Over the past decade, the introduction of eHealth solutions has not resulted in a decrease in healthcare expenditure for the governments, providers or patients. By 2015, all EU Member States had implemented
In today’s interconnected and constantly changing world, things happening in one place have an impact on other places, influencing developments and territories. Therefore, the choices of today matter
Innovation is one frequently occurring theme targeted by European Territorial Cooperation programmes, including cross-border cooperation (CBC) programmes. But what is the real impact the programmes have
The ESPON CBC TIA project has applied a newly developed ex-post TIA methodology tailored to CBC programmes to five CBC programmes within the framework of its case studies. Comparison of the results of
Some of the most promising data that describe flows and interactions across territorial boundaries, such as social media data, customer data, and price scanner data, raise legitimate privacy concerns among
Planning for functional, cross-border corridors has been challenging due to the various territorial boundaries. Understanding both micro- and macro-level dynamics and mobilities has become increasingly
Coastal tourism is the largest sector in Europe’s Blue Economy with around 2.127 million persons directly employed in 2016. It accounted for 40% of GVA and 60% of the employment in the Blue Economy in
Maritime Cargo Transport is of great strategic significance to the European economy with 74 % by volume and 50% by value of goods entering or leaving Europe doing so by sea. In 2016 around 235.000
In a speech to the European Parliament in 2011, EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Maria Damanaki, said ‘Governments are waking up to the fact that we have just about reached the
One of the ESPON BRIDGES goals is to create European storylines for each type of geographic specificity, These storylines help us to identify themes and issues of particular relevance for European-level
