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The ESPON is growing Full partners  Hungary, Norway , Slovenia, Switzerland Observer countries Czech Republic, Cyprus, Latvia, Malta And new projects .....

Second round projects 1.1.3 Territorial trends of enlargement and beyond for the spatial tissue 1.3.1 Management of natural and technological hazards (climate change) 1.3.2 Management of the natural heritage 2.2.1 Territorial impacts of Structural Funds

Third round projects (just started) 1.1.4 Spatial effects of demographic trends and migration 2.1.4 Energy services and networks and territorial impact of EU Energy Policy (new) 2.2.2 Territorial impacts of pre-accession aid (and of applying the Community Aquis)

TPG Network up to date

The ESPON objectives most relevant 4. Enhacement of the understanding of the spatial dimension of Structural Funds, Cohesion Policy, Community Policies 5. Concrete contribuions and proposals for the territorially relevant decisions 6. Bridge the gap between researchers, administrators and scientists

Objectives of the Crete Seminar To establish a common platform, which allows us creating coherent results and which are genuine ESPON results To prepare the next wave of interim reports for August 2003, which shall provide preliminary results useful for policy making