About ESPON

ESPON is an INTERREG funded multinational planning and related information research project. It has a European and international focus and seeks to inform a better understanding of spatial and territorial cohesion policies in the EU. The National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) is the national contact point for the Republic of Ireland.

The ICLRD is assisting this initiative by providing links to the ESPON website to make available comparative European planning information and databases to practitioners, administrators and policy-makers on the island of Ireland.

The links above will take you to ESPON resources within http://www.espon.eu

Also see ESPON UK Network hosted by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) at www.rtpi.org.uk/espon/

ESPON IRELAND Contact Details

Cormac Walsh

ESPON Contact Point Ireland

National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis

John Hume Building

National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Email: cormac.walsh@nuim.ie

Tel: 01 7083350

Latest News

ESPON Call for Proposals: May 2010

The current ESPON call for proposals is now open. The total budget is €5.9 million including large-scale Applied Research projects (Priority 1), Targeted Analyses, focused on particular territories (Priority 2) and capitalisation and dissemination projects (Priority 4).

Both Priority 2 and 3 are open to proposals from transnational networks which may include both academic and private institutions.

Priority 2 Targeted Analyses are based on user demand. In this round of calls the Greater Dublin Area is included as case study territory under the ‘Territorial Performance Monitoring’ Targeted Analysis. There will be opportunities under future calls for public authorities in Ireland to submit proposals under for future Priority 2 themes.

Please see  ESPON website for further details.

Other News

“Regional Use of ESPON Knowledge – Inspiration for Researchers and Practitioners involved in Regional Territorial Analysis and Policy Development”

The Working Paper from the internal ESPON Seminar on 3-4 December 2009 in Malmö is now online

The ESPON Coordination Unit organised in close co-operation with the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union an Internal ESPON Seminar on 2 and 3 December 2009 in Malmö in order to take stock of the first experiences with the Targeted Analyses. The outcome of the seminar discussions, together with some additional deepening, is now laid down in a Seminar Report.

This report provides inspiration for practitioners and researchers at regional level and stakeholders and researchers within the ESPON network on how ESPON knowledge can be used in order to better integrate the European perspective into regional territorial analysis and policymaking. Read the report at the ESPON website.

Vacancy at the ESPON Coordination Unit

The ESPON Coordination Unit is looking for two trainees for a period of 5 months to join our international team. Deadline for submitting an application is 24 May 2010 at 16.00.

The job advert is online at the ESPON website: ESPON Vacancies