The main purpose of this Tender is to contract a service provider to propose and develop a unique and innovative ESPON Cartographic Language. Deadline for requesting the documentation is 19 July 2012

Barcelona, 28 – 29 June 2012. The Conference will bring together officials, researchers and practitioners to discuss some of the main findings of the project SMART-IST, Smart Institutions for Territorial Development.

The ESPON Coordination Unit is looking for two trainees for a period of 5 months. University students from the 27 EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland are invited to apply. The deadline for applying is 22 June 2012.

“European Territorial Evidence for EU Cohesion Policy and Programming” Over 200 participants from 31 countries are expected to the event on 13 and 14 June 2012 in Aalborg - Denmark to discuss the support that the territorial evidence delivered by ESPON can provide to the future programming period 2014-2020. The final programme is now available.

Calls for Proposals for Targeted Analysis, Scientific Platform/Tools Projects and Transnational Networking Activities are open. The available budget amounts to 1.988.000,00 €. The deadline for submitting proposals is 13 June 2012. Apply here to become involved in new ESPON projects.

“Climate Change and Risk Management: Results of European research activities from the Austrian point of view” The Austrian Conference on Spatial Planning, Austrian ESPON Contact Point, invites to an open seminar taking place on 4th of June in Vienna, Austria.

Metropolitan Development in Central Europe Vienna, 1 June 2012. The future opportunities and specific potentials of a Central European metropolitan network will be discussed at the event based on the results of the ESPON project POLYCE. Deadline for registration: 25 May 2012.

Territorial Performance Monitoring Brussels, 29 June 2012. The stakeholder regions lead by Flanders and the scientific team lead by the IGEAT-ULB are pleased to invite to the final workshop of the ESPON Project TPM - Territorial Performance Monitoring. Deadline for registration: 20 June 2012. More

“European Territorial Evidence for EU Cohesion Policy and Programming” Meet with us on 13 and 14 of June 2012 in Aalborg - Denmark and discuss the support that the territorial evidence delivered by ESPON can provide to the future programming period 2014-2020. Registration is open till 18 May 2012 at 15h00.

Calls for Proposals for Targeted Analysis, Scientific Platform/Tools Projects and Transnational Networking Activities are open. The available budget amounts to 1.988.000,00 €. The deadline for submitting proposals is 13 June 2012. Apply here to become involved in new ESPON projects.