ESPON European Research for Maritime Eco(nomic)clusters governance Strategy

Programme 2014 - 2020 ESPON 2020

Date of latest update: 2025-08-09

Description

Description (EN):

ERMES is focused on the reinforcement of land-sea interactions through policies and soft governance solutions that allow for the promotion of Blue Growth and the maximization of regional benefits of sustainable maritime spatial planning. The territorial evidence that will be produced within this targeted analysis will be useful for all Member States as it will contribute to the vision of Future Polycentric port regions in Europe, and to the ‘Maritime spatial planning and land-sea interactions’ (MSP LSI). This service contract will deliver a methodological tool and policy recommendations which can be transferred to other maritime-urban regions, and as evolutionary economic method also to other economic sectors, with respect also to the objectives for the next programming period 2021- 2027. In concrete terms, the results of this service contract will support the cooperation between EU countries and also increase coordination between administrations in each country through the use of a single instrument to balance the development of a range of maritime activities.

Achievements (EN):

The aim of ERMES was to analyse the maritime cluster development potential in the four European urban-maritime regions, and to see how improvement of the so-called urbanmaritime interfaces can help to realise these potentials. We have carried out our analysis in the region of Liguria (Italy), Crete (Greece), Malta and the Province of East Flanders (Belgium), and have drawn region specific conclusions on their maritime cluster development potentials and recommendations that can help local policy makers in reaching this potential. Additionally, ‘horizontal’ recommendations have been formulated. These horizontal recommendations can be used by policy makers in all urban-maritime regions in Europe in stimulating eco-cluster development. Based on desk research, the project team developed a territorial analysis of the stakeholder regions in terms of economic activity, type of port activity, governance structure and cluster potentials. Furthermore, four global trends in urban-maritime regions were identified: Optimisation of (port) operations, Port regionalisation and multimodality, Innovation and digitalisation and Enhancement of environmental sustainability., With the use of these trends and in consultation with a variety of representatives from the stakeholder regions, development scenarios towards 2030 were formulated per stakeholder regions Different types of development and actions are needed in the urban-maritime regions to realise these scenario potentials. A next step was to assess the challenges that the regions may face. Some challenges were identified which may hinder the progress of each region. Finally, the project team established policy recommendations on how such challenges could be overcome using eco-cluster development.

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

Expected Results (EN):

The main outcomes of this project should be: - Territorial evidence on urban-maritime interfaces and cluster development potentials (degree of innovation, presence of infrastructural gaps, structural constrains and risks, transition policies) of the four stakeholders’ regions. - Urban-maritime spatial planning scenario built on territorial differences (one for each stakeholder’s region), by involving Quadruple Helix actors, policy-makers and City-Port Authorities. - Recommendations and guidance for the elaboration of strategies for added urban-maritime value, based on existing indicators on demand/offer and thematic priorities (new employment rates, modal split and mobility, new infrastructure and service, bioeconomy, tourism). - Policy recommendations and the guidelines to be applied in similar urban maritime regions in Europe.

Thematic information

Coastal management and maritime issues Governance, partnership Regional planning and development

Specific Objective: Upgraded knowledge transfer and use of analytical user support

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 (8)

Lead Partner: ECORYS Nederland B.V.

Address: Watermanweg 44, 3067 GG Rotterdam, Netherlands

Legal status: private

ECORYS España S.L.

Name: ECORYS España S.L.

Address: Calle Marqués de la Ensenada 16, Office 1018, 28004 Madrid, Spain

Legal status: private

ECORYS Brussels NV

Name: ECORYS Brussels NV

Address: Rue Belliard 12, 1040 Brussels, Belgium

Legal status: private

Spatial Foresight Gmbh

Name: Spatial Foresight Gmbh

Address: 7 rue de Luxembourg, L-7330 Heisdorf, Luxembourg

Legal status: private

University of Piraeus Research Center (UPRC)

Name: University of Piraeus Research Center (UPRC)

Address: 122 Gr. Lambraki Str., 185 32 Piraeus, Greece

Legal status: public

Argos vof

Name: Argos vof

Address: Eglantierlaan 38, B-2630 Aartselaar 38, Belgium

Legal status: private

E-Cubed Islands Limited

Name: E-Cubed Islands Limited

Address: Hal Saghtrija, Block A, Flat 11, ZBB-1322 Triq Skapuċċina, Gozo, Malta

Legal status: private

BoMA Consulting & Media SRL

Name: BoMA Consulting & Media SRL

Address: 7 Rue de la Chapelle, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium

Legal status: private

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Summary

Project name (EN): ESPON European Research for Maritime Eco(nomic)clusters governance Strategy

Project acronym: ERMES

Project start date: 2020-02-27

Project end date: 2021-06-22

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 268 300.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 219 389.98

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 219 389.98.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

Atlas

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/ermes

Publication date: 2023-08-19

Document date: 2021-05-27

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Final Report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/ermes

Publication date: 2023-08-19

Document date: 2021-05-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Synthesis report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/ermes

Publication date: 2023-08-19

Document date: 2021-05-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Scientific annex

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/ermes

Publication date: 2023-08-19

Document date: 2021-03-11

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

Case study report Crete

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/ermes

Publication date: 2023-08-19

Document date: 2021-05-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Case Study report East Flanders

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/ermes

Publication date: 2023-08-19

Document date: 2021-05-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Case study report Liguria

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/ermes

Publication date: 2023-08-19

Document date: 2021-05-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Case study report Malta

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/ermes

Publication date: 2023-08-19

Document date: 2021-05-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

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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