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Capitalising knowledge on Alpine Building Culture by performing regional smart planning and consultancy strategies for sustainable development and closed loop economies in the Alpine Space (AlpBC)

Start date: Aug 31, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

The project AlpBC will define and implement strategies and measures to preserve and advance Alpine Building Culture in the broader context of territorial development and ecologic sustainability. It aims at enabling local actors to capitalize on this outstanding cultural asset as a source of regional identity and economic development. Central elements of AlpBC are a) the implementation of inter-mun ...
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Territorial Scenarios and Visions for Europe (ET2050)

Start date: May 31, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

Policymakers in the field of territorial development and cohesion are in need of a future oriented and integrated vision on the development of the European territory. Therefore the ESPON Programme started a territorial vision-building process following a participatory process and involving relevant stakeholders at European, national and regional level. This vision has a strategic character that al ...
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Territorial Indicators of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe (TIPSE)

Start date: Jan 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Combating poverty and social exclusion rank among the main objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy. The recent economic crisis has had a huge effect on millions of European citizens with many people losing their jobs, household incomes decreasing and consequently the risk of being affected by poverty increasing. For social exclusion, not only a clear definition seems to be lacking, but also there d ...
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Bringing closer ESPON evidence for decision making (ESPON on the Road)

Start date: Dec 23, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

AimThe ESPON 2013 Programme has produced a lot of results and the applied research, targeted analyses, scientific tools and publications provide a huge pool of knowledge that can be actively used in decision making. The project aims at strengthening the bridge between ESPON knowledge and local reality by bringing ESPON results closer to potential users. The project shall provide a platform for dis ...
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Use ESPON (USESPON)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

USESPON is about capitalization of European perspective on territorial development and cohesion by encouraging the use of work and findings from the ESPON 2013 Programme. The aim is to create awareness and sense of ownership amongst key stakeholders in respect of use of methods and tools developed within the current programme. The strategy is to draw on and share work done in four previous and ong ...
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European Seas and Territorial Development, Opportunities and Risks (ESaTDOR)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Europe’s seas have become important in terms of policy making on both European and national level. The exploitation of sea and coastal areas for economic purposes is becoming increasingly important but there are also growing concerns on environmental issues. There have been attempts to replace the existing fragmented approaches to sea management with a more collaborative integrative approach on th ...
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Services of General Interest (SeGi)

Start date: Oct 31, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Services of general interest traditionally comprehend electronic communications, postal services, electricity, gas, water and transport. Policymakers more recent documents tend to be more comprehensive and also look at labour market services, education, health care, child care, social care, culture or (social) housing. Socio-economic policies much focus on ensuring the provision of services of gen ...
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Integrated Urban Development of Vital Historic Towns as Regional Centres in South East Europe (ViTo)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Aug 30, 2012,

...rated revitalisation approach. Small and medium sized historical towns have to make use of their excellent preconditions due to the attractive townscape and the mixed functions to become or sustain a centre for the whole region. They are stabilisers of the settlement structures in SEE, centres of public and private services and places of regional identity. Thus, they are key elements of the implem ...
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Identifying and exchanging best practices in developing Regional Integrated Strategies in Europe (RISE)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

Regional approaches to strategic planning across Europe are changing and Regional Integrated Strategies (RIS) are emerging as a way for regions to focus on cohesion and integrated sustainable development. Although RIS are emerging all across the EU, there is no single model of RIS. Instead they consist of a combination of several core thematic and spatial topics, which vary depending on the region ...
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Climate Change: Impacts, Costs and Adaptation in the Baltic Sea Region (BaltCICA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

Climate change was recognized not only in terms of mitigation but also because of the need of adaptation as a major challenge that cannot be solved solely by single actors and territorial restricted actions, but asks for a coordination and support at a higher level. This is highlighted by the EU Green Paper on Adaptation to Climate Change, but also by other documents such as the EC Thematic Strate ...
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Success for Convergence Regions' Economies (SURE)

Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: May 31, 2010,

It is commonly accepted that convergence regions within the EU do not only suffer from far below average GDP per capita, but are also forced to grow faster than other regions and to ensure that this growth is consistent. In order to tackle this reality, many EU-funded projects aim at stimulating these regions development and helping to strengthen the regional capacity in the fields of physical and ...
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ion and sustainable development of the Carpathians in a transnational framework (Carpathian Projec)

Start date: Aug 31, 2005, End date: Aug 30, 2008,

Historically, mountain regions located in remote border areas were often marginalised. They separate countries and peoples and face huge challenges regarding spatial development. However, mountain regions can also become powerful unifiers and a link between nations and peoples. As experiences, for example in the Alps, demonstrate, mountains have a considerable potential for development if the rich ...
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Integrated revitalization of historical towns to promote a polycentric and sustainable development (Hist.Urban)

Start date: Jan 31, 2006, End date: Aug 30, 2008,

Most project partners participating in the Hist.Urban project are from small and medium-sized towns outside metropolitan areas. The main assets of these towns are historical town centres belonging to the European-built cultural heritage (7 cities are even UNESCO World Heritage sites). Due to social and economic transformations and structural changes the cities have to make considerable efforts to ...
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Regional Cooperation in Waste Management (RECO)

Start date: Jan 12, 2005, End date: Jan 11, 2008,

RECO is a waste management and spatial planning project in cooperation between partners from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Its Central Objective is to support the development of efficient Institutions for management of municipal waste in the BSR in order to minimize negative environmental effects, lower life cycle costs for waste managem ...
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Developing Policies & Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region (ASTRA)

Start date: Jun 5, 2005, End date: Jan 4, 2008,

Focusing on the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), the project "Developing Policies & Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region" (ASTRA) assesses regional impacts of the ongoing global change in climate. Its aim is to develop adequate climate change adaptation strategies and policies, together with relevant stakeholders, such as planners and decision makers.The ASTRA project uses clim ...
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moting Spatial Development by Creating COMon MINdscapes (COMMIN)

Start date: Aug 31, 2004, End date: Aug 30, 2007,

Transnational and cross-border co-operation have a growing need (e.g. EU-enlargement) for a precise understanding of the partner’s concepts and the planning systems they are embedded in. The improvement of solving similar problems in different BSR countries and on transnational activities can best be achieved by exchange of experiences and ideas, mutual training and further education as well as pr ...
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Enlargement of the EU and its polycentric spatial structure (Enlargement & Polycentrism)

Start date: Feb 12, 2003, End date: May 13, 2007,

The project focuses mainly on future implications of enlargement on EU territorial development from both the perspectives of the Member States and their regions as well as from the perspectives of candidate countries and their regions. Particular attention is paid to border regions in the EU Member States and EU candidate countries. The provision of policy options for extending a polycentric devel ...
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Heritage and New Media for Sustainable Regional Development (HERMES)

Start date: Aug 31, 2003, End date: Apr 29, 2007,

The intention of the HERMES project is to promote and to support sustainable regional development by innovative interactions of cultural heritage and the new electronic media. In particular, the project aims to upgrade regional identity by improving the perception of heritage with the help of new media tools and to maintain historical sites by new uses. All HERMES activities are based on a complet ...
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Integrated tools for European spatial development (Spatial tools)

Start date: Sep 5, 2002, End date: Feb 25, 2007,

The project comprises: Support to the co-ordination on technical and scientific level of the ESPON 2006 Programme and the projects under measure 1 and 2, including data collection, development of a GIS facility and map-making, thematic coordination preparing for the cross thematic exploitation of integrated results based on all projects prepared under the programme.The work has addressed five leve ...
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LAnners NETwork for CENtral and South East Europe (PLANET CENSE)

Start date: Oct 31, 2003, End date: Feb 17, 2007,

PLANET CENSE is a network of national spatial planning institutions and experts established as a consequence of the VISION PLANET project. It aims at pursuing and developing further the policy options laid down in the VISION PLANET project documents. The network will foster spatial integration and a cross-sector dialogue with: - The European Spatial Planning Gateway (ESP GATEWAY): an expert dialog ...
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Territorial dimension of the Lisbon/Gothenburg Process (Lisbon strategy)

Start date: Jul 22, 2004, End date: Feb 12, 2007,

Studying the territorial dimension of the Lisbon/Gothenburg Agenda comprises a multitude of very complex and broad processes and contexts. It will neither be feasible to conduct an analysis of the impact of the Lisbon/Gothenburg strategy nor to embrace all factors of competitiveness.The main scope of the study is to develop a number of basic analytical elements that can introduce territorial cohes ...
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Spatial scenarios in relation to the ESDP and EU Cohesion Policy (Scenarios)

Start date: Apr 27, 2004, End date: Feb 12, 2007,

The main objective of the project is to develop spatial scenarios which should on the one hand be prospective, capable of prognostics with reference to a laissez-faire scenario on themes of the ESPON and policy orientations of the ESDP.On the other hand the scenarios should as well be proactive testing alternative objectives and provide insight for recommendations on policy adjustments/changes in ...
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European Space - Territorial Indicators and Actions for a Spatial Planning Observatory in Southeast Europe (ESTIA-SPOSE)

Start date: Sep 30, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

ESTIA-SPOSE builds upon the experience accumulated by its predecessor ESTIA project and intends to develop Actions for a Spatial Planning Observatory in Southeast Europe, based on an integrated system of territorial indicators fully compatible with the approach of ESDP and ESPON. This system of indicators will be tested in a series of pilot applications in selected sectors and areas with the aim t ...
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Integrated analysis of transnational and national territories (Zooming)

Start date: Oct 12, 2004, End date: Jul 5, 2006,

The first ESPON projects have presented their final reports presenting new insights on territorial development in Europe and the territorial effects of sector policies. Territorial disparities are often the reflection of strong inequalities in the endowment of these territories in terms of competitiveness factors and structural intervention. Sector policies and instruments can have a significant i ...
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Sustainable Historic Towns - Urban Heritage as an Asset of Development (SuHiTo )

Start date: Jan 20, 2003, End date: Jan 19, 2006,

The goal of the project was to find good practices for integrating urban heritage values in development processes of local communities. Project activities focused on methods to identify, analyse, evaluate and manage local historic characteristics in a sustainable way. Furthermore, the project aimed at strengthening national, regional and local efforts to enhance urban heritage as a local resource ...
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Spatial effects of demographic trends and migration (Demography)

Start date: Mar 16, 2003, End date: Jan 3, 2006,

Europe is facing major challenges in terms of demographic development. Effects of the demographic changes and ageing of the European population is expected in many spheres of society and is diverse from region to region. Demographic trends approached include natural population trends (births, death, age-structure), migration on large scale and regional/local migration. The latter is of particular ...
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Medium Sized Cities in Dialogue around the Baltic Sea (MECIBS )

Start date: Jun 23, 2002, End date: Sep 22, 2005,

The project objective was to foster balanced spatial development by sustaining the development of medium-sized cities. Within this objective the project aimed at exploration of urban restructuring processes, formulation of recommendation for interlinking of local and national strategies and for economic, environmental and social development of the medium sized cities. This work was to be achieved ...
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Urban-rural relations in Europe (Urban-rural)

Start date: Sep 5, 2002, End date: Apr 20, 2005,

...nes) undergoing considerable processes of urbanisation. It is also relevant for more sparsely populated rural areas that are under less visible urban influence, often due to distance from major urban centres. Relations have developed substantially during the last decades, however often differently within Europe in accordance to the diversity of territorial contexts.Future perspective for urban-rur ...
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Urban areas as nodes in a polycentric development (Polycentricity)

Start date: Sep 5, 2002, End date: Apr 20, 2005,

The European urban system is a main territorial structure and the cities are key drivers in the development of regions and larger territories. The specific functionality and potentials of cities are being explored and a typology of the European urban reality developed. The ESDP highlighted the objective of a polycentric development in support of a balanced and harmonious European territory. The pr ...
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Telecommunication services and networks: territorial trends (Telecom trends)

Start date: Sep 5, 2002, End date: Apr 19, 2005,

This ESPON project draws together and analyses the data on the supply of and demand for telecommunications, exploring both ‘mature’ (basic fixed voice telephony, mobile telephony, personal computers and the Internet) and ‘leading edge’ technologies (broadband technologies and Internet backbone networks).The overall message emerging from the final report is that the shape of supply and dema ...
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Sea Level Change Effecting the Spatial Development in the Baltic Sea Region (SEAREG )

Start date: Jun 21, 2002, End date: Mar 31, 2005,

...e age. Large parts of the southern shore on the other hand face land subsidence caused by both the uplift in the north and other epirogenic crustal movements. The SEAREG project calculated the Rossby Centre Atmosphere Ocean Model (RCAO) and modelled the sea level rise in the Baltic Sea, utilizing two emission scenarios (A2 and B2) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC and downscali ...
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The Baltic Palette II (Baltic Palette II )

Start date: Jun 1, 2002, End date: Nov 30, 2004,

The Baltic Palette II is a joint effort between the metropolitan areas surrounding Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga and St. Petersburg to develop a dynamic and sustainable region. The main challenges in the Baltic Palette region are the vast differences in development levels between the partners from the old and new EU member states and the non-EU partners. The Baltic Palette network has been es ...
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SMart green Innovative urban Logistics for Energy efficient mediterranean cities (SMILE)

A key objective of smart cities is the development and implementation of intelligent and sustainable mobility solutions. Urban areas consume up to 70% of the energy produced and transport is a leading sector consuming non renewable energy and producing the biggest amount of GHG emissions in cities (30% of total emissions). Within this context, urban freight distribution requires for innovative sol ...
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