Call: Comparative Analysis of Territorial Governance and Spatial Planning Systems in Europe

The ESPON 2020 programme aims at promoting and fostering a European territorial dimension in development and cooperation by providing evidence, knowledge transfer and policy learning to public authorities and other policy actors at all levels.

Objective:

• foster cooperation in the process of policy development
• further strengthen evidence-informed policy-making across the EU territory
• contribute to enabling regions and cities to develop place-based responses to the Europe 2020 challenges of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth

The main outcome of this research shall be to provide an authoritative and comparable reference on spatial planning systems, policies and territorial governance throughout Europe in order to improve knowledge sharing and to illustrate some of the key problems and opportunities which arise in the territorial implementation of EU cohesion policies.

The main objective of this research is therefore to answer the following key policy questions:

• What changes in territorial governance and spatial planning systems and policies can be observed across Europe over the past 15 years? Can these changes be attributed to the influence of macro-level EU directives and policies?
• What are best-practices for cross-fertilisation of spatial and territorial development policies with EU Cohesion Policy?
• How can national/regional spatial and territorial development policy perspectives be better reflected in Cohesion Policy and other policies at the EU scale?

The maximum available budget for this contract is 900,000 €, exclusive of VAT but inclusive of all other taxes, disbursements, travel, accommodation and delivery costs.

The full dossier of the terms of reference and annexes can be accessed, free of charge, by request via email to tenders@espon.eu or at Portail des Marchés Publics.

Managing authority
Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure Department for Spatial Planning and Development (DATER), Division for European Affairs
4, Place de l'Europe
L-2946 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 247-86934
Thiemo.Eser@mat.etat.lu, http://www.dat.public.lu

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