ESPON POLICY OBJECTIVES Integration of the territorial dimension of cohesion and the objective of a more balanced and sustainable development of the European territory in the next S.F. period Support a more integrated and coherent approach of European policies towards the European territory (spatial co-ordination of EU and national policies)

EXPECTATIONS ON CONCRETE RESULTS Diagnosis and territorial trends (enlarged EU scale) Territorial typologies TIA sectoral policies

DIAGNOSIS AND TERRITORIAL TRENDS Integrated database and core indicators (territorial disparities) Maps territorial imbalances and regional disparities Potential global integration zones… Spatial effects enlargement…

TERRITORIAL TYPOLOGIES Urban areas, FUA, urban-rural Regions at risk Regions negatively and positively affected by sectoral policy developments

TERRITORIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Result indicators and maps (impact on socio-economic and territorial factors) Political recommendations to improve spatial coherence of sectoral policies