Territorial evidence and cooperation: Linking analysis and action

Final results by winter 2006/2007

The INTERACT-ESPON Synthesis Report is based on the five ESPON-INTERACT studies and the corresponding conferences and workshops carried out between 2004 and 2006. The purpose of the ESPON-INTERACT cooperation was to stimulate the mutual exchange between territorial cooperation under INTERREG projects and applied territorial research in ESPON.

In this report the most important findings from this cooperation are summarised. Thus the report gives a flavour of the cooperation between ESPON and INTERACT, and what is has achieved in bringing INTERREG activities and ESPON findings closer to each other. It compares the territorial patterns of INTERREG cooperation to relevant territorial analysis provided by ESPON and points out where and how European territorial cooperation and European applied territorial research can mutually benefit from each other.