Highlights

ESPON Publications

1. “Territorial Impact Assessment of Policies and EU Directives. A practical guidance for policymakers and practitioners based on contributions from ESPON projects and the European Commission”

2. “Europe’s Neighbourhood from a Territorial Perspective”

3. ESPON Project Overview – Final Version

ESPON Database meets users' needs

With more than 500 indicators on European regions searchable via themes, keywords, policy categories and ESPON projects, the new version of the ESPON Database is more user-friendly to policy makers but also tailored to scientists’ needs. Access the new version of the ESPON Database

Map of the Month

“Gender Imbalances in European Regions”. This month ESPON presents a map on gender imbalances in European regions from the ESPON Targeted Analysis SEMIGRA.

Events

1. Financial Managers Seminar in Athens, 7 March 2013

2. ESPON TANGO Project Workshop in Brussels, 20 March 2013

3. ESPON Workshop "Stepping into the sea - New evidence on territorial development and the opportunities and risks for European seas and maritime regions" in Brussels, 15 May 2013

New Projects online

1. Territorial Potential: DeTeC - Detecting Territorial Potentials and Challenges

2. Territorial Monitoring: ETMS - EU Territorial Monitoring System

New Reports

1. Specific types of territories: Final Report of GEOSPECS - Geographic Specificities and Development Potentials in Europe

2. Territorial Performance: Final Report of TPM - Territorial Performance Monitoring

3. Globalisation: Final Report of TIGER - Territorial Impact of Globalization for Europe and its Regions

4. Transnational Perspectives: Final Report of NORBA - Nordic-Baltic dialogues on Transnational Perspectives in Spatial Planning

5. Rural Regions: Final Report of PURR - Potential of Rural Regions

6. EU 2020 Strategy: Draft Final Report of SIESTA – Spatial indicators for a Europe 2020 Strategy Territorial Analysis

7. Airports: Draft Final Report of ADES - Airports as Drivers of Economic Success in Peripheral Regions

8. Poverty and Exclusion: Interim Report of TIPSE - Territorial Dimension of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe

9. Indicators for Territorial Cohesion: Interim Report of KITCASP - Key Indicators for Territorial Cohesion and Spatial Planning

10. Territorial Monitoring: Interim Report of BSR-TeMo - Territorial Monitoring for the Baltic Sea Region