Territorial dimension of the Lisbon/Gothenburg process

Espon 3.3 project, named “Territorial Dimension of Lisbon-Gothenburg Process”, is an Espon cross-thematic project and its purpose is to obtain the measure to be competitiveness in sustainability into the territorial dimension of national and regional levels, for orienting the future distribution of the Structural Funds. We know Competitiveness (by Lisbon strategy) as a complex concept. It’s even more complex if we engage it with sustainable development (Gothenburg). So, for the Espon Program it means thinking both at the global scale (the scale of common principles and policies) and the local scale (the scale of particular programs and projects), looking at real territorial differences (single areas in different regions).