Towards a Territorial Vision (TeVi) 2050

A Vision is a dream of an ideal future

for European territory

Valérie BIOT

IGEAT/Université Libre de Bruxelles

Towards a Territorial Vision

Focus of this 1st draft TeVi: key policy choices

TeVi elaboration process:

- Scientific input (scenarios)

- Existing (territorial) Visions

- European and international strategic documents

- Participatory approach:

input from stakeholders

VISION Scenarios

Scientifically-driven

Politically-driven

The building process

of the scenarios and

the Territorial VISION

should be

cyclical and dynamic

allowing the ESPON

Monitoring Committee

and other main

stakeholders to take

active part in the

building of the VISION

Main objective of the Participatory Plan

Workshops: parallel sessions

Draft TeVi:

Workshop 12h-13h: - what do you consider positive? (should be kept)

- what should be changed? (added/deleted/nuanced)

Workshop 14h-15h: - which steps/pathways towards the TeVi 2050?

- how would you territorialize the TeVi 2050?

Workshops: parallel sessions

3 groups: - Policy makers/European institutions: room JDE 51

- Practitioners: room JDE 53

- Organisations: 3253 JDE

Material: - Draft TeVi (10 pages)

- Supporting document (40 pages)

- A hard copy template:

to give back at the end of the day

SEVEN CHAPTERS: Europe in 2050

A. FOREWORD

B. EUROPE & THE WORLD

C. EUROPE: MAIN FEATURES

D. TERRITORIAL DYNAMICS

E. CITIES AND RURAL AREAS

F. MARITIME ISSUES

G. MULTILEVEL TERRITORIAL GOVERNANCE

From B to E and within G: zooming from the global to the local levels

TOWARDS A TERRITORIAL VISION 2050

DO NOT BE CONSTRAINED

BY CURRENT OR SHORT TERM CONTEXT

TODAY’s UTOPIAS

ARE

TOMMORROW’s REALITIES

TOWARDS A TERRITORIAL VISION 2050

Which Europe should

your children

and grandchildren

live in?