ESPON is the European Observatory for Territorial Development and Cohesion. This company page will keep you updated with the last developments within ESPON.
Additionally, a LinkedIn group for the ESPON Partner Café is at users disposal. Please copy the following link in a new tab if you are interested: http://linkd.in/9EnbZA
The ESPON Partner Café brings into contact potential partners who can make use of the group to know more about partners' specialties and background, launch discussions and create groups of expertise which are the first necessary steps to carry out future ESPON projects.
The ESPON 2013 Programme budget of €47 mill is part-financed at the level of 75 % by the European Regional Development Fund under Objective 3 for European Territorial Cooperation. The rest is financed by 31 countries participating, 27 EU Member States and Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
The mission of the ESPON 2013 Programme is to: “Support policy development in relation to the aim of territorial cohesion and a harmonious development of the European territory by (1) providing comparable information, evidence, analyses and scenarios on territorial dynamics and (2) revealing territorial capital and potentials for development of regions and larger territories contributing to European competitiveness, territorial cooperation and a sustainable and balanced development”.
Specialties
Cities, Comparative information, Competitiveness, Database, Governance, Islands, Macro regions, Maps, Metropolises, Mountain areas, Regions, Research, Rural areas, Spatial, Structural Funds, Territorial Cohesion, Territorial Cooperation, Territorial Indicators
