Calls for proposals - ESPON 2013 Programme

In the framework of the ESPON 2013 Programme - the European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion - this call concerns the following:

- I. Call for Proposals for Applied Research Projects (Priority 1 of the ESPON 2013 Programme):

1. European seas in territorial development (budget: €800,000)

2. Indicators and perspectives for services of general interest in territorial cohesion and development (budget: €1 million)

One single proposal will be selected for each of the two themes indicated.

- II. Call for Proposals for Targeted Analyses (Priority 2 of the ESPON 2013 Programme):

1. EITA - ESPON and TIA - Territorial Impact Assessments (budget: €350,000)

2. ULYSSES - Using Applied Results from ESPON as a Yardstick for Cross-Border Spatial Planning and Development (budget: €350,000)

3. RISE - Identifying and Exchanging Best Practice in Developing Regional Integrated Strategies in Europe (budget: €350,000)

4. POLYCE - Metropolisation and Polycentric Development in Central Europe: Evidence Based Strategic Options (budget: €350,000)

5. TPM - Territorial Performance Monitoring (budget: €350,000)

6. BEST - METROPOLIS - Best Development Conditions in European Metropolis: Paris, Berlin, Warsaw (budget: €350,000)

7. SEMIGRA - Selective Migration and Unbalanced Sex Ratio in Rural Regions (budget: €350,000)

8. SMART-IST - Smart Institutions for Territorial Developments (budget: €350,000)

One single proposal can be selected for each of the eight themes indicated.

- III. Call for Proposals for Transnational Networking Activities (Priority 4 of the ESPON 2013 Programme): Capitalisation activities at transnational level by the ESPON Contact Point Network (budget: €1.3 million).

The Transnational Networking Activities shall provide targeted transnational capitalisation, awareness rising and dissemination of ESPON results with the specific objectives of (1) involving policy makers, practitioners, scientists and young academics and (2) promote the European perspective of territorial development, competitiveness and cohesion.

Potential beneficiaries of the Call for Proposals for Applied Research Projects and for Targeted Analyses are public and private bodies. Only institutions confirmed as ESPON Contact Points can submit proposals and be included as partners in proposals on Transnational Networking Activities.

Further details on the ESPON website. 

Reference: 2010/C 129/05

(Added 2010-05-19)