ESPON Action 1.1.3 Enlargement of the European Union and the wider European perspective as regards its polycentric spatial structure.

ESPON Action 1.1.3

Enlargement of the European Union and the

wider European perspective as regards its

polycentric spatial structure

Lead partner Royal Institute of TechnologyDept of Infrastructure

• Nordregio, Stockholm

• Institute of Community Studies/Casa, London

• ÖIR, Wien

• Spiekermann & Wegener, Dortmund

• Karelian Institute, Joensuu

• NTUA, Athens

• TNO Inro, Delft• CEDRU, Lisboa• ITPS, Stockholm• Prague Inst for Global

Urban Development, Praha

• Stanislaw Leszczycki Institute of Geography, Warszawa

ODEN- with Raven

PartnersHugin and Munin

In the Nordic mythology, Oden was the omniscient god, depending on his two flying messengers Hugin and Munin. Oden had sacrificed one of his own eyes to get full access to the knowledge accumulated in Mimer´s well. Oden also researched tacit and historic knowledge hanging under the branches of Yggdrasil, the World Tree.

ODENKick-off January 24-25 2003

Options for spatially balanced Developments in the ENlargement of

the EU

ESPON Action 1.1.3

Agenda Friday Jan 24

14.00 Words of Welcome Folke Snickars14.05 ESPON update Peter Mehlbye14.30 Research Programme Lars Olof Persson 15.00 Partners’ presentations (max. 15 min each). 18.00 Preliminary Work plan Lars Olof Persson18.30 Comments Peter Mehlbye • 5. Policy recommendations20.00 Dinner together at ”Tennstopet” 

Saturday January 25, 2003

  9.00 Towards a common conceptual and methodological framework. Introductions followed by discussion. Chair: Folke Snickars 12.00 Light lunch 13.00 Work plan Lars Olof Persson14.30 Practicalities Lisa van Well15.00 End of Workshop Evening on own

5 WPs

• 1. Conceptual Framework

• 2. Data & indicators

• 3. Diagnosis: Spatial tissue, polycentrism, discontinuties in CCs and border regions

• 4. Spatial impact of enlargement

ODEN´s Geographical Scope

New EU Periphery and beyond

Candidates

New external and internal border regions

Global integration zones

EU 15

Geo Focus

Less favoured regions Urban nodes

NO and CH

• Polycentricity and R-U in CC contexts

• Transition and Transformation

• Convergence within the Enlarged EU

• Accessibility

• Barriers

• Institutions

WP 1 Developing the Theoretical Framework and

Methods

• Co-ordination

• Availability and Comparability CC data

• Collection

• Selection of Indicators

• Quantitative focus but also Qualitative Approaches

WP 2 Data and Indicators

WP 3 Diagnosis of Spatial Structures in CCs and Border

regions• Flows, interaction, accessibility

• Identification of functional links/institutional barriers

• Emerging networks of cities, polycentricity,

• Co-operation and integration processes

• Convergence/divergence, wealth distribution

• On sectoral structure, GDP, trade, investment, employment, migration in the regions

• Focus on least favoured and border region

• 2 scenario studies: Trends impacting Spatial Economy, Social Structures and Ecol Capital

• Impact Assessment of TEN and TINA

WP 4 Spatial Impact of Enlargement on the EU and

Accession Countries

Based on Diagnosis and Scenario WPs:

• Policy options for balanced spatial development

• Territorial cohesion

• Stakeholders’ participation and negotiations

• Need for diversified policy intervention

• SF after 2006

WP 5 Policy recommendations

Time-table Jan 2003-Dec 2005Interim report 1March 2003

Interim report 2August 2003

Interim report 3August 2004

Final reportDecember 2005

WP1 Overview concepts, method.

Expanded terms and methodology

WP2 Data, indicators needed, to be col-lected, mapmaking

Additional data collection accession countries

Processing new database,

More identification of indicators, mm method

WP3 Prel, results of EU spatial tissue, structure in CC

Enlarg. Effects on CC, Update spat. tissue, structure, analysis cities, regions

Prov. Final results on urban nodes, polycentrism, complementarities etc.

Deepening knowledge spatial tissue in CC

WP4 Hypotheses on spattal effects

Prel, indication spatial effects on enlargement

Provision diagnose spatial effects of enlarg. On EU and CC

Final diagnose, impact of enlargement on EU and CC

WP5 Indication policy recommendations

Networking and coop.proposal, policy results

Provision policy results

Final policy recommendationExecutive summ.

Work plan Jan-Aug 2003

Jan.- March 2003 Substantive: WP1 , WP2, WP3, WP5 started Practical: Contract signed between LP and Partners

March-August 2003 Substantive: WP4 started, other WPs continued Practical: First funds requested by invoice: July 2003

First Interim Report: March 31, 2003Second Interim Report: August 31, 2003

1st Interim report – Content & inputs

WP1. Terms & Methodology – 1st list

Saturday discussion

& partner input

WP2. Indicators, data and maps – 1st list

Nordregio + partner consensus

WP3. Qual. hypotheses on problems/options on flows and current spatial structure in CC

Literature review input from AP

WP4. Qual. hypotheses on

Spatial effects on enlargement

Literature review input from AP

WP5. 1st Indications of policy recommendations

Addendum

• Adress data collection

• Justification of scenarios

• CC institutions as real partners

• Operational reports