The ESPON Programme
Peter Mehlbye
Meeting Regional Offices, DG Regio 18 November 2009 in Bruxelles
Structure of Intervention
ESPON current 2013 Programme:
• Mission and budget
• Programme priorities and progress
Selective examples of ESPON results:
• Major challenges with territorial dimension
• Concentration, connectivity and cooperation
Concluding reflections
• Regions of Europe in a larger territorial context
• Use of ESPON results by regions
The ESPON 2013 Programme
Role in Structural Funds 2007-2013:– Support policy development with evidence on European
territorial structures, trends, perspectives and policy impacts
Mission:– Provide comparable information on territorial dynamics
that can reveal territorial capital and potentials
Budget 2007-13:– 47 mill Euro,
– 34 mill. Euro from the European Commission– 13 mill. Euro from 31 countries participating
(EU 27 plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland)
Programme structure:– 5 Programme priorities
P 1 - Applied Research: First 6 Themes
– Cities and Urban Agglomerations/Functionality and development opportunities for European competitiveness and cohesion (FOCI)
– Development Opportunities in different types of Rural Areas (EDORA)
– Demography and Migratory Flows affecting European regions and cities (DEMIFER)
– Effects of Rising Energy Prices on Regional Competitiveness (RERISK)
– Territorial Impact Assessment of Policies (TIP TAP)– Climate Change and Territorial Effects on regions and
local economies (CLIMATE)
P1 - Applied Research: 11 new Themes
– Attractiveness of European regions and cities for residents and visitors
– European patterns of land use
– Territorial cooperation in transnational areas and across internal/external borders
– Accessibility at regional/local scale and patterns in Europe
– Secondary growth poles in territorial development
– European perspective on specific types of territories
– Territorial dimension of innovation and knowledge economy
– Continental territorial structures and flows (globalisation)
– Services of General Interest
– European Seas in Territorial Development
– Territorial and Regional sensitivity of EU Directives
P 2 – Targeted Analyses: Use of ESPON results
– The Case for Agglomeration Economies in Europe/CAEE (Manchester, Barcelona, Dublin and Lyon)
– The Development of the Islands – European Islands and Cohesion Policy/EUROISLANDS (Ministry of Economy and Finance, GR plus 9 stakeholders)
– Cross-Border Polycentric Metropolitan Regions/MetroBorder (Ministries in CH, LU, BE, DE and FR)
– Success for Convergence Regions’ Economies/SURE (Campania Region plus regions in PO, ES and GR)
– Spatial Scenarios: New Tools for Local-Regional Territories/SS-LR (Regions of Barcelona, Torino and Herault)
– Territorial Diversity/TeDi (Ministries in NO, FI, CH, CY, MT, RO and SE)
P 2 - Targeted Analysis : Next projects
– Potential of Rural Regions/PURR (Notodden municipality, Cesis District, North Yorkshire county and Wales)
– Transnational Support Method for European Cooperation/ TranSMEC (North West Europe programme)
– 10 new projects based on ideas from stakeholders (More than 25 ideas presented, after selection, open call for expertise in September 2010)
P 3 - Scientific Platform
Projects ongoing or underway:
– ESPON 2013 Database– Typology Compilation– ESPON Hyperatlas (update)– ESPON DataNavigator (update)– ESPON Mapmaker– ESPON Map Finder – Territorial trend analyses based on updates of existing
data and maps– Territorial Indicators/Indices (new project)
P 4 - Capitalisation
– ESPON Website (including Map of the Month)– Territorial Observations– First Synthesis Report in November 2010– First Scientific Report in September 2010– ESPON Stakeholder Conference on Targeted Analyses
in Bruxelles, September/October 2010 – Open ESPON Seminar in Alcala, Spain on 2-3 June
2010– Transnational Networking Activities by the ESPON
Contact Point Network (up to 7 project for decision in December 2009)
Progress envisaged by late spring 2010
– 17 Applied Research projects ongoing
– 8 Targeted Analysis ongoing
– 10 Stakeholder Ideas ready as Project Specifications for open call for proposals in September 2010
– 2 (of 3) major Scientific Platform projects running
– 5 Scientific Tools under development
– 5 Territorial trend analyses (map updates) ready
– (Up to) 7 Transnational Networking Activities (ECP)
– 2nd screening among Stakeholders on themes for further Applied Research projects ongoing
Examples of results of ESPON results:
–Major challenges with territorial dimension–Concentration, connection and cooperation
Territorial imbalances in 2000
• Economic development and current recession: Recovery and social impact, accelerating globalisation and new markets, technological innovation, regional diversity
• Climate change: Mitigation and adaptation, CO2 reduction, new hazard patterns and new territorial opportunities
• Demographic changes: Ageing of the population and migration pressure
• Energy challenge: Security of supply, alternative energy sources, development of energy prices
• Transport increase: Accessibility, saturation of EU-corridors, more environmentally friendly solutions
• Geographic integration: Further EU enlargements and integration of new territories, their regions and cities
Major challenges with territorial impact
Demographic scenario: Population ageing 2030
Europe and its neighbourhood towards 2030
Main places driving the European territory
• Concentration (Pentagon)• Signs of de-concentration• Urban places drivers of
economy• Functionality the key for
success
Economic Lisbon indicators
• Regional diversity of potential contribution
7 out of 14 Lisbon indicators:(1) GDP/capita, (2) GDP/employed person, (3) Employment rate, (4) Employment rate of older workers, (5) Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (6) Dispersion of regional (un)employment
rates (7) Long-term unemployment rate.
Potential Multimodal Accessibility2006
Index (EU27=100)
Potential RoadAccessibility2006
Index (EU27=100)
Potential RailAccessibility2006
Index (EU27=100)
Potential AirAccessibility2006
Index (EU27=100)
Relative change(in %)
Potential AirAccessibility2001-2006EU27 = 7.8%
Aggregated natural and technological hazards
Flood recurrence
Forest fires
Winter & tropical storms
Precipitation deficit
Natural Hazards Southern Europe:
Forest fires and drought hazards
Western and Northern Europe: Winter storms, storm surges and floods
Climate change: Affects frequency, intensity and coverage
Share of World population by state (1950-2000)
Share of World GDP pps by state (1950-2000)
Concluding reflections:
–Regions of Europe in a larger territorial context
–Regions use of ESPON results in regional policy/strategy/implementing SF
Programmes
More information
Thank you for your attention!
www.espon.eu
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