Territories are living legacies from the past and contain development potentials for the future. Each territory, be it a rural or urban area, a mountain region or an island, whether it is sparsely or densely populated, all have their own unique development conditions.

ESPON offers useful evidence and tools to identify trends and measure the impacts of policies. This video highlights the importance of cities and metropolitan areas and showcases the FOCI project (Future Orientation for Cities).

Speakers

• Ruut Louwers, North West Europe Secretariat, Stakeholder of TranSMEC (Transnational Support Method for European Cooperation)
• Didier Michal, ESPON Monitoring Committee Member from France
• Peter Mehlbye, ESPON Coordination Unit
• Moritz Lennert, Free University of Brussels, Lead Partner of FOCI (Future Orientation for Cities)

More info

• Script Territorial Diversity Video 1 
• FOCI (Future Orientation for Cities)