Article 174 of the TFEU states that: '’the Union shall aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions. Among the
La plupart des études scientifiques réalisées depuis l’apparition du COVID-19 ont montré que les régions qui ont été le plus longtemps soumises à des mesures strictes de confinement ont été
Is there a pattern of diffusion for COVID-19 across European regions, and how has this evolved since its onset? Are there specific territorial and/or socioeconomic characteristics that can entail a higher
This policy brief is about soft territorial cooperation and how ESPON can support collaborative processes from stakeholders’ demands with schematic representations of territories and governance set-ups
The ‘Megaregion Eurodelta’, a spatial synergy formed by the Northwest European metropolitan regions in the Netherlands, North Rhine-Westphalia, Flanders, Brussels and Northwest France, is a global
One of the main building blocks of Europe’s new agenda for sustainable growth, the European Green Deal, is the circular economy action plan, adopted in 2020. This action plan aims to, among other things,
The pandemic has shown that the continuation of life during the pandemic requires robust digital public services throughout the Member States and the use of advanced technologies to enhance public services.
This working paper aims at Territorial Cooperation Programmes (ETC) and provides information on indicator selection and assessment in terms of the suitability and measurability of indicators, proxy examples
Since 2000, approximately 250 football fields of land (180 ha) have been converted to urban use in Europe every day. This development far outstrips population growth; urbanisation occurs even in shrinking
Since the very beginning, cities have been not only a place of trade but also a place of production. Built on the premise that certain characteristics of the industrial sector are particularly important
