Global competitiveness of regions based on strong local economies ESPON Internal Seminar 2013 “Territorial Evidence for Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 and Territorial Agenda 2020” Workshop 4 – Global competitiveness of regions based on strong local economies
Programme and roles Chair: Kristine Rasina, ESPON MC LV Facilitator: Elena Christofidou-Petraki, ECP CY Coordinator: Sandra di Biaggio, ESPON CU 15h30 Welcome and introduction by chair 15h35 Presentation and statements by ESPON project teams (10 min each): CITYBENCH, Eduardo Dias DETEC, Lukas Smas ECR2, Adrian Healy GREECO, Carlos Tapia 16h05 Chair remarks and facilitator opens up discussion 16h55 Conclusions by chair and thanks 17h00 Close
Purpose of workshop Discuss the usefulness of ESPON key findings for policy makers in developing and implementing policies/strategies in the context of Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 and the Territorial Agenda 2020.
Questions How can global territorial potentials be identified and harnessed to improve regional competitiveness? What are the opportunities and challenges that exist for preserving and improving the regional innovation capacity in Europe? What additional territorial evidence do policy makers need in this context?