The ESPON Programme will organise its first High Level Conference on 11 May 2011 in Brussels (Belgium). The conference will discuss the use of territorial evidence in practice on the basis of the experiences with Targeted Analysis for Stakeholders.
At the conference key policymakers in the field of Territorial Development and Cohesion will be present, amongst whom Mr. Johannes Hahn, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, and Mr. Claude Wiseler, Luxembourg Minister for Sustainable Development and Infrastructures.
Objective
The objective of the Conference is to bring European policymakers and Stakeholders involved in ESPON Targeted Analyses at national, regional and local level together with the purpose of:
- Exchanging experiences on added value and use of evidence provided by Targeted Analyses
- Pinning down future needs for evidence in support of an effective implementation of EU Cohesion Policy post 2013
The morning session will be devoted to an exchange in detail among Stakeholders on the ESPON Targeted Analyses.
As ESPON projects defined bottom-up, they reflect a direct political demand and relevance for national, regional and local stakeholders. Their ability to contribute to (1) European growth, (2) the competitiveness and cohesion of territories and places as well as to (3) cooperation between territories will be in the centre of discussion.
The afternoon session of the conference will start by European policy makers looking into future needs for territorial evidence support. EU Cohesion Policy post 2013 as well as the expected Territorial Agenda 2020 for the European Union underline the necessity of regions, cities and larger territories to explore and unlock their unique diversity of potentials for contributing to an intelligent, sustainable and inclusive growth.
Registration and further information
Participation is free of charge. Reserve your place by filling in the online form available here.
The registration will close as from 29 April 2011.
You can download the draft programme of the Conference. The final programme will be distributed to the registered participants by 2 May 2011.
More info: contact the ESPON Coordination Unit at info@espon.eu
This conference is organised within the framework of the ESPON 2013 Capitalisation Strategy
(Actions related to European Seminars and Workshops).
Source: www.espon.eu