1. ESPON Working Party “GIS for Statistics” EUROSTAT, 3 March 2008
Major achievements and the 2013 Programme

2. Part 1:
Challenges in European territorial development and the role of the ESPON 2013 Programme

3. Challenges for European territorial development
Demography:
-Ageing and migration processes
Economy:
-Globalisation, increasing global pressure to restructure and modernise, new emerging markets & technological development
Climate change:
-New hazard patterns, new potentials
Energy supply and efficiency:
-Increasing energy prices, new energy paradigm
Transport and accessibility/mobility:
-Saturation of euro-corridors, urban transport
Geography:
-Territorial concentration of economic activities (Pentagon), metropolisation process, further EU enlargements

4. European policy orientations
Balanced and strengthened polycentric development by networking of regions and cities of all sizes
Urban drivers (large European cities, small and medium sized cities, suburbanisation/inner city imbalances)
Rural areas and Partnership between urban and rural areas
Ultra peripheral, northern sparsely populated, mountain areas, islands
Promoting competitive and innovative regional clusters across borders
Strengthening and extend the Trans-European Networks
Promoting the trans-European risk-management (including impacts of climate change)
Strengthening ecological structures and cultural and natural resources

5. Part 2:
The ESPON 2006 Programme and progress understanding European territorial dynamics

6. Progress made on European territorial information
ESPON 2006 Programme has contributed to improving comparable evidence and information covering all European regions and cities (EU 27+2)
New results and insight have been used in policy documents at European, transnational, national and regional level
Some examples…….

7. Demographic change
Population decline (natural population change and migration)
Highly fragmented pattern with both declining and increasing regions
Competition between regions for human resources
Major urban areas and pleasant retirement areas in good position
Dark blue: Migration
Dark red: Natural population growth
Competition: attractiveness for interesting jobs and quality of life

8. Main economic drivers of the European territory
Urban regions close to and outside the core
High GDP growth in areas with relatively lower GDP level

9. Urban specialisation

10. Economic Lisbon indicators
7 out of 14 Lisbon indicators:
(1) GDP/capita,
(2) GDP/employed person,
(3) Employment rate,
(4) Employment rate of older workers,
(5) Gross domestic expenditure on R&D
(6) Dispersion of regional (un)employment rates
(7) Long-term unemployment rate.

11. Potential accessibility multimodal, 2001

12. Aggregated natural and technological hazards

13. Population ageing 2030 13

14. Contrasting European Spatial Structures 203014

15. Human development index 2002 – Global component
The majority of European countries have a high level of human development.
Main discontinuity between the EU and its neighbours in the South.
Another major discontinuity is located in the Sahara between Northern Africa and the Sub-Sahara countries.

16. Global transfer of population and economic production from the traditional centres to their peripheries
U.S.A., Canada, the EU and the states of the former Soviet Union had lower rates of increase of their population and their GDP than the rest of the world
Their shares in the global world was reduced in favour of other countries such as China and India

17. In the global trade, the EU remains a major player system
In the global trade, the EU remains a major player system. In , EU 27+2 accounts for 37% of the international bilateral trade flows
The trade influence of the EU is potentially important for Russia, Middle East and Africa
The openness in terms of trade of the major economic regions of the world remains relatively low. 14,1% for EU, 13,5% for NAFTA and 17,5% for Japan.

18. Session 3:
The ESPON 2013 Programme

19. Role of the ESPON 2013 Programme
Europe needs more territorial evidence and fact in support of territorial development and cohesion
ESPON 2013 Programme shall:
Support policy development with facts on themes driven by policy demand
Provide comparable European territorial evidence on structures, trends, perspectives and policy impacts
Ensure an increased use of results by policy makers and practitioners at all levels
Consolidate a scientific platform for applied European territorial research

20. 5 Priorities
Priority 1: Applied research on territorial development, competitiveness and cohesion
Priority 2: Targeted analysis based on user demands/ European perspective to different types of territories
Priority 3: Scientific platform and tools/ Territorial indicators, data, analytical tools and scientific support
Priority 4: Capitalisation, ownership and participation/ Capacity building, dialogue and networking
Priority 5: Technical assistance, analytical support and communication plan

21. Priority 3: Scientific platform and tools/ Territorial indicators, data, analytical tools and scientific support
Objective
Development and continuously update of scientific platform for applied territorial research
Main types of actions
ESPON Database and data development, including data validation and improvement
Territorial indicators/indices and Tools
Territorial Monitoring System and Reports
Targeted actions for updating indicators and maps
Expected outputs
Updated and enlarged ESPON 2013 Database
New territorial indicators/indices
2-3 Territorial Monitoring Reports
New/updated indicators, maps, mapping facilities, models, methodologies, etc. through 5-10 actions

22. ESPON 2013 Programme budget
TOTAL
€45,378 mill.
(ERDF 34,033 mill.)
Priority 1: Applied research
€19,241 mill.
Priority 2: Targeted analysis
€6,536 mill.
Priority 3: Scientific platform
€6,148 mill.
Priority 4: Capitalisation
€5,514 mill.
Priority 5: Technical Assistance, Analytical Support and Communication
€7.938 mill.
Additional contribution from Partner States: €1,800 mill (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein)

23. First call for actions
Operational Programme was adopted by the European Commission on 7 November 2007
The ESPON 2013 Programme and the first calls for action were launched on 21 January 2008
The following calls are open until 22 March 2008:
Call for Proposals on applied research (6 projects)
Call for Interest from stakeholders in targeted analysis based on ESPON results
Call for Proposals on a project on the ESPON 2013 Database
Call for Interest on the Knowledge Support System (pool of experts involved in project sounding boards)

24. Themes for the first round of projects
Cities and urban agglomerations: their functionality and potentials for European competitiveness and cohesion
Development opportunities in different types of rural areas
Demographic and migratory flows affecting European regions and cities
Climate change and territorial effects on regions and local economies
Impacts of the new energy policy and price increases on regional competitiveness
Territorial Impact Assessment of policies

25. Thank you for your attention!
More information
More information on
the ESPON 2013 Programme
can be found on
Thank you for your attention!
To understand the ESPON we have to look at the current territorial trends:
Persistent territorial imbalances: Center - periphery
High geographical concentration
Disparities in GDP and employment
Imbalances in innovation
Congestion problems and changes in accessibility
Environment – problems and development assets