TIPTAP - Territorial Impact Package for Transport and Agricultural Policies
Theme
Territorial impact assessment of policies.
Thematic scope
The Territorial Agenda of the EU highlights the increasing territorial influence of Community policies and states that this should be taken into consideration by policy makers. The Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion states that coordination between sectoral and territorial policies is important to maximise synergies and to avoid possible conflicts.
This project builds on the earlier achievements of the ESPON 2006 Programme. The methodology, indicators and the prototype “TEQUILA” model will be further developed and made operational to receive a tool for the ex-ante assessment of territorial impacts of policies. The tool will be tested on transport and agricultural policy and deliver evidence on the territorial impact of these policies. The results are of direct use for creating better policy coordination.
Please read more about the main research areas and main results envisaged on the next page.
This project builds on the earlier achievements of the ESPON 2006 Programme. The methodology, indicators and the prototype “TEQUILA” model will be further developed and made operational to receive a tool for the ex-ante assessment of territorial impacts of policies. The tool will be tested on transport and agricultural policy and deliver evidence on the territorial impact of these policies. The results are of direct use for creating better policy coordination.
Please read more about the main research areas and main results envisaged on the next page.
Lead Partner
Polytechnics of Milan - DIG, Italy.
Detailed information on the contracted project team can be found under Transnational Project Groups.
Sounding Board
Alessandra Pesce, Italy
Kai Böhme, Luxembourg
Budget: € 347 000,00
Project’s lifetime: July 2008 – February 2010
Delivery of Reports
Inception Report: 26 September 2008
Interim Report: 31 March 2009
Draft Final Report: 31 July 2009
Final Report: 11 February 2010
Publishing
Reports will be published once they are approved by the ESPON Monitoring Committee
More information
Please contact the Project Expert at the ESPON Coordination Unit:
Marjan VAN HERWIJNEN, e-mail: marjan.vanherwijnen@espon.eu
Main research areas
- Exploration of four types of impacts – the impacts on regional situation (economic/social/environmental), regional competitiveness (Lisbon strategy), climate change and territorial impacts, related to the concept of territorial cohesion.
- Assessment of average impacts on specific typologies of regions, trans-national cooperation areas, cross-border and interregional cooperation areas.
- Mapping of results, conclusions and policy suggestions for a better compliance with the Lisbon agenda, climate change agenda or territorial cohesion strategies.
Impacts are assessed, where possible, at NUTS 3 level.
Main results envisaged
- Evidence on the territorial impact of transport and agricultural policy.
- Indicators offering key information on impacts of policies on the economic-social-environmental-cultural situation of regions and cities, on impacts related to the Lisbon strategy and to climate change, and on territorial phenomena and aims related to European policy orientations.
- A territorial impact assessment tool, including a model and a road map for implementation.
- European maps related to the testing and use of the developed TIA tool on at least two EU policies
- Data input to the ESPON Database
