ESPON Seminar

2-3 June 2008 in Portoroz

Possibilities within the ESPON 2013 Programme

Presentation of Programme PrioritiesProgress on implementation

Indicative Timing of Future Activities

The ESPON 2013 Programme and its Priorities

ESPON 2013 Programme • Mission:

– Support policy development in relation to territorial cohesion and a harmonious territorial development

– Provide comparable information, evidence, analyses and scenarios on territorial structures and dynamics

– Reveal territorial capital and potentials in support of the competitiveness of regions and larger territories

• Key principles: – Policy demand defines applied research themes– Use of results by stakeholders important– Improve the European knowledge base on territorial

development and cohesion, including data, indicators, typologies, models and maps

– Support European-wide understanding and involvement by communicating new comparable information for policy development

5 Priorities

• Priority 1: Applied research on territorial development, competitiveness and cohesion

• Priority 2: Targeted analysis based on user demands/European perspective to different types of territories

• Priority 3: Scientific platform and tools/ Territorial indicators, data, analytical tools

and scientific support• Priority 4: Capitalisation, ownership and participation/

Capacity building, dialogue and networking• Priority 5: Technical assistance, analytical support and

communication plan

Priority 1: Applied research on territorial development, competitiveness and cohesion

• Objective– New evidence on European trends, perspectives and

policy impacts• Main types of actions

– Cross-thematic and thematic analysis (defining territorial potentials and challenges), including studies of territorial trends and prospective studies

– Territorial impact of EU policies– Knowledge Support System (pool of experts)

• Thematic orientations– Themes decided based on strategic advice

• Expected output– More than 30-40 actions during 2007-2013– Equal number of project Sounding Boards

Themes for the first round of applied research

• Cities and urban agglomerations: their functionality and potentials for European competitiveness and cohesion

• Development opportunities in different types of rural areas

• Climate change and territorial effects on regional and local economies

• Effects of energy price increases on regional competitiveness

• Demographic and migratory flows affecting European regions and cities

• Territorial Impact Assessment of policies

Geographical coverage of applied research

• EU 27 plus 4 Partner States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland)

• Possible enlargement of coverage The Monitoring Committee decides case by case Priority to EU Candidate Countries Western Balkans as a general rule Wider coverage (neighbourhood, world) foreseen at

least for some projects • However, enlarged geographical coverage will depend on

availability of relevant regionalised data

Priority 2: Targeted analysis based on user demands/ European perspective to different types of territories

• Objective– Use of existing ESPON results in processes at European,

transnational, national, cross-border and regional/local level

• Main type of actions– Integrated studies and thematic analysis– Experimental and innovative actions – Joint actions related to Structural Fund Programmes

• Criteria: European dimension and transferability • Stakeholder partnership and involvement • Ideas admissible from EU and Member State authorities, SF-

programmes and groups of regions and cities (3 MS)• Process: Call for Interest followed by Call for Proposal • Expected output: 20-40 targeted analysis

Priority 3: Scientific platform and tools/ Territorial indicators, data, analytical tools and scientific support• Objective

– Development and continuously update of scientific platform for applied territorial research

• Main types of actions – ESPON Database and data development, including

data validation and improvement– Territorial indicators/indices and tools– Territorial Monitoring System and Reports– Targeted actions for updating indicators and maps

• Expected outputs– Updated and enlarged ESPON 2013 Database – New territorial indicators/indices – 2-3 Territorial Monitoring Reports – New/updated indicators, maps, mapping facilities,

models, methodologies, etc. through 5-10 actions

Priority 4: Capitalisation, ownership and participation/ Capacity building, dialogue and networking

• Objective– Spread of European evidence on territorial trends,

perspectives and policy impacts• Main type of actions

– Capitalisation strategy – Media and Publications– European seminars and workshops– Transnational networking activities (ESPON Contact Points)

• Involvement and integration of policy makers, practitioners and scientists

• Expected outputs– 10-12 ESPON synthesis reports and publications (smaller

and larger, eventually leaflets in all languages) – 14-20 actions with and without other organisations– 14 transnational ECP actions

Priority 5: Technical assistance, analytical support and communication plan

• Objective– Ensure implementation of the ESPON 2013 Programme

and information of potential beneficiaries• Main types of action

– Technical assistance: Technical and financial administration and control of the programme and support activities to the projects

– Analytical support: Content related guidance for projects and analytical activities related to synthesis reports and documents (including urgent demands)

– Communication Plan: Programme management related communication towards potential beneficiaries

ESPON 2013 Programme budget

 TOTAL €45,378 mill.

(ERDF 34,033 mill.)Priority 1: Applied research €19,241 mill.

Priority 2: Targeted analysis €6,536 mill.

Priority 3: Scientific platform €6,148 mill.

Priority 4: Capitalisation €5,514 mill.

Priority 5: Technical Assistance, Analytical Support and Communication

€7.938 mill.

• Additional contribution from Partner States: €1,800 mill. (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein)

Progress on implementation

Launch of actions

• Operational Programme was adopted by the European Commission on 7 November 2007

• The ESPON 2013 Programme and the first calls for action were launched on 21 January 2008 in Bruxelles

• The following calls were opened:• Call for Proposals on applied research (6 projects)• Call for Interest form stakeholders in targeted analysis

based on ESPON results• Call for Proposals on a project on the ESPON 2013

Database • Call for Interest on the Knowledge Support System

(pool of experts involved in project sounding boards)

Proposals and Expressions of Interest received

• By the deadline 22 March 2008, in total 106 applications were submitted:– Proposals under Priority 1 and 3: 21– Expressions of Interest for Priority 2: 31– Expression of Interest for expert pool: 54

• Eligibility check and Evaluation of Proposals and Expressions of Interest

• Monitoring Committee decision on eligibility and discussion of applications on 29-30 April 2008

• Monitoring Committee decisions expected during June 2008

Indicative Timing of Future Activities

Indicative timing 2008

• June-July 2008: Questionaire on Applied research themes• July- August 2008: Call for Tenders on tools development

and update of data and maps, capitalisation strategy etc. • 1 July 2008: Pre-announcement of next Calls for Proposals • 20 August 2008: Launch of Calls for

– Proposals for Targeted Analysis– Proposal on Climate Change (re-launch)– Proposals on Territorial Indicators/Indices

• 15 October 2008: Deadline for submission• 8-9 December 2008: MC decision• 10-11 December 2008: ESPON seminar in Grenoble (tbc)

Indicative timing 2009

• (18) December 2008: Pre-announcement of next calls • (12) February 2009: Launch of Calls

– Proposals for Applied research projects– Proposals for Transnational Activities (ECP)– More?: To be decided by the MC

• (9) April 2009: Deadline for submission• 3-4 June 2009: MC decision• 1-2 June 2009: ESPON seminar in Prague

More information

More information on the ESPON 2013 Programme

can be found on

www.espon.eu

Thank you for your attention!