Peter Schön, BBRScientific Conference on European Territorial ResearchLuxembourg 13 and 14 Oct 2005

The territorial picture of EuropeIntroduction to the Workshops

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• The European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) is closely linked with the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP)

• ESPON was established in order to support the ESDP process

• Therefore, ESPON can not be understood without knowing the basics of the ESDP process

• ESPON differs from a classic consultancy approach and at the same time it differs from a pure scientific research programme

• In this sense it can be argued that ESPON is a process sui generis, building on existing research results (and sometimes filling gaps through own research where such results do not exist) aiming at organising a solid scientific support for European policy formulation and implementation in the fields of spatial development

ESPON and the ESDP process

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• There have been four consecutive models for implementing a European spatial planning research network:– 1994-1999 Network of 15 research institutes

appointed by their national ministries– 2000/2001 Study Programme on European Research

(SPESP) (Network of 15 National Focal Points)

– 2002-2006 ESPON 2006(Programme and Project based)

– 2007-2013 ESPON II(how will the future ESPON II look like?)

ESPON and the ESDP process

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European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP)European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON)

•1989 A spatial vision for Europe (J. Delors)•1994 Leipzig ministerial meetingGuiding Principles of a European Spatial Development Policy

•1995-1997 Trend Scenarios, Studies on European Spatial Development (F, SP, IT)•1997 Draft ESDP (Noordwijk document)

•1999 ESDP (Potsdam document)

•2004 Rotterdam agenda•2005 Luxembourg ministerial meeting

•2007 Evidence based document on the Territorial State and Perspective of Europe (Berlin ministerial meeting)

•1994 Proposal of the German Presidency to establish a network of European research on spatial development

•1994-1999 Network of 15 research institutes appointed by their national ministries

•2000/2001 Study Programme on European Research (SPESP) (Network of 15 National Focal Points)

•2002-2006 ESPON 2006(Programme and Project based)

•2007-2013 ESPON II

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European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP)European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON)

•1989 A spatial vision for Europe (J. Delors)•1994 Leipzig ministerial meetingGuiding Principles of a European Spatial Development Policy

•1995-1997 Trend Scenarios, Studies on European Spatial Development (F, SP, IT)•1997 Draft ESDP (Noordwijk document)

•1999 ESDP (Potsdam document)

•2004 Rotterdam agenda•2005 Luxembourg ministerial meeting

•2007 Evidence based document on the Territorial State and Perspective of Europe (Berlin ministerial meeting)

•1994 Proposal of the German Presidency to establish a network of European research on spatial development

•1994-1999 Network of 15 research institutes appointed by their national ministries

•2000/2001 Study Programme on European Research (SPESP) (Network of 15 National Focal Points)

•2002-2006 ESPON 2006(Programme and Project based)

•2007-2013 ESPON II

ESDP ESPON

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BASIC RESEARCH

European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP)European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON)

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policy oriented science

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project based

institution basedTHINK TANK

RESEARCH PROGRAMME

POLICY CONSULTANCY

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Methodological Approach of ESPON

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Workshops

The three workshops will deal with:

• A) Typologies• B) Territorial Impacts• C) Spatial Analysis

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A) Typologies

•Typologies help to make differences

•Do these differences make any difference?

•Some policies are based on typologies / classifications

•Which typologies are scientifically fruitful?

Source: Crete Guidance Paper (June 2003)

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Structural funds, obj 1

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Forest fire hazard

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Typology of urban areas

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B) Territorial Impacts

•What are the territorial impacts of EU policies?

•regional incidence analysis (e.g. of EU funds)

•correlation analysis

•analysis of governance processes

•model based approaches

•ex ante research

Source: ESPON 3.1

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Structural funds expenditure

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GDP change

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C) Spatial Analysis

•Multivariate analysis of complex concepts

•Regional Classification Analysis (RCE)

•Measure of Territorial Cohesion

Source: ESPON 2.4.2

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RCE:Lisbon Performance