A first set of 38 test indicators have been calculated, mapped and assessed.

INTERCO - Indicators of Territorial Cohesion - shall provide a set of comparable and reliable indicators and indices that can be used to measure territorial cohesion, complex territorial development, structural issues, territorial challenges and opportunities as well as territorial effects at different geographical levels and types of regions.

The Interim Report is divided into 4 main sections: (1) “Territorial cohesion” reviews the concept of territorial cohesion and the use of indicators for measuring it; (2) “Methodology” presents the theoretical and participatory approaches used to identify, select, calculate and assess the test indicators; (3) “Indicators selection” presents the results of the indicators selection process; (4) “Testing of initial Indicator set” presents empirical results of the calculation of indicators.

For every indicator tested, the following information is available: states (map, table and/or chart), trends (map or chart) and measures of variation (charts and tables at country level, measured over indicator performance at sub-national level).

INTERCO shall deliver its Draft Final Report by November 2011. More reading