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ESPON Database for policy makers
Database providing comparable indicators covering all regions of Europe. The ESPON 2013 Database provides fundamental regional information provided by ESPON projects and EUROSTAT. This information can be used to support territorial development analysis at different geographical levels. The Database supports better understanding of past and future trends in different types of European territories and makes possible to benchmark your region and city in the European context. Ultimately, it aims at contributing to a better understanding of the potentials and development perspectives of regions in the European context and globalised world. It provides access to regional, local, urban, neighborhood, world, grid and historical data. Most of the datasets and information produced are public available and freely accessible. Users can focus their search using the categories “Theme”, “Policy”, “Project” and “Keyword”
Type of content:
Assets
Type of asset:
Database
Big data potential
Yes
Phase in the policy cycle:
Policy Design and Analysis
TRL
7
Implementation/customisation cost
Low
Open license availability
Yes
Ease of use
Low
Website
Tags:
Open Data
Real time information
Serves:
| SWOT Analysis for ESPON Database for policy makers |
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| Helpful | Harmful | |
Internal |
Strengths• Provides access to regional, local, urban, neighbourhood, world, grid and historical data. • Supplies different users (researchers, policy makers and stakeholders at regional and local level) with data, indicators and tools that can be used for European territorial development and cohesion policy formulation, application and monitoring at different geographical levels. • Offers better understanding of past and future trends in different types of European territories • Makes possible to benchmark your region and city in the European context |
Weaknesses• Low ease of use • Focus mainly on public administration in Europe • Poorly designed interface • Not updated material-reports. • The extent and quality of the data available varies from country to country. |
External |
Opportunities• Better understanding territorial structures, the current situation and past and future trends of different types of European territories in relation with various geographical contexts (from local to global) and within a large variety of themes. • Provide updated real time data. |
Threats• Competition • Data quality: figures from individual countries may differ from standard international statistical definitions |
