ESPON tool for mapping soft territorial cooperation areas and initiatives

Programme 2014 - 2020 ESPON 2020

Date of latest update: 2024-05-18

Description

Description (EN):

“ESPON Actarea tool” shall contribute to further developing and improving an interactive and user-friendly ESPON Toolbox. The ESPON Toolbox represents a core element in the knowledge base of ESPON for the support of effective territorial policies. It was considered of particular importance to build an integrated suite of user-friendly and interactive web-tools to assist policymakers in freely accessing and interrogating territorial indicators and data. This tool shall be based on the outcomes of the ESPON activity ACTAREA - Thinking and Planning in Areas of Territorial Cooperation. The results of this ESPON activity revealed to be useful in bridging the gap between territorial evidence and the implementation of soft cooperation, and to support the inclusion of evidence into participatory processes. The ACTAREA tool is targeted at policy makers and practitioners at all administrative levels (including cross-border and transnational groupings) and will enable the use of information and data by these particular target groups of stakeholders. The tool will be made available via the ESPON website and will therefore also be at the disposal of the general public, including researchers and students. Main Objective: The main objective is to contribute to the design and implementation of soft territorial cooperation instances. The tool to be produced in the framework of this activity have as starting point the outcomes of the ACTAREA project and in particular the following elements: mapshots - instrument for the design of cooperation in relation to geographical features, socio-economic patterns and (perceived) cooperation dynamics; institutional mapping are an instrument for the design of the cooperation in relation to other territorial collaborations and institutions dealing with territorial development.

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

Expected Results (EN):

The main outcomes of the service should be: - Interactive web application that can be used in a simple, intuitive and user-friendly way by European, national, cross-border, regional and local authorities. - User guidance explaining why and how to use the ESPON ACTAREA tool including some practical examples and storylines, as well as instructions to facilitation of workshops. - Administrator module enabling to update and maintain the tool and to adjust it to future needs of the users. - Administrator guidance aimed to explain and provide instructions on the use of the administration module by the ESPON EGTC.

Thematic information

Regional planning and development

Specific Objective: Improved territorial observation and tools for territorial 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 (4)

Lead Partner: Spatial Foresight Gmbh

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

Legal status: private

Ibis Dev SARL

Name: Ibis Dev SARL

Address: 29 rue du colisée, 75008 Paris, France

Legal status: private

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Name: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Address: Schloßplatz 4, 91054 Erlangen, Germany

Legal status: public

Franziska Sielker

Name: Franziska Sielker

Address: 356 Turing Way, CB31AF Cambridge, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

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Summary

Project name (EN): ESPON tool for mapping soft territorial cooperation areas and initiatives

Project acronym: ESPON ACTAREA Tool

Project start date: 2020-09-18

Project end date: 2022-03-25

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 119 525.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 97 736.07

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 97 736.07.

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

Monitoring and Tools

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/actarea-tool

Publication date: 2023-08-19

Document date: 2022-06-30

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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ESPON tool for mapping soft territorial cooperation areas and initiatives

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