This activity shall provide European territorial evidence of new employment dynamics in European countries and regions. The research should identify the territorial conditions and the factors that assist in determining the location of new employment, particularly in ‘knowledge economy’ sectors.
Key policy questions:
- What is the territorial pattern of new employment creation in Europe and how is this likely to evolve into the future based on current policy orientations? What impact will recent trends have on the future development of Europe’s regions?
- How is the European policy focus on ‘knowledge economy’ sectors for investment, jobs and growth impacting on the geographical distribution of new employment creation and what impact does this have for regional development and territorial cohesion?
- What are the key policy lessons for Cohesion Policy and what are the opportunities for lagging regions to capitalise on their place-based potentials and emigrant skill base in order to capture spillovers and to re-capture the lost skills base of emigrants and innovate in new sectors?
Budget: 400.000 €
Deadline: 9 Febbraio 2016
The service should provide territorial evidence on FDI flows and trends over the last 10 years towards European countries, regions and cities. The activity should, among others, identify the reasoning of foreign direct investors, the territorial conditions and the factors that determine their location.
Key policy questions:
- What are the global patterns and recent trends (10 years) of inward FDI flows to the EU, and how do they affect the overall territorial development of the European territory?
- What relevance do inward FDI flows have for regional growth and competitiveness as well as for reducing economic disparities in Europe (among more developed, transition and less developed regions)?
- What types of regions and cities receive foreign investments and for which economic activities (manufacturing and service industries and sub-categories)?
- What territorial factors seem to determine FDI location? How do macroeconomic factors and local regulations affect inward FDI flows territorially?
- What policy measures could be implemented to attract FDI in order to boost the competitiveness of EU territories at different scales (global, European, transnational, national, regional, urban)?
Budget: 700.000 €
Deadline: 9 Febbraio 2016
The research project should provide evidence on the territorial patterns and performance of SMEs in Europe, and propose territorial investment strategies that can be considered in different regions and cities to further strengthen the development and long-term sustainability of the SMEs.
Key policy questions:
- What are the distribution patterns of SMEs across European regions and cities in terms of size, employment, sectors, and economic weight? Can specific territorial patterns be identified concerning the location of new SME start-ups, their survival rates and growth development?
- To what extent and in which ways do the SMEs contribute to business development, job creation and innovation in European regions and cities, in particular in the areas of the creative/knowledge economy, ICT and the low-carbon economy?What are the key dynamics and drivers for the growth of these SMEs, especially after the crisis?
- What are the main opportunities and obstacles for SMEs to grow? Does this differ across the European territory, and if so, how? Are development conditions better in dense urbanised areas? How does international connectedness and globalisation affect SMEs?
- How could SME development best be supported in different types of regions/territories? What type of territorial development strategies should be considered in different regions and cities to further strengthen the development and sustainability of the business environments for SMEs? What is the particular role of the public sector and where can public money be spent most efficiently?
Budget: 500.000 €
Deadline: 9 Febbraio 2016
The service shall provide European evidence on the territorial dimension of implementing a low-carbon economy in different types of European regions and cities.
Key policy questions:
- What do energy consumption patterns (distinguishing between renewable and non-renewable energy) look like in European regions and cities (broken down into private households, public buildings, economic activities (services, agriculture and forestry) and transport? How have they changed over the past 10 years in the different types of European regions and cities (i.e. capital cities, secondary growth poles, small and medium sized towns)?
- Are there particular types of European regions and cities that find it easier in making full use of their renewable energy potential? How could challenges existing in this context be overcome in different types of territories? (up to 5 case studies)
- What kind of action/policy is needed in what type of region/city to ensure a smooth transition to a low-carbon economy/lifestyle? How can regions and cities create framework conditions for unlocking low-carbon investment by the private sector?
Budget: 700.000 €
Deadline: 9 Febbraio 2016
The research activity should provide European territorial evidence on the presence and characteristics of inner peripheries and also provide tailor-made strategies at EU level to overcome marginalising effects of inner peripheries and proposals on how cohesion policy could address peripheries them vis-à-vis lagging regions.
Key policy questions:
- What are the key elements in the concept of inner peripheries? How can these be mapped? What is the current pattern of inner peripheries in the European territory? Which areas are at risk of becoming inner peripheries?
- How can the European inner peripheries be characterized in relation to issues such as different age groups, gender balance, price development of the property market, and different types of regions?
- What processes drive marginalization and how can these be reversed and/or overcome? (processes such as demographic decline, ageing, economic decline, decrease in employment, changed availability of networks of services of general interest, public financing, …).
- How can inner peripheries explore and utilise their territorial potentials, support their competitiveness, create jobs and improve the quality of life for their citizens given their conditionalities?
- What national, regional and local strategies for inner peripheries, including more functional cooperation approaches and governance aspects, could be considered in order to improve their situation?
- How have inner peripheries been integrated in the EU policy agenda and cohesion policy?And how can this be strengthened in the future? How do inner peripheries compare to
lagging regions?
Budget: 800.000 €
Deadline: 10 Febbraio 2016
The research activity should be based on a foresight approach and answer specific “what-if” questions to provide information on likely impacts for territorial cohesion, for the balance and polycentricity of the European territory, and for the different types of regions and cities in Europe. Its results should assist in managing uncertainties.
Key policy questions are as follows:
- What could be the territorial consequences if a new place-based economic organisation were implemented as part of a circular economy?
- What could be the territorial consequences if Europe’s energy production and consumption were 100% renewable?
- What could be the territorial consequences if the European property markets collapsed?
Budget: 500.000 €
Deadline: 10 Febbraio 2016
The main outcome of this research shall be to provide an authoritative and comparable reference on spatial planning systems, policies and territorial governance throughout Europe in order to improve knowledge sharing and to illustrate some of the key problems and opportunities which arise in the territorial implementation of EU cohesion policies.
Key policy questions:
- What changes in territorial governance and spatial planning systems and policies can be observed across Europe over the past 15 years? Can these changes be attributed to the influence of macro-level EU directives and policies?
- What are best-practices for cross-fertilisation of spatial and territorial development policies with EU Cohesion Policy?
- How can national/regional spatial and territorial development policy perspectives be better reflected in Cohesion Policy and other policies at the EU scale?
Budget: 900.000 €
Deadline: 10 Febbraio 2016
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