The project will develop a coherent framework for understanding how territorial cohesion and resilience operate under conditions of persistent low growth, demographic contraction and structural decline. Based on European-wide territorial mapping, it will elaborate typologies of territories facing persistent low growth and demographic contraction, and produce territorial maps of vulnerability, adaptive capacity and resilience. Through comparative…
The project aims to inform the strategic reflection and the research policy dialogue at five Territorial Futures Forum sessions organised by EU Council presidencies. It seeks to offer support to the Presidencies of the Council of the EU and to intergovernmental cooperation in understanding and use ESPON evidence for the sake of developing a shared territorial vision for Europe. For that purpose, it will focus on the identification, compilation…
This targeted analysis addresses development challenges in the cross-border area between Kyustendil and Kriva Palanka within the Bulgaria–North Macedonia cooperation space. It aims to examine preconditions and potentials for developing a functional cross-border area through coordinated development and investment. It will examine access to services, mobility patterns, economic complementarities, environmental interdependencies, and institutional…
