EDORA - European Development Opportunities in Rural Area

  • Theme
    Development opportunities in different types of rural areas.

    Thematic scope
    The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy in the framework of the Agenda 2000 boosted the significance of rural development in this sector policy. Rural development, in line with the Lisbon/Gothenburg Strategy, is conceived to support job creation and economic growth in rural areas in a sustainable way.
    Against this backdrop, this project will provide evidence on the development opportunities of diverse types of European rural areas and reveal options for improving their competitiveness. It will identify opportunities for increasing regional strengths through territorial cooperation and analyse the potential impact of climate change on the development opportunities of rural areas.

    Please read more about the main research areas and main results envisaged on the next page.

    Lead Partner
    University of the Highlands and Islands, The United Kingdom
    Detailed information on the contracted project team can be found under Transnational Project Groups.

    Sounding Board
    Cliff Hague, UK 
    Minas Angelidis, Greece 

    Budget    : € 699 816,00

    Project’s lifetime: September 2008 – September 2010

    Delivery of Reports
    Inception Report: 11 November 2008
    Interim Report: 30 April 2009
    Draft Final Report: 30 April 2010
    Final Report: 30 September 2010
    Revised Final Report: 14 March 2011
    2nd revised Final Report: 26 August 2011
     
    Publishing
    Reports will be published once they are approved by the ESPON Monitoring Committee
     
    More information
    Please contact the Project Expert at the ESPON Coordination Unit: 
    Michaela GENSHEIMER, e-mail: michaela.gensheimer@espon.eu
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  • Main research areas

    • Assessment of the present state of European rural areas’ development, their strengths and weaknesses based on the most appropriate economic, social and environmental indicators that can be collected European wide.
    • Analysis of endogenous development opportunities of rural areas to be better exploited for achieving improved competitiveness and their effect on European cohesion.
    • Identification of the most prominent types of rural areas and the drivers of a favourable development there.
    • Study of under-used opportunities for cooperation between towns in rural areas and the degree to which they could contribute to more competitiveness and cohesion both, on a regional as well as on European level.
    • Establishment of some projections on the likely evolution of the different types of rural areas over the medium-term future (i.e. the next 10 – 15 years).

    Main results envisaged

    • Data input to the ESPON Database.
    • Indicators offering additional information on the different types of European rural areas and new complex indicators on development opportunities, socio-economic situation and competitiveness of these areas.
    • Amendment of the typology used for this project.
    • European maps of the typology of different rural areas, their demographic situation, accessibility to services, their development opportunities (particularly outside agriculture and forestry), different alternatives of medium-term development paths and the impact of these development paths on the competitiveness of rural areas and the national and European cohesion.

 

Name Type Size
Final Report, 2nd revised Parts A and B, 26 August 2011 PDF 3,97 MB
Final Report, 2nd revised Part C WP1-22, 26 August 2011 PDF 10,74 MB
Final Report, 2nd revised Part C WP23-28, 26 August 2011 PDF 11,14 MB
Final Report, 2nd revised Country Profiles, 26 August 2011 PDF 12,71 MB
Revised Executive Summary Draft Final Report July 2010 PDF 741,73 KB
Draft Final Report Parts A & B PDF 1,23 MB
Draft Final Report Part C ZIP 3,17 MB
Draft Final Report Annex 1 Part 2 ZIP 6,80 MB
Draft Final Report Annex 1 Part 3 ZIP 8,00 MB
Draft Final Report Annex 2 -Country Profile Reports, Part 1 ZIP 3,56 MB
Draft Final Report Annex 2 -Country Profile Reports, Part 2 ZIP 5,46 MB
Press Release-Interim Report 08 July 2009 PDF 22,68 KB
Interim Report PDF 1,87 MB
Inception Report PDF 257,43 KB
Project Specification PDF 71,47 KB

source: http://www.espon.eu