SAC Research

There were a range of opportunities for discussion and input from both policy practitioners and researchers. 

The first workshop of the AsPIRE project was hosted by the Institute of Spatial Planning, University of Dortmund (IRPUD) in November 2001.  26 people were in attendance from seven of the EU Member States.  The occasion was an excellent opportunity for presenting the AsPIRE conceptual framework.  Six conceptual papers were presented and responded to in detail by a panel of expert reviewers.

Workshop Presentations (2001) (available in PDF format on the right)

• Review of Peripherality Indices
• IST Conceptual Paper and Data Collection Methods
• Business Networks Conceptual Paper
• Business Networks Data Collection Methods
• Governance Conceptual Paper
• Comments by Dr Illari Karppi on Governance Conceptual Paper
• Governance Data Collection Methods
• Social Capital Conceptual Paper and Data Collection Methods
• Tourism Conceptual Paper
• Tourism Data Collection Methods
• Case Study Area Summation
• Initial Best Practice Paper
• Typology of Policies

The second forum for discussion was through a series of regional seminars in 2003 in partner countries to discuss the research findings from the case-study area research. 

The final results of the project were presented in seven papers at the Regional Science Association (RSA) Conference "Europe at the Margins: EU Regional Policy, Peripherality and Rurality", Angers, France, 15-16th April, 2004, some of which are reproduced in the PDF to the right.