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  • By Agnieszka Wieczorek Jetha

ESPON job vacancy: Project expert/European Outreach

The ESPON EGTC is looking for one Project Expert/European Outreach for a period of 2 years to join our international team, preferably starting as soon as possible. Deadline for applications: 20 April 2018.  The ESPON EGTC is a European Grouping on Territorial Cooperation.

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From evidence to action: territorial trends and challenges identified in the ESPON projects

Informed decision making is gaining in importance in collaborative planning, governance and programming processes.

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ESPON: Economic development in rural regions – new thinking and policies in finding and exploiting endogenous capacities

This ESPON* seminar in Växjö, Sweden will examine how to support and encourage SMEs and exploit endogenous resources such as natural capital, heritage, renewable energy, bio-economy and tourism in rural regions. Successful exploitation may require new models of governance, social innovation, high-level ICT systems as well as public sector support.

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ESPON: Public Participation in Spatial Planning: improving processes and outputs

This ESPON* workshop in Luxembourg is the third in a series of Transnational Outreach events in West Europe in 2018 and 2019 examining new developments in national and regional spatial planning.

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E-learning on the ESPON Territorial Impact Assessment tool

The ESPON TIA web Tool is an interactive web application that can be used to support policy makers and practitioners with identifying potential territorial impacts of new legislation and policies. This e-learning consists of two webinars guided by OIR, experts on the ESPON Territorial Impact Assessment tool (TIA tool).

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Understanding the economic and territorial impact of cultural heritage: better investments through improved evidence collection

Building on the year of Cultural Heritage (2018 – launched in Cyprus), the European Commission has published a European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage. This Framework for Action acknowledges that cultural heritage is a common good and a shared resource which raised awareness of a common European history and values and reinforces a sense of belonging to a common European cultural and pol