ESPON Internal Seminar 2012
“Territorial Development Opportunities in Europe and its
Neighbourhood Fostering Global Competitiveness”
Parallel Workshop Session: Workshop 1.3
Core-Periphery Challenges
SIESTA Experiences
Spatial Indicators for a Europe 2020 Strategy Territorial Analysis
Stimulus map
Countries´s profiles for trade exports, 1967-2006
• At the end of the 1960’s, the world was
characterised by a clear distinction between a small
number of countries with high technology (USA,
Northwest Europe, Japan) and a countries
characterized by export of primary products.
• By the beginning of the 21st century, there was a
growing difference between the group of countries
that export energy or mineral resources and the
industrialised countries.
• In Europe the EU has integrated new Member
States into its economy: it has become stronger
itself instead of seeing neighbours developing into
new global players.
• At the same time, there are growing international
players in the neighbourhood of the EU, notably
Russia, Turkey, Tunisia, and Morocco.
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Workshop 1.3 – key questions for ESPON projects
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What are the main territorial trends or observations from your project - for Europe,
its regions and cities - in relation to “territorial imbalances, regional disparities,
polycentric development, resources efficiency”?
Please select maximum 2 maps from your project and include maximum 5 bullet points that could illustrate
and synthesize this question.
Maximum use 3-4 slides for showing ESPON evidence on this question.
2. How do developments in Europe´s neighborhood influence the territorial
development in Europe and vice-versa (according to your mind / your ESPON
findings)?
Please include maximum 3 bullet points that could illustrate and synthesize this question, as much as
possible based on your project results and on the case studies developed.
Please use 1 slide to answer to this question.
3. What opportunities and challenges exists for Europe and its neighbourhood for
increasing competitiveness through further cooperation and integration?
(according to your mind / your ESPON findings)?
Please include maximum 3 bullet points that could illustrate and synthesize this question.
Please use 1 slide to answer to this question.
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SIESTA (1-1)
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What is the EU2020S?
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What are the headline targets?
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What is the aggregate index?
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SIESTA (1-2)
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Why cluster analysis in
SIESTA?
The ‘two blocks’: implications in
terms of territorial imbalances in
the EU
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-1.5
Tertiary educated 30-34
Employment 20-64
GERD
Early leavers 18-24
GDP per capita in pps
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SIESTA (2)
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Based on available data at the regional scale for those non-EU countries
that have been analysed by SIESTA, the ‘North-South’ EU2020S-gap
persists, and even widens, when the neighbourhood countries are
considered
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In general, the neighbourhood policy has been focused on economic issues,
with a limited consideration of environmental and social agendas. The
EU2020S as a possible framework of reference in neighbourhood action?
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SIESTA (3)
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A comprehensive development of the EU2020S
Measuring progress and delivering policies at the national scale covering all
the issues, thus avoiding the persistent omission of inclusive growth
Regional strategies for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
Inclusive
Growth
Smart
Growth
EU
2020S
Sustainable
Growth
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