How is ESPON governed?
All 27 EU member states and 4 partner states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) participate in ESPON programme and co-finance it.
As every EU funded programme, ESPON is managed by a Managing Authority, which is the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning of Luxembourg.
Monitoring Committee
The monitoring committee (MC) is the central decision-making body for the programme and its overall task is to ensure the quality and effectiveness of the programme's implementation.
It is composed of:
Members with voting rights:
- the 27 Member States of the European Union;
- 4 Partner States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland);
- Observers without voting rights:
- The European Commission;
- The European Economic and Social Committee;
- The Committee of the Regions;
- 5 candidate countries (Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, Ukraine, Serbia and Moldova).
Click here to access the list of the Monitoring Committee members.
Click here to access the Rules of Procedure for the Monitoring Committee.
The decision notes of the ESPON Monitoring Committee meetings are available here:
- MC decision note 2023 03 28-29 Online (Pdf - 157 Ko)
- MC decision note 2023 06 12-13 Lulea SE (Pdf - 177 Ko)
- MC decision note 2022 09 29-20 Luxembourg LU (Pdf - 187 Ko)
- MC decision note 2022 12 05-05 Prague CZ (Pdf - 199 Ko)
- MC decision note 2023 11 13-14 Cuenca ES (Pdf - 152 Ko)
- MC decision note 2024 03 07-08 Online (Pdf - 171 Ko)
Managing Authority
The designated Managing Authority is the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning Department of Spatial Planning, Luxembourg. It is responsible for the efficient management and implementation of the Programme on behalf of the Monitoring Committee.
ESPON EGTC
As Single Beneficiary, the ESPON EGTC implements the Single Operation covering the core activities of the ESPON 2030 programme. Visit www.espon.eu for more information.
ESPON Contact Points
The ESPON contact points constitute a European wide network of national organisations supporting ESPON at national level and disseminating its activities in local languages.
Visit https://www.espon.eu/contact/espon-contact-points for more information.