ESPON 2013 is an applied research programme partly funded by the European Regional Development Fund and partly by the 28 EU member states, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Its research has built an evidence base to support policy development for territorial cohesion and development. Each country appoints a National Contact Point to interpret and disseminate ESPON findings in their national context, and to raise awareness of the programme.
- Cliff was Team Leader for the UK ESPON Contact Point 2008-14, http://www.rtpi.org.uk/knowledge/research/espon/, as consultant to the Royal Town Planning Institute, under contract from the UK government’s Department for Communities and Local Government.
Reports authored under this contract:
Regional Development in Northern Ireland: Perspectives from the European Observationnetwork for Territorial Development and Cohesion (ESPON) (2014) http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/1234946/rtpi_regional_development_in_northern_ireland_espon_full_report_7_2014.pdf
Towards NPF3: A European Perspective (2013) http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/502047/towards_npf3_-_final.pdf
Sustainability and Economic Recovery: European perspectives on urban and rural development in Wales (2012) http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/10735/wales_sustainability_and_economic_recovery.pdf
England’s Urban Growth Challenge: Messages from the ESPON Programme (2012) http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/10759/england_s_urban_growth_challenge.pdf
Towards a set of indicators for territorial cohesion (2011) http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/5712/Report-on-INTERCO-workshop.pdf
Work, Rest and Play: Planning for functional territories – UK / Ireland workshop looks at using ESPON (2011) http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/5957/Dunalk-Workshop-Report.pdf
How does the localism approach relate to the place-based / territorial agenda of ESPON? (2011) http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/5978/ESPON-and-Localism-Briefing-Note.pdf
New ESPON Synthesis Report focuses on Europe in a global context (2010) http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/5774/First-Synthesis-Report.pdf
European perspectives on Territorial Impact Assessment – A Background Paper for the ESPON EATIA Project (2010) http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/5994/European-Perspectives-on-Territorial-Impact-Assessment-April-2010.pdf
Opportunities for UK development practitioners to set the research agenda (2009) http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/6742/espon-practitioners-leaflet-2009-calls.pdf
Transnational Territorial Research in Europe; a review of the European Spatial Planning Observation Network and the opportunities it offers to researchers in planning http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/5740/ACSP-Paper-Cliff-Hague-2008.pdf American Collegiate Schools of Planning / Association of European Schools of Planning Conference, Chicago, (2008), Tracking ID: 193951, Session 6.7.
Spatial monitoring: European practice for nations and regions (2008) http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/6731/regional-indicators-report.pdf
ESPON Workshop on Indicators and Indices (2008) http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/5742/TERRITORIAL-INDICATORS-APRIL-2008.pdf
Changing UK regions in their European context; ESPON 2002-06 and 2008-13 (2008) http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/5745/CHANGING-UK-REGIONS-IN-THEIR-EUROPEAN-CONTEXT.pdf
Summaries of numerous ESPON project reports.
Workshop Presentations under this contract
Strategic planning for urban growth; International lessons http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/715607/cliff_hague_-_strategic_planning_for_local_growth.pdf , Birmingham, October 2013.
ESPON Perspectives on Urban England http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/10749/urban_england_-_cliff_hague.pdf Newcastle, November 2012.
City Regions http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/10741/cliff_hague.pdf Cardiff, September 2012.
Benchmarking Urban Scotland in Europe http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/5932/Cliff-Hague.pdf Edinburgh, March 2012.
Using ESPON research for the National Planning Framework for Scotland http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/5962/Cliff-Hague-Presentation.pdf Edinburgh, 2011.
Key messages from ESPON for the UK http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/5944/Cliff-Hague.pdf London, September 2011.
How to make a successful bid http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/5976/Cliff-Hague-How-to-make-a-successful-bid.pdf 2011.
Targeting analysis on migration and economy http://www.rtpi.org.uk/knowledge/research/espon/espon-uk-network/targeting-analysis-on-migration-and-the-economy/ London, May 2010.
The TIA rap http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/5984/The-TIA-Rap.pdf Edinburgh, May 2010.
New work on assessing the impacts of policy on cohesion, www.rtpi.org.uk/media/5342/ECTP-Edinburgh-TIA-Hague.ppt European Council of Spatial Planners, Edinburgh, May 2010.
ESPON and INTERREG in the UK http://www.rtpi.org.uk/knowledge/research/espon/espon-uk-network/espon-and-interreg-in-the-uk-building-knowledge-capital/ London, March 2010.
UK spatial evidence base and the ESPON programme http://www.rtpi.org.uk/knowledge/research/espon/espon-uk-network/uk-spatial-evidence-base/ Leeds, September 2009.
Using ESPON data: Territorial indicators in ESPON http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/5754/Cliff-Hague-Using-ESPON-Data.pdf September 2009.
ESPON The European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion http://www.rtpi.org.uk/knowledge/research/espon/ (2008).
