Through the European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD), the European Union contributes to poverty alleviation in rural Georgia by supporting...
OIR conducted a study examining the local governance structure of SME and entrepreneurship policy in the EU. 17 cities and regions within and beyond the EU borders were analysed...
OIR has contributed to a study for the Committee of the Regions on the challenges and obstacles faced by entrepreneurs and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) on islands and...
OIR is presently conducting a new study which examines the democratic dimension of EU negotiations on trade agreements, with a particular focus on the role and responsibilities of...
Spatial planning | 24.04.2017
Final report on Smart City Governance in small and medium sized cities ready for download
Final report on Smart City Governance in small and medium sized cities ready for download
In Austria and in the European context in general, the discussion on smart cities has been mostly focused on large urban areas. There is a pronounced lack of knowledge on smart...
ESPON COMPASS is an applied research project, which will provide a comparison on territorial governance and spatial planning systems in Europe. OIR will conduct two of the case...
The ESPON study on ‘Possible European Territorial Futures’ explores different futures for Europe and their territorial impacts. The aim is to generate new insight on possible...
On the 7th of February 2017 the project ‘ESPON TIA Tool Update‘ started with a meeting in Luxemburg. The tools project which was tendered by the European Spatial Planning...
On 13th December 2016, OIR had the pleasure to welcome a delegation from the Albanian Ministry of Urban Development. After exchanging the fields of work and tasks of OIR and the...
Under the topic "Where are European cities heading? Evidence for better policy-making", an ESPON seminar was held from 7 to 8 of December in Bratislava. Due to the great success...