Interregional relations in Europe

Programme 2014 - 2020 ESPON 2020

Date of latest update: 2024-05-18

Description

Description (EN):

Interdependencies between European countries are well known and strongly documented, but this is not the case for the relations between European regions. This new ESPON project aims at providing a new understanding of the interrelations between Europe’s economies at the regional level. To achieve this goal, this research will use innovative methods to overcome data limitations on interregional linkages and flows of people, goods, capital, knowledge and services. The analysis of the relationships between regions will determine the extent to which the existence and the intensity of interregional flows are drivers for and/or barriers to the development of regional competitiveness and cohesion.

Website: https://archive.espon.eu/

Expected Results (EN):

The result shall be both a big picture of regional interdependencies and specific insights according to different identified situations (e.g. border regions, outermost regions, regional relations within countries, peripheral versus central regions…). The overall ambition is to provide a new frame of reference for supporting regional development policies and informing regional convergence. As an example, this should give regional and national policymakers useful understanding of the potential impacts of the European Green Deal. The research project should thus answer the following key policy questions: - What are the characteristics and intensity of interregional relations in Europe in terms of trade of goods, services, capital, people or other relevant flows? How did they evolve over the years? - How can regional interdependencies at European level be depicted? How structural/important are these interdependencies in order to better understand regional development (competitiveness, cohesion, well-being, quality of life…)? How can regions be clustered according to this relatedness? - What should be the impacts of potential political decisions or shocks (e.g. Brexit, implementation of the New Green Deal…) on interregional relations and what is the level of exposure or resilience of European Regions accordingly? - More generally, what are the conditions and drivers that appear to increase interregional flows in diverse regional contexts? What are the barriers that appear to inhibit interregional relations? - What interventions may reduce/increase such barriers? For which policy purposes and potential impacts? Which EU, national or regional policies have already demonstrated efficiency in addressing interregional flows?

Thematic information

Regional planning and development

Specific Objective: Enhanced European territorial evidence production through applied research and analyses

Thematic Objective:

(11) enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration through actions to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administrations and public services related to the implementation of the ERDF, and in support of actions under the ESF to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administration.

Investment Priority: (11 ETC) ETC specific for transnational cooperation: enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by developing and coordinating macro-regional and sea-basin strategies

Partners (7)

Lead Partner: Navarra de Suelo Y Vivienda (NASUVINSA)

Address: Avenida de San Jorge 8 Bajo, 31012 Pamplona, Spain

Legal status: private

Asociación Centro de Predicción Económica (CEPREDE)

Name: Asociación Centro de Predicción Económica (CEPREDE)

Address: Calle Francisco Tomás y Valiente 5, 28049 Madrid, Spain

Legal status: private

Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences (IGSO PAS)

Name: Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences (IGSO PAS)

Address: Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw, Poland

Legal status: public

Spiekermann & Wegener, Stadt- und Regionalforschung (S&W)

Name: Spiekermann & Wegener, Stadt- und Regionalforschung (S&W)

Address: Lindemannstraße 10, 44137 Dortmund, Germany

Legal status: private

Delft University of Technology

Name: Delft University of Technology

Address: Julianalaan 134, 2628 BL Delft, Netherlands

Legal status: public

University of Eastern Finland (UEF)

Name: University of Eastern Finland (UEF)

Address: P.O. Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland

Legal status: public

University of Thessaly (UTH) Research Committee

Name: University of Thessaly (UTH) Research Committee

Address: Argonafton & Filellinon, 38221 Volos, Greece

Legal status: public

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Summary

Project name (EN): Interregional relations in Europe

Project acronym: IRiE

Project start date: 2020-04-20

Project end date: 2022-06-15

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 902 087.12

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 737 640.25

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 737 640.25.

Documents

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Studies / surveys

Case Study

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/programme/projects/espon-2020/applied-research/interregional-relations-europe

Publication date: 2023-08-19

Document date: 2021-05-31

Languages: en

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 ESPON 2020

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2024-03-04

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

68 / 69 (98.55%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

353 / 370 (95.41%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Data from 3 projects ((MRS. ESPON TOOL, SoET and CPS 2.0) was retrieved by Interact from the programme´s website on the 2024-03-01. Regarding partners only data only main partners is available. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.espon.eu), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-21 and 2023-01-03.

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Interregional relations in Europe

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