ESPON IMAGINE - Focus Group “Milan-Bologna: the economic functions”On 5 November 2020, the focus group "Milan-Bologna: the economic functions" was held online as part of the ESPON IMAGINE targeted

Community-led local development (CLLD) helps local people to design, plan and decide themselves how to best develop the territories they live in, either under usual conditions or emergency situations,

ESPON IMAGINE targeted analysis provides new spatial imaginaries feeding territorial cohesion policiesThe scale and nature of contemporary urban restructuring processes are so complex and challenging that

The presentation of the first regional and local Eurobarometer by the president of the Committee of the Regions was a milestone in the effort to map the impact of the COVID crisis on the local and regional

The number of people aged 60+ will increase by about two million each year in the coming decades and the number of very old persons (80+) will also increase. This fact calls for fair and sustainable solutions

The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) is the world’s largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises. It has over 600 partner organisations that are well-known regional or national actors

In the Stuttgart Region, Germany, the immediate and long-term outcomes of the pandemic have to be tackled by many small municipalities. A metropolitan institution coordinates the response to keep track

On 1 July 2020, the European Commission announced its plan to support youth employment. The measures proposed under the “Youth Employment Support” package aim to “help the next generation of Europeans

In the past months, ESPON collected sources and evidence on how national and local actors are reacting to the COVID-19 crisis. A number of authors replied to our invitation and submitted their experiences

Bilbao approved a plan with more than 50 measures of exceptional natureBilbao City Council has been working on a plan to inform, prevent and adopt public measures to avoid contagion in the city since 13