1. The ESPON TIA Quick Check
Assessing potential territorial impacts of EU initiatives
Introduction
Erich Dallhammer, Bernd Schuh (ÖIR)
Brussels, 9th September 2014

2. ESPON ARTS The Challenge
EU policy proposals influence development of regions
with often territorial effects
The project ESPON ARTS
developed a simplified, evidence-based procedure of an ex ante Territorial Impact Assessment (TIA)
The TIA Quick Check approach
a “quick and dirty” TIA-check
combining expert knowledge gathered in a workshop with an Excel tool and standardised indicators
showing results in maps (NUTS 3 level)

3. The vulnerability concept
Different for each policy proposal
Independant of policy proposal
Policies
Regions
Exposure
Territorial sensitivity
Territorial impact

4. TIA Quick Check in 9 Steps
How to get started
The conceptual model
Which types of regions are affected (branching & regional exposure)?
What is the intensity of exposure on different fields?
What is the territorial impact in European regions?
Which regions will be hit in which fields?
Do the results make sense?
What are the policy implications?
How to communicate the results?

5. (2) Conceptual model: Brainstorming
Creating a systemic picture linking
the policy proposal with territorial effects

6. (3) Which types of regions are affected ?

7. (4) What is the intensity of exposure in different fields?

8. (5) What is the territorial impact on regions?
Result of the calculation

9. (5) What is the territorial impact on regions?
Distribution of the impact in European regions

10. (6) Which regions will be hit in which fields?

11. TIA Quick Check in 9 Steps
How to get started
The conceptual model
Which types of regions are affected (branching & regional exposure)?
What is the intensity of exposure on different fields?
What is the territorial impact in European regions?
Which regions will be hit in which fields?
Do the results make sense?
What are the policy implications?
How to communicate the results?