Inspire policy making with territorial evidence
ESPON Working Paper 'The territorial dimension of future policies'
Shaping the territorial dimension of future policies requires understanding the territorial diversity of different places around the EU within and beyond their administrative boundaries as well as formulating policy approaches and implementation tools that can help to maximise their development potentials with the aim of promoting the well-being of EU populations.
With this working paper ESPON presents a synthesis of key observations and policy messages from a number of studies.
The working paper seeks to answer three main questions:
1) What should be the geographical principles of future policy interventions and how should certain types of areas be specifically targeted?
2) How should one address regional and urban development challenges and create new opportunities in key development fields?
3) Which methods/approaches should be applied to increase the efficiency of policy interventions, maximise the return on investment and develop synergies leading to innovative development solutions?
The ESPON working paper 'The territorial dimension of future policies' is available at the ESPON Website.