Workshops Introduction
ESPON 2013 Programme
Alcalá de Henares
9 June 2010
Regional Use of ESPON Knowledge
Conclusion of the ESPON Internal Seminar in Malmö:
“Regions in Europe benefit
from integrating the European perspective
into policy strategies and action and ...
... the ESPON knowledge base and tools
can support them to do so.”
Regional Use of ESPON Knowledge
ESPON Knowledge Base presents important opportunities:
• Applied Research
• Territorial mechanisms and spatial structures
• Territorial development trends and scenarios
• Research methods (TIA) and information on territorial cooperation
• Scientific platform
• Comparable data / territorial indicators at NUTS 2/3
• Typologies
Regional Use of ESPON Knowledge
Approaches to reveal territorial potential:
• Exposing characteristics of a region
• Indicating performance of a region
• Detecting network relations of a region
• Detecting the larger functional area a region belongs to
• Detecting influences that impose themselves on a region
• Detecting influences a region imposes on other territories
Regional Use of ESPON Knowledge
Getting closer to the policy demand of stakeholders:
• Project focus on regional needs
• Regional competences and room of manoeuvre
• Regional policy ambitions
• Understanding Europe
• Interaction researchers and stakeholders
• Keep it simple
Regional Use of ESPON Knowledge
Getting closer to the policy demand of stakeholders:
• Project focus on regional needs
• Interaction researchers and stakeholders
• Communication as central element in research approach
• Involve target groups (Workshops, Delphi)
• Keep it simple
Regional Use of ESPON Knowledge
Getting closer to the policy demand of stakeholders:
• Project focus on regional needs
• Interaction researchers and stakeholders
• Keep it simple
• Maps
• Graphs
• Language
Regional Use of ESPON Knowledge
“Regions in Europe benefit
from integrating the European perspective
into policy strategies and action and ...
... the ESPON knowledge base and tools
can support them to do so.”
Take up, learn from and use the ESPON experience!
Introduction to the workshops
The purpose of the interactive workshops is three-fold:
1. Demonstrate added value and practical use of European
wide ESPON knowledge in policy making, particularly at
regional level.
2. Discuss best practices in disseminating and communicating
ESPON project results to policy makers ranging from
local/regional level to European level.
3. Nourish the necessary discussion and understanding of the
territorial dimension of the new Europe 2020 Strategy.
Introduction to the workshops
The workshops will be structured as follows:
5 min - Explanation of the policy questions posed (SH);
15 min - Presentation of the project answer/findings (LP);
10 min - Reflection on the applicability of the answer (SH & LP);
10 min - Discussion (all)
Reporter → Seminar report
Introduction to the workshops
In total there will be 14 workshops:
• Applied Research:
5
• Targeted Analyses: 6
• Scientific Platform: 3
The first three workshops will be:
Applied Research
Targeted Analysis
Targeted Analysis
Workshop 1.1
Workshop 1.2
Workshop 1.3
DEMIFER
SS-LR
CAEE
The influence of demography and migratory flows on
the development of regions.
Methodologies of spatial
scenarios at the localregional scale
Agglomeration economies
and their influence on
defining growth strategies
Room: Aula Magna
Room: Classroom 6
Room: Classroom 7
Introduction to the workshops
“Regions in Europe benefit
from integrating the European perspective
into policy strategies and action and ...
... the ESPON knowledge base and tools
can support them to do so.”
Take up, learn from and use the ESPON experience ...
... and enjoy the discussions in our Interactive Workshops!