Policy
Territorial
Agenda
What can ESPON offer to UK evidence base?
Indicators
Scenarios
reports
Benchmarking & data
Concepts
Methods
Targeted analysis
Typologies
Typologies
• 56 territorial
typologies in ESPON
2006.
• ESPON 2013 project
working to produce 8
typologies
1. Urban/metropolitan
regions;
2. Rural regions;
3. Sparsely populated
regions;
4. Regions in industrial
transition;
5. Cross-border regions;
6. Mountainous regions;
7. Islands;
8. Coastal regions.
Research opportunities
• New round of projects
tendered: deadline 11
November.
• Transnational Project
Groups: research
institutes from 3 +
countries.
• UK ECP can help with
partner search.
Euros
14.91
Million.
Proposals invited from public bodies for
“Targeted analysis” projects
• Partners from 3 or
more countries.
• A European
perspective
• Transferable
results bringing
added value for a
broader usergroup
• Concrete plan for
implementation of
findings
UK ESPON Contact Point Activity
• www.espon.org.uk
• Join the network – it’s
free and you don’t
have to be an RTPI
member.
• Planning a project on
Integrated territorial
development
strategies.
• Next workshop: Rural
development, 9 Dec.
Warning – ESPON can change your outlook
I blame that ESPON
typology of accessible
rural regions.
Does this
colour suit
me? What
do you
think?
No – it
was their
climate
change
project.
ESPON lets you see things differently.