"We need a harmonized vision for infrastructure in the future, and ESPON gives us the chance to have one." With these words the President of the High Level Council of Public Works Massimo Sessa opened the ESPON transnational conference “Southern Europe at the crossroads” that took place at the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure.

With the publication of the Atlas on the EU 2020 Strategy in June 2013, ESPON has responded to the significant demand of policy makers for evidence on the territorial dimension of the Strategy. To support the use of the Atlas, the Mission of Norway to the EU...

The current round of Structural Fund programmes began on the 1st January 2007 and come to a close on the 31st December 2013. Thus, whilst they were prepared in the dying days of the economic boom...

The ESPON Programme, in collaboration with the Irish Presidency of the European Union, held its annual Open Seminar on the 13th and 14th of June in the Dublin Castle. ...

Participants at the ESPON Open Seminar on “Territorial co-operation for growth and jobs”, organised in cooperation with the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will discuss in Dublin on 13 and 14 June 2013 new approaches for recovery and resilience and hear the experiences of Territorial Co-operation Programmes in responding to the effects of the economic crisis.

With its workshop “Stepping into the Sea – New evidence on territorial development and the opportunities and risks for European seas and maritime regions” ESPON offered ...

On 12 March, at the inauguration of ESPON’s new premises, Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn and the delegated Minister for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure of Luxembourg, Marco Schank responsible as Managing Authority for the ESPON Programme, underlined the importance and usefulness of ESPON, the European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion.

As recent ESPON evidence on globalisation shows, to strengthen competitiveness and to enhance Europe’s strategic linkages, it is of great relevance to better understand the territorial development of the EU neighbouring regions.

Latvijas lauku teritorijas, līdzīgi kā Lielā Mančestera Lielbritānijā, Jitlande Dānijā un Baleāru salas Spānijā, ir guvušas vērtīgu pieredzi, kā attīstīt reģionālo ekonomiku, balstoties uz inovācijām un zināšanām. ...

Region Nordjylland i Danmark, Stormanchester i Storbritannien, De Baleariske Øer I Spanien og landdistrikterne i Letland har alle god erfaring med, hvordan man kan udvikle den regionale økonomi gennem innovation og viden. ...