COVID-19, like earlier pandemics had a devastating influence on the tourism sector, the effects of which are still being felt by the industry.

This workshop presents the key overall policy findings and recommendations to emerge from the ESPON Covid 19 project.

Are you interested in participative processes dealing with the development of inter-municipal, cross-border or transnational cooperation areas?

The workshop will be focused on the adaptation policies and measures dealing with the impact of climate change in the context of the Baltic Sea.

What are the new challenges successive crises pose to territorial cohesion in Europe?

Different regions of Europe have been affected by the pandemic at different times and to different degrees. During the first three waves of the pandemic, a spatial shift from the European centres to the peripheries took place. 

During an online seminar discussion “Role of cohesion policy in the Planning of Metropolitan areas - Brussels case study”, 30 participants were invited to discuss the results of the international E

The high-level online conference “From ESPON 2020 to ESPON 2030 – Building on 20 years of innovative support for territorial policy-making” on 29 March 2022 gathered more than 400 participants to discuss achievements of the present and perspectives of the future of ESPON programme. Read a short summary of the event and find the presentations of the speakers in this article. 

This online workshop will tackle the problem of uneven development in rural areas in Europe, as it poses a persistent problem for territorial authorities. Shortages of economic opportunity and labour in these regions often place structural constraints on the provision of public infrastructure and access to services for a spatially dispersed and aging population.

The stakeholders and public authorities within the Strategic Urban Region of the Eurodelta (SURE) have elaborated, with the support of the ESPON program, a strategic policy roadmap towards a more s