ESPON UK NETWORK BULLETIN 10 - November 2008 - Royal Town Planning Institute

ESPON UK NETWORK BULLETIN 10 - November 2008

24-Nov-08

Network News

ESPON held a one day Open Workshop on Monitoring Territorial Dynamics on 12 November in Luxembourg. The ESPON UK Contact Point was there to contribute to the debate. Read the report and join the discussion...

Yorkshire Futures has published a new set of strategic progress indicators for the region to support the newly launched Integrated Regional Framework (IRF). Read more...

The ESPON UK Network continues to build up links with European programmes and networks closely related to the ESPON fields of interest. New organisations added to our list include ICLEI, the Regional Studies Association, URBAN-NET, Eurostat and DG Research. More links...

Access the Inforegio Newsletter, the Manchester Independent Economic Review Newsletter and other newsletters through the Resources section of the website.

The Consultation on the EC Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion generated great interest among network members. Cliff Hague wrote a piece for the Innovation Circle Network, and Olivier Sykes wrote for Town and Country Planning magazine. Read more...

Prof Mark Tewdwr-Jones’s article “The EU Wants Territorial Cohesion: Can spatial planners make it happen?” summarises a symposium hosted by the European Council of Spatial Planners. Download the article from the ECTP website.

Dates for your diary

19 Dec 2008: ESPON will launch a Call for Expressions of Interest for the Knowledge Support System which aims at enlarging the existing pool of experts in the field of territorial research and analysis, in particular in themes such as “Land Use, “Accessibility”, “Innovation” and “Globalisation”. Read more...