ITAN Integrated Territorial Analysis of the Neighbourhood Applied Research 2013/1/22 Interim Report | Version 31/01/2013 ESPON 2013 This report presents a more detailed overview of the analytical approach to be applied by the project. This Applied Research Project is conducted within the framework of the ESPON 2013 Programme, partly financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The partnership behind the ESPON Programme consists of the EU Commission and the Member States of the EU27, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Each partner is represented in the ESPON Monitoring Committee. This report does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the members of the Monitoring Committee. Information on the ESPON Programme and projects can be found on www.espon.eu The web site provides the possibility to download and examine the most recent documents produced by finalised and ongoing ESPON projects. This basic report exists only in an electronic version. © ESPON & CNRS / GIS CIST, 2013. Printing, reproduction or quotation is authorised provided the source is acknowledged and a copy is forwarded to the ESPON Coordination Unit in Luxembourg. ESPON 2013 List of authors CNRS / GIS CIST – French National Centre for Scientific Research / Collège International des Sciences du Territoire Pierre BECKOUCHE, Scientific coordinator Violaine JURIE Hugues PECOUT Other French team Emmanuelle BOULINEAU (CNRS EVS) Charlotte AUBRUN (CNRS EVS) Clément CORBINEAU (CNRS EVS) Olivier GIVRE (EA CREA) Antoine LAPORTE (CNRS EVS) Pierre SINTES (CNRS TELEMME) IGEAT – Free University of Brussels Gilles VAN HAMME Pablo MEDINA LOCKHART Didier PEETERS César DUCRUET MCRIT S.L. Andreu ULLIED Oriol BIOSCA Marta CALVET Rafael RODRIGO NORDREGIO Lisa VAN WELL Johanna ROTO Aslı TEPECIK DIŞ Vladimir KOLOSOV 1 ESPON 2013 TABLE of contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................... 3 1. CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK .............................................................. 4 1.1. Scientific and political background – ITAN key notions and hypothesis ....................................................... 4 1.1.1. The rise of the neighbourhoods issue in the regionalisation context… ....................................................................... 4 1.1.2. … and in the EU political framework ........................................................................................................................... 5 1.1.3. The territorial approach of the neighbourhoods is crucial but data are lacking ........................................................... 6 1.1.4. ITAN key notions ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.1.5. How the Neighbourhoods issue is addressed in the scientific literature ..................................................................... 7 1.2. ITAN key hypotheses and objectives ........................................................................................................... 8 1.2.1. ITAN hypotheses ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.2.2. ITAN objectives ........................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.3. ITAN database methodology (WP1) ............................................................................................................. 9 1.3.1. Geometries ................................................................................................................................................................. 9 1.3.2. Data collection ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 1.3.3. Mapping ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 1.3.4. The barriers for the project’s implementation ............................................................................................................ 18 1.4. Composite indicators (indexes) .................................................................................................................. 18 1.4.1. Toward a better knowledge of the ENRs: assessing territorial disparities................................................................. 19 1.4.2. Toward a better knowledge of the interactions between the ENRs and ESPON territories: ..................................... 19 2. MAIN RESULTS ACHIEVED SO FAR ............................................................................................. 20 2.1. Geometries and data collection: where we are (WP1) ............................................................................... 20 2.1.1. Schedule of geometries and data deliveries .............................................................................................................. 20 2.1.2. Administrative divisions and data collection: some country analyses ....................................................................... 22 2.2. The EU and its neighbourhood in globalisation and regionalisation processes .......................................... 24 2.2.1. The (relative) importance of neighbourhoods for Europe .......................................................................................... 25 2.2.2. Neighbourhood(s) in globalisation ............................................................................................................................. 27 2.2.3. Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................................. 30 2.3. First results on the ENCs analysis ............................................................................................................. 32 2.3.1. One Southern ENC: Tunisia (WP6) ........................................................................................................................... 32 2.3.2. One Eastern ENC: Russia (WP4) .............................................................................................................................. 35 2.4. Case studies (examples) ............................................................................................................................ 37 2.4.1. Black Sea CS methodology (WP5) ............................................................................................................................ 37 2.4.2. Gibraltar CS (WP6) .................................................................................................................................................... 38 2.4.3. The Arctic CS (WP3) ................................................................................................................................................. 40 3. FURTHER STEPS ............................................................................................................................. 42 3.1. Flows between ESPON space and ENCs (WP1.5) .................................................................................... 42 3.2. Northern Neighbourhood (WP3) ................................................................................................................. 42 3.2.1 Territorial stakes and opportunities ............................................................................................................................ 42 3.2.2 Relations with the ESPON territory ............................................................................................................................ 43 3.3. Eastern Neighbourhood (WP4) .................................................................................................................. 44 3.3.1 Territorial Stakes and Opportunities ........................................................................................................................... 44 3.2.2 Relations with the ESPON Territory ........................................................................................................................... 44 3.3.3. The Baltic Sea Region Case Study ........................................................................................................................... 45 3.4. South-Eastern Neighbourhood (WP5) ........................................................................................................ 46 3.4.1. Territorial stakes and opportunities ........................................................................................................................... 46 3.4.2. Relations with the ESPON territory ........................................................................................................................... 46 3.5. Southern Neighbourhood (WP6) ................................................................................................................ 47 3.5.1. Territorial stakes and opportunities ........................................................................................................................... 47 3.5.2. Relations with the ESPON territory ..........................................................................................................................