ESPON UK NETWORK

The ESPON UK Network will be launched next week at the annual Planning Research Conference [www.qub.ac.uk/prc2008belfast/prog.html] in Belfast. Are you interested in being a member of the Network? Members will receive regular updates on ESPON calls, projects, events and publications. They can also play a direct role in informing the shape and use of ESPON research. If you are interested in being a member of the Network, send your contact details to research@rtpi.org.uk

LOOKING FOR PARTNERS
The deadline for the first round of calls is 22 March. Applicants are still looking for partners. We have received the following notices from potential partners:

University Research Centre of Spatial and Regional Development (SPARD) Riga, Latvia
Interested in in participating in Priority 1 themes (1) Cities and urban agglomerations: their functionality and development opportunities for European competitiveness and cohesion , (2) Development opportunities in different types of rural areas, (3) Demographic and migratory flows affecting European regions and cities, (4) Territorial impact assessment of policies
Contact: Professor, Dr.habil.arch. Jekabs Trusins; Tel. 371 92155182;Email: trusins@gmail.com

University of L'Aquila, Italy
Contact: Anna Tozzi [mailto:tozzi@univaq.it]

Gdañsk University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture
The Department of Urban Design and Regional Planning would like to join a TPG as a Project Partner in one of 3 themes under Priority l (Applied research projects):
* Demographic and migratory flows affecting European regions and cities
* Ciies and urban agglomerations
* Territorial impact assessment of policies
Its relevant research includes Planning and realization of urban revitalization programs; Urban structure of residential areas ; Sustainable development of metropolitan areas in regional
development plans; and Methods concerning strategic planning of sustainable development of
local spatial systems. www.pg.gda.pl
Contact: Dorota Kamrowska-Zaluska; Tel: 48 58 3471606; Email: dzaluska@pg.gda.pl

Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
This authority is interested in Priority 2 research which would investigate the governance of metropolitan areas, focusing on how to management and financing between several different public authorities. Contact: Valérie Biot, ESPON Contact Point fro Belgium, Tel: 00 32 2 650 50 77; Email: vbiot@ulb.ac.be

Lower Silesia Department for Regional Development European Territorial Cooperation Unit, Poland
• Lower Silesia intends to lead a bid under Priority 2 to analyse disproportions between big agglomerations or dynamic centers of development and other indicated areas like mountainous, rural and peripheral. This will address
• centres generating development both public and private (investments, employment, international activity like projects)
• social and public participation
• (indicatively) global and European trends that could positively contribute to animate and activate underdeveloped indicated territories in our regions – what fields may generate further development in this aspect
• Institutional capacity of public sector (indicator here would possibly be lasting of public procurement procedure, foreign language command, number of international projects)
• Comparative analysis on the regions participating with possibly indicating what would be the fields of future fruitful cooperation for the regions.
www.ewt.dolnyslask.pl
Contact: Szymon Wojtasik ; Tel: 48.71.776.93.96; Email: szymon.wojtasik@dolnyslask.pl

Município de Alcobaça (Alcobaça local authority) , Portugal.
The authority is interested in joining projects under Priority 2.
www.alcobaca.pt
Contact: Joana Gama; Tel: 351 262580859 Ext.2585; Email:joana.gama@cm-alcobaca.pt

Observatorio Territorial de Navarra, Spain www.nasursa.es
The regional observatory is seeking partners to submit a proposal to explore the use of territorial information in decision-making.
Contact: Marian García; Tel: 0034 948 20 35 29; Email: mgarcia@nasursa.es

Direction of Urbanism and Territorial Ordination (DGOUT) of de Ministry of Public Works, Extremadura, Spain
The Direction of Urbanism and Territorial Ordenation (DGOUT) is a research focal centre on:
• Municipal space quality and urban processes effectiveness
• Transportation studies
• Road management in cities
• Municipal housing-stock management
• Housing and building monitoring, real-estate market analysis
• Housing development strategies and housing financing
• Land use planning and zoning:
• Territorial Plans, Municipal General Plans, Projects of Regional Interest
• Topographic Mapping
• Thematic Cartography
• Orthoimages and satellite imagery
• Studies on Natural Heritage, Cultural Heritage, Risk Studies, System Cities
• Scenarios trend
They are searching for another partner to form a TPG for the presentation of the project within the Priority 1 and 3.
Contact: Mss. Carmen Velasco Bernardo; cvelasco@fomento.juntaex.es ; Phone: 34 924 93 01 89

E-zavod : Institute for comprehensive development solutions , Slovenia
E-zavod is interested in cooperation at ESPON calls for proposals on applied research projects on;
Cities and urban agglomerations;
Development of opportunities in different types of rural areas;
Effects on rising energy prices on regional competitiveness;
Territorial impact assessment of policies.

Contact: Darko Ferčej, E-mail: darko@ezavod.info ; http://www.ezavod.info

City Development Department, Riga City Council, Latvia , www.rdpad.lv
The Council is interested in taking part in an applied research project on the theme of cities and urban agglomerations: Their functionality and development opportunities for European competitiveness and cohesion . Contact: Normunds Strautmanis; Tel: 371 67012877; Normunds.Strautmanis@riga.lv

Back to All Bulletins

Back to Network Homepage

Author:

ESPON UK Contact Point

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

21-Apr-08

Categories:

Espon 

This article has been read 1796 times.