ESPON 2'3'1

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ESPON 2.3.1

• Application and effects of the ESDP in the Member
  States
• Ole Damsgaard
• NORDREGIO
• Stockholm

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Objectives and research questions

• The objective is to identify the ESDPs potential
  and to highlight examples of its application and
  implementation at different levels
• What effects has it had on policy development at
  different levels?
• Which delivery mechanisms have been most
  successful?
• Which ESDP related key themes have been most used?

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The working process
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Main findings European level

• The Tampere ESDP Action Programme -gtESPON
• Sectoral policies and programmes-gt Guidelines for
  Structural Funds 2000-2006 the Guidelines for
  the INTERREG III Programme (2000-2006)
• The Sustainable Development Strategy (2001)
• The White Paper on Governance (2001)
• The CEMAT Guiding Principles
• After 2001 very limited direct influence on EU
  policy, new policy agendas emerged (Lisbon and
  Gothenburg)
• But the (draft) Territorial State and
  Perspectives of EU makes reference to the ESDP!!

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INTERREG IIIB programmers are implementing ESDP
ideas

• The main priorities of most Strand IIIB
  Programmes are coherent with ESDP policy
  guidelines
• Southern Europe Sustainable development, prudent
  management and protection of nature and cultural
  heritage
• Northern Europe Parity of access to
  infrastructure and knowledge
• Application through INTERREG secondary or
  tertiary as there are various intermediate steps
  (documents) between
• The causal link between the ESDP and the specific
  projects may therefore often be very indirect
  (conform in respect to some ESDP policy
  guidelines while others are lost along the way)

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Main findings National level

• Few direct relations between the degree of
  application and the different classical European
  planning regimes
• The direct impact of the ESDP is very limited in
  most countries even in the countries who was a
  driving force in the process however
• Application mainly has taken place within spatial
  planning at the national level
• The ESDP influenced the planning discourses
• Variation in time and between European regions

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Degree of conformity
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Policy recommendations

• Strategic spatial planning at European level is
  necessary
• Funding of spatially focussed actions are drivers
• The professional discourse should be stimulated
• A new strategic document should be simple and
  should adress existing and potential spatial
  conflicts
• Highlight European issues in national planning
• Develop practical examples as an inspiration for
  regional spatial planning

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Recommendations concerning ESPON 2013

• The assessment exercise itself was difficult as
  the direct effects are so limited quantitative
  data problematic
• Therefore there is a need to perform a more
  systematic investigation of planning practices
  currently pertaining in the formal national
  planning systems (ESPON II)
• International comparative studies of the dynamics
  of planning practice should be developed
• Methodologies should be developed further
• Application of the new Territorial Agenda should
  be studied from day 1!

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Thanks for your attention

• Nordregio
• EuroFutures
• IRPUD
• Catholic University Leuven
• ÖIR
• OTB
• PhDB
• Politecnico Torino
• SDRU
• University of Liverpool
• AUREX
• ETH Zürich

• IGSO
• RKK
• RIATE
• Dep. of Geo, University of Valencia
• The Fac. of Civil Engeniring, Maribor
• UUR
• ICS
• NIRSA