Synergising EU Cohesion Policy with National Regional Policies and Spatial Planning

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🕧 𝟭𝟮:𝟯𝟬–𝟭𝟰:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧 (𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 12:00)
📍 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝟮, 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗧𝗨 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗳𝘁, 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝟭𝟯𝟰, 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗳𝘁, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀
💻 Hybrid event – online participation available
Registrations via: E-Form

This seminar will explore how territorial instruments of EU Cohesion Policy – including Integrated Territorial Investments (ITI) and Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) – can contribute to more integrated, place-sensitive, and strategically coordinated development across governance levels and spatial scales.

Speakers:
• Martin Ferry (European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde)
• Marcin Dąbrowski (Urbanism, TU Delft)
• Marcia Van Der Vlugt (Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning of the Netherlands)

The seminar will draw on findings from the recent evaluation of EU Cohesion Policy’s territorial instruments and the ESPON SENPO project, examining both the opportunities and challenges of aligning territorial instruments with regional policy and spatial planning frameworks.

Topics include:
🔹 Territorial governance and policy coordination
🔹 Integrated spatial development
🔹 Functional areas and multi-level policymaking
🔹 Synergies between EU and domestic territorial instruments
🔹 Lessons from Dutch planning practice and the NOVEX programme

The seminar is part of the broader series on contemporary European territorial challenges, jointly organised by the Stichting EPRC Delft and the Spatial Planning & Strategy Section.

🥪 Lunch will be provided for in-person participants.