2. Expectations Knowledge on territorial trends
Territorial impact of policies
Integrated concepts and tools
Scenarios
Policy input (Structural Funds)
Operational deliverables (in particular territorial indicators)

3. ESPON 2006 Programme
Programme under EU Structural Funds, the Community Initiave Interreg III
Budget 12 million Euro (+2 mill. €)
Countries joining as partners (+0,8 mill. €)
Candidate countries joining as observers
More than 20 projects

4. Priority 1: Trend studies
Measure 1.1.:
Cities, polycentric development and urban rural relations
Measure 1.2.:
Parity of access to infrastructure and knowledge
Measure 1.3.:
Natural and cultural heritage

5. Priority 2: Policy impact studies
Measure 2.1.:
The territorial effects of sector policies
Measure 2.2.:
New territorial aspects of Structural Funds and related Funds
Measure 2.3.:
Institutions and instruments of spatial policies

6. Priority 3: Coordinating studies
Measure 3.1.:
Integrated tools for the European spatial development
Measure 3.2.:
Spatial scenarios and orientations for the ESDP and the Cohesion Policy

7. Projects First round
Urban areas as nodes of polycentric development
Urban-rural relations
Transport networks, basic supply
Telecommunication, basic supply
EU Infrastructure Policy
EU R&D Policy
EU Agricultural Policy
Structural Funds in urban areas
Integrated tools for the spatial development
Data navigator: Inventory on data (EU 27)

8. Projects 2002-2004 (06) Second round
Territorial trends of enlargement and beyond for the spatial tissue
Management of natural and technological hazards (climate change)
Management of the natural heritage
Territorial impacts of Structural Funds

9. Projects 2002-2004 (06) Third round
Spatial effects of demographic trends and migration
Energy services and networks and territorial impact of EU Energy Policy (new)
Territorial impacts of pre-accession aid (and of applying the Community Aquis)

10. Strategy for starting the programme
Impeccable procurement procedure
Kick-starting projects
Timing to political process
Eurostat data to all projects
Data Navigator inventory
Web site being open and transparant
Invitation to get more countries involved

11. Progress and Networking
29 contracts signed
3 countries signed up as full partners
3 EU candidate countries joining as observers
Networking in first 9 projects:
26 tenders with 202 partners
9 TPG with 75 partners
Seminar on November 2002

12. Perspectives
Operational project results in support of territorial cohesion in Third Cohesion Report
European territorial priorities in Objectives of Structural Funds
Potential revision of European Spatial Development Perspective, covering EU 27+
Support to spatial strategies at all levels
A European Research Network within spatial planning and territorial development