Interim Report of TOWN - Small and Medium - Sized Towns

The ESPON projects BSR-TeMo, KITCASP, ITAN and TRACC will contribute with findings and new evidence to events in the Baltic Sea Region

Draft Final Report of KITCASP - Key Indicators for Territorial Cohesion and Spatial Planning

Two Calls for Tenders are open: "Harmonised Datasets on Local Units" and “Feasibility Study on Analytical Tools based on Big Data”. Deadline for requesting the documentation is 11/12/2013.

Leuven (BE), 29 November 2013 - The ESPON TOWN team invites decision-makers, practitioners and policy-makers to the Workshop “New perspective on towns in Europe: from analysis to policy agenda”.

With the publication of the Atlas on the EU 2020 Strategy ESPON has responded to the significant demand of policy makers for evidence on the territorial dimension of the Strategy.

Brussels, 27 November 2013 - The workshop intends to present and discuss different types of gateways from a European perspective considering their different geographical contexts. Register now

Find out how Structural Fund programmes have been affected by the economic crisis and, in turn, how the programmes have responded to this and to the effects of the crisis itself

London, 15 November 2013 - The event will examine how sustainable economic growth is being stimulated in Scottish cities as well as London. It will show how tools and concepts developed by ESPON can encourage strategic thinking and help in the formulation of strategies for growth.

Luxembourg, 12-13 September 2013 - Last month overall 94 people contributed to a good dialogue between science, practice and policy. Presentations and key messages on new and challenging needs to support European Territorial Development and Cohesion are now online.