Trust in government is hard won, but easily lost. In Korea, there is a 35-percentage point difference in trust in government between the most and least trusting region. We examine ways to repair territorial #trust divides: fal.cn/3tWkS #ReinforcingDemocracy

Promoting territoriality in the Interreg North-West Europe programme. ESPON offers evidence and rationale for action!

What makes people in Europe satisfied with the city where they live? Full paper: ec.europa.eu/regional_polic…

Is Regional Innovation the new path to territorial cohesion? #TerritoriALL 8 Mariya Gabriel Ivan Bartoš Mikel Landabaso 🐬 European Committee of the Regions Tanya Hristova, European Economic and Social Committee Maurizio Mensi ERRIN Network Pirita Lindholm Teofil Gherca & Thomas de Béthune on URBACT ESPON 2030 loom.ly/4A2ZPLk

Why Switzerland is so high in innovation rankings? Maybe because it is the only country where professors have higher salaries than football players 😀 says professor Dominique Foray #ESPONseminar

Digital transformation is the combined effect of digital innovations, that impact governance, skills and capacities, but also budgets and procurements, ESPON project DIGISER proposes a solution to measure this interdisciplinary approach Regional Studies Association loom.ly/w8DKvUQ

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How European regions and countries can effectively cooperate and tackle potential sea-use conflicts to produce and provide offshore renewable energy? Help us find out! This and another 5 #calls for #tenders are open until 17th of April loom.ly/hiGbLIU

📢Wiktor Szydarowski Wiktor Szydarowski, Director ESPON EGTC presenta els resultats de l’estudi “Territorial impacts of Covid-19 and policy answers in European regions and cities”, en què la Diputació de Barcelona va participar 🔗bit.ly/3II0UfM 🇪🇺ESPON #InternacionalDiba

Marshal Ortyl, European Committee of the Regions spokesperson on Drone Strategy, continues his meetings with stakeholders He is in #Brussels for the Territorial Impact Assessment #TIA coordinated by the ESPON "Drone industry needs good regulation & support to retain its competitive advantage"

How can we put into practice the results of ESPON studies to improve the use of built cultural heritage? How can we extend the life cycle of historical bulidings by re-using them to address contemporary use demands? Join our hybrid event to know more loom.ly/dfYlci0

Proud that our director Wiktor Szydarowski presented ESPON, our evidence and recommendations on territorial cooperation to the 5th meeting of the group of high level specialists on Cohesion Policy Watch again the meeting and his intervention at 11.48.17 loom.ly/B7XmPRE

Small cities - Big expectations: What are they doing well? What they can do better? How can Europe and the member states support small and medium-sized cities further and what is @eu2023es planning for them? More in the #TerritoriALL no 10 loom.ly/4A2ZPLk

Research & policy manager Andreea China (ESPON) will join the special #EURegionsWeek session on the Interoperable Europe #policy's significance for #PublicAdministrations! Register here: 👉europa.eu/!trCvgQ More info: 👉europa.eu/!7c8qwf #Cities #Regions

Join us online or in the Hague for a great event organised by PBL English on the objective of ‘No Net Land Take in 2050’ and some of the best European examples. Read more about the agenda and registrations on the website loom.ly/R2jzMjo

Great joint session at #EURegionsWeek Transición Ecológica y Reto Demográfico ESPON to reflect on one of the priorities of the @eu2023es: role of small and medium-sized cities & territorial cohesión 🏡 📅We will continue in #ESPONWeek 15/16 nov in Cuenca Register now 👇 espon.eu/cuenca

Why regions need green industrialisation to address the new global challenges? A new ESPON Policy Brief gives some concrete answers and summarises the prerequisites for a successful transition. loom.ly/ZuvwQOU

Thank you all for making one more ESPON seminar a great success ‼️ And to the Spanish EU Presidency for the great organisation and hospitality 👍 Looking forward to our next meeting in Belgium and in Mons ‼️

In Brussels for the launch of the High Level Group’s report on the future of Cohesion Policy. Happy to see territorial dimension permeating the observations and conclusions!

In Riga for the Interact Knowledge Fair 2024. The future of #cohesionpolicy at the center of the debate as discussions for the post 2027 programming period advance