Tailor made reports with the latest news from ESPON projects for specific types of territories Marjan van Herwijnen ESPON EGTC Eurostat, 17 October 2017
Key messages
Think functional Functional areas of different size and character shape territorial development in Europe: Functional urban regions Functional rural regions Functional urban-rural partnerships Cross-border regions Transnational / macro-regions Europe Europe and its neighbourhoods Recommendation: Base territorial cooperation on functional areas
European disintegration has no winners Modeling exercise using: Increased waiting times at EU internal and external borders Increased political and cultural borders between countries in Europe Results: Reductions in economic growth in all regions
European disintegration has no winners Modeling exercise using: Increased waiting times at EU internal and external borders Increased political and cultural borders between countries in Europe Results: Reductions in economic growth in all regions Many lagging regions will face stronger reductions
Territorial evidence
Applied Research and analyses (SO1) Territorial Reference Framework towards 2050 Circular economy Youth unemployment Green infrastructures Territories with geographical specificities Financial instruments Flows of migrants and refugees Employment Inner Peripheries Low-carbon economy Spatial Planning and Territorial Governance SMEs Territorial Foresight World in Europe Applied Research projects … respond to policy needs and focus on key priorities for territorial development, such as priority themes of the Europe 2020 Strategy, the Investment Plan for Europe, the Cohesion Policy and the Territorial Agenda 2020
SO1 – Employment Scope Exploring the current dynamics within Europe’s regions regarding movements of people and employment Finding location preferences of new employment creation Developing key policy lessons for Cohesion Policy Resulting data Typology for EU regions with respect to: labour market conditions, population and migration dynamics, knowledge economy potential, context indicators
SO1 – Employment Regional classification pre-crisis (2004-2007)
SO1 – Employment Regional classification post-crisis (2012-2015)
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