1. Global competitiveness of regions based on strong local economies
ESPON Internal Seminar 2013
“Territorial Evidence for Cohesion Policy
and Territorial Agenda 2020”
Workshop 4 –
Global competitiveness of regions based on strong local economies

2. 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

3. 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 and the Territorial Agenda 2020.

4. 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?