Stephanie Essig’s scientific contributions

1) Development and promotion of Territorial Impact Assessment (TIA) by ESPON and the Committee of the Regions; 2) Scope and methodological background of the ESPON TIA Quick Scan web-tool; 3) Implementation of ESPON TIA Quick Scan by the CoR; 4) Experiences from the field and lessons learned; 5) The role of ESPON as provider of territorial evidence for policy development; 6) Outlook

The aim of the ESPON Programme is to produce and disseminate scientific information concerning the European space in terms of economy, society, environment, and governance, which is practical for policy and decision makers at the European, national and regional levels. Under the Detecting Territorial Potentials and Challenges project (ESPON DeTeC) materials on the selected methods, which appeared to be most useful for policy makers, have been collected and subsequently verified within regional laboratories conducted in six European regions. The paper presents the process of selecting and validating the methods, as well as the results o f regional laboratories and best practices .