Events Recap
Annual Conference of the ESPON Contact Point Luxembourg : “The Territorial Dimension of the Protection of Biodiversity and of Nature”
Within the framework of the activities of the ESPON Contact Point (ECP) in Luxembourg, the Ministry of Energy and Spatial Planning of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg organized the annual conference of the ECP Luxembourg on 8 November 2022. You can find more information about the conference here.
20 Years of ESPON “Innovative evidence support for territorial policy-making - Perspectives for 2030”
The 20 years anniversary of ESPON was celebrated on 28 September 2022 in Luxembourg, where the ESPON Managing Authority and the ESPON EGTC are located. Further details about the event are available here.
ESPON Seminar in Lille and Prague
The “ESPON Seminar in Lille” under the French Presidency of the Council of the EU took place from 30 May to 1 June 2022 in a hybrid format. It provided an opportunity to discuss various topics such as the digital transition in public services, cultural heritage, sustainable transport etc. The “ESPON Seminar in Prague” was organized on 7-8 December under the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU on the theme of entrepreneurial regional governance.
The Europe Day
The ECP for Luxembourg and the ESPON EGTC participated in the celebration of the Europe Day on 9 May 2022 in Esch-sur-Alzette, European City of Culture 2022. This provided an opportunity to inform the visitors of the ESPON stand about the programme and what it offers to Luxembourg.
ESPON Publications
TerritoriALL No.6 and No.7
The sixth and seventh issues of ESPON TerritoriALL magazine are now online. You can read them on the dedicated website of the magazine.
Policy brief: a territorial approach to transitioning towards a circular economy
The purpose of this policy brief is to provide national, regional and urban authorities with information about the design of place-based policies for deploying circular economy solutions at the regional level.
Working paper: Indicators and target values for ETC programmes
This working paper gives information about indicator selection and assessment in terms of the suitability and measurability of indicators for ETC programmes.
ESPON Policy Brief: Sustainable Urbanisation
The brief aims to provide cities, regions and countries with a methodological approach to make the current urbanisation practices more efficient and sustainable.
ESPON Policy Brief: Productive cities and metros
This policy brief argues that industry both serves as a catalyst for research and innovation for local economic systems and ensures greater resilience when facing various crises.
Policy Brief: Cross-fertilisation of cohesion policy and spatial planning
The policy brief draws on real experiences across Europe and proposes seven practical steps to boost cross-fertilisation in the short term.
Working paper: Potential and challenges of digitisation in planning practice
This paper addresses digitalisation and planning practice, drivers of digitisation of plan data, the state of digitisation in Europe, access and users’ involvement, and finally recommendations for policy and practice.
Thematic paper: "Working together to deliver better digital healthcare"
Evidence of and arguments for the importance of territorial cooperation in the development and transformation of citizen-centric digital healthcare (eHealth) are provided in this paper.
Policy Brief: Migration patterns and the knowledge economy
This brief covers the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and institutional and policy developments dealing with current and future challenges.
Spatial Planning in Luxembourg
Luxembourg in Transition
The last phase of the international consultation Luxembourg in Transition brought together the four finalist teams who were asked to translate the transition scenarios that they had developed during the last two phases into concrete projects. These were presented to the Luxembourg press on 19 May 2022 at an event with the participation of more than 120 stakeholders of the consultation and other guests. "The Luxembourg in Transition process is now entering a new phase, that of implementation and concrete projects", announced Claude Turmes, Minister for Spatial Planning in Luxembourg. You can find more details here.
Box „Did you know?“
The findings of the ESPON project “The World in Europe: Global FDI Flows towards Europe” indicate that the percentage of enterprises that are non-European owned is highest in Luxembourg among European countries and this is partly due to the fact that the country is a particularly attractive place for foreign investors to set up holding companies.
Figure: Per cent of enterprises that are non-European owned
