ET2050 - Territorial Scenarios and Visions for Europe

Thematic scope

Policymakers in the field of territorial development and cohesion are in need of a future oriented and integrated vision on the development of the European territory. Therefore the ESPON Programme started a territorial vision-building process following a participatory process and involving relevant stakeholders at European, national and regional level. This vision has a strategic character that allows giving direction to the policy debate on territorial development. The project is expected to support and deliver input to the territorial vision-building process by updating, extending and refining the scenario work of ESPON.

To guide and deliver input to this vision-building process, three relevant axes are important:

1. Sharing a number of stories for understanding territorial cohesion and the main policy objectives for the European territories, its regions and cities;
2. Supporting European regions and cities in contributing to the targets of the Europe 2020 Strategy leading to a polycentric, diverse and sustainable Europe;
3. Enlarging and further detailing the four key challenges identified as particularly relevant for European regions in the Regions 2020 Study and to integrate prospects for the regions and cities in a long-term European territorial framework.

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

Lead Partner

Mcrit, Ltd, Spain

Detailed information on the contracted project team can be found under Transnational Project Groups.

Sounding Board

Patrick Salez, France
Peter Schön, Germany

Budget: € 1 199 969,94

Project’s lifetime: June 2011 – March 2015

Delivery of Reports

Inception report: 31 December 2011
Interim Report 1: 31 May 2012
Interim Report 2: 30 April 2013
Draft Final Report: 28 February 2014
Final Report: 30 June 2014

Publishing

Reports will be published once they are approved by the ESPON Monitoring Committee

More information
Please contact the Project Experts at the ESPON Coordination Unit:

Marjan VAN HERWIJNEN, e-mail: marjan.vanherwijnen@espon.eu

Sara FERRARA, e-mail: sara.ferrara@espon.eu