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Spatial planning in Western Europe: current trends, policies and research
Nicolas Rossignol
ESPON EGTC
17 April 2019
Den Haag
• ESPON is one of 4 interregional
cooperation programmes along with
Interreg Europe, INTERACT,
URBACT
• ESPON 2020 Programme covers 28
EU + 4 partner states
• ESPON EGTC (European Grouping
of Territorial Cooperation) is based in
Luxembourg
What ESPON is
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What ESPON does
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Supporting capacity building
European, national, regional and local scales
Problem
framing
Policy
design
Policy
implementationMonitoring
& evaluation
Macro-regional and urban monitoring
tools
Evidence support
Policy briefs
Data, tools and maps
Data, tools and maps
Outreach activities and knowledge
sharing
Foreign direct investment
flows
Territorial cooperation for
the future of Europe
Territorial impact assessment
on Brexit
Territorial impact assessments
Targeted analyses
Planning for a metropolitan
future
New thinking on territorial governance
Digital transition of public services
Macro-regions, functional areas Urban and rural areas
Baltic Sea Region Territorial Monitoring
System
European and Macro-regional territorial
monitoring system
Applied research activities
Territorial Review
Share of digitalised
services provided at local, regional
and national levels, by type
Source: ESPON Survey on the
digital transition of cities, 2017
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New applied research 2019
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Applied research activities
Sustainable land-use
Technological Transformation & Transitioning of
Regional Economies
Quality of life methodology and measurements
Territorial impacts of natural disasters
The Future of Europe’s Shrinking
Rural Regions
Interregional relations in Europe
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The role of functional areas for territorial
cohesion
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- Functional areas and territorial
cohesion
- How can functional areas contribute to
territorial cohesion?
- How can areas in decline profit from
policy making using functional areas
- How can a spill-over of prosperity and
growth to declining areas be ensured?)
With the participation of Saskia
Sassen and Tim Moonen
- Policy labs at different scales
- Functional urban areas and links to
declining areas
- How do macro-regions contribute to
European territorial cooperation?
- Which role in future European Territorial
Cooperation programmes for cross-border
functional areas?
ESPON Seminar in Romania, June 2019
Forthcoming activities 17 April 2019
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Objective is to promote a wider practical use of
ESPON research outputs and knowledge transfer
Direct peer-to-peer communication and exchange among
relevant groups of national, regional and local stakeholders
Promote learning from ESPON research results beyond the
stakeholders involved in the design and implementation of the activities
Increase the impact and added value of ESPON research results
Current stakeholders to act as ambassadors for a peer-to-peer learning exercise
Critical review and advice on ongoing policy developments to their counterparts
Peer learning workshops
Forthcoming activities
European outreach
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Forthcoming activities8
Next cut-off date on 28 June 2019
Stakeholders can propose any subject related to
their policy needs
4 proposals will be selected
Call for proposals
Forthcoming activities
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Spatial Planning Roadshow 2018/2019
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Seminar Paris (March 18)Regional and national spatial planning: new challenges and new opportunities
Seminar Dublin (May 18)Regional Spatial Strategies: the Architecture of Effective Regional Development
Seminar Luxembourg (September 18)Public Participation in Spatial Planning: improving processes and outputs
Seminar Bruxelles (October 18)Spatial planning: implementation, governance, finance and regulations
Seminar The Hague (April 19)Spatial planning in Western Europe : trends, policies and research
Paris
March 2018
Methodology
Dublin
May 2018
Content
Luxembourg
Sept 2108
Participation
Brussels
Oct 2018
Implementation
Netherlands 2019
Overview
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- Spatial planning priorities in the Netherlands and views from
outside
- Contributions from ESPON research
- Design-thinking session for future research in spatial
planning
Agenda
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