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NTCCP (Network of Territorial Cohesion Contact Points) works on the Territorial Agenda of the EU.(Rep. Jan Vogelij)

The Network of Territorial Cohesion Contact Points (NTCCP) was created during the Portuguese Presidency of the EU, in 2007, to provide technical support for the cooperation of the Ministers responsible for spatial devlopment in the implementation of the Territorial Agenda. It is also the back-bone structure for communication among all directly concerned by the Territorial Agenda and its First Action programme.

The NTCCP is made up of representatives of the Member States, the candidate countries and guest countries Iceland, Norway and Switzerland), the European Union institutions and the relevant territorial stakeholders.The (revised) Territorial Agenda 2020, Towards an Inclusive, Smart and Sustainable Europe of Diverse Regions, prepared in the NTCCP, and approved by the Ministers on 19/05/2011

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Reports about the recent meetings of the Member State Directors General responsible for territorial cohesion and urban matters.The content demonstrates the importance of our permanent representation to these policy making meetings, which are of large importance for the future of the discipline of Spatial Planning. It also shows the increased influence of our interventions with regard to awareness of the importance of integrated, place specific approaches and the value of Spatial Planning.The meeting of EU Member State DGs on Territorial Cohesion took place on April 3 in Malta, under Maltese presidency of the European Union.Download the Territorial Cohesion document hereDownload the Urban Agenda for the EU document here


The Urban Development Group preparing EU policy with regard to the Urban Areas of Europe, met in St Julian’s in Malta at 03/03/2017Memo from Jan VogelijDownload the document here


The working level meeting of the Network of Territorial Cohesion Contact Points of the Council of the EU was held under Maltese EU Presidency in St Julian, Malta 02/03/2017Memo from Jan VogelijDownload the document here



ReportUnder Luxembourgish EU Presidency a meeting was held of the EU Member State Directors General responsible for territorial cohesion and those for urban affairs on 20 and 21 October 2015Download the document here


Seismic Scoping Paper (September 2014)This paper can raise knowledge and understanding about EU and its components.It provides a concise and clear overview of EU institutions, policies, funds etc related to urban and planning aspects.Although the paper concerns social innovation the overview is most relevant for informing those who are interested in urban related aspects of the EU.Besides, social innovation in this seismic project is about citizen engagement in contributing to urban development policies.Download the document here


Report about the combined meetings of EU DG’s of Ministries responsible for Spatial Development and for Urban Affairs,under Italian Presidencyof 25 September 2014 in MilanoDownload the document here


Report on the Joint Meeting of Directors General Responsible for Territorial Cohesion, Spatial Development and for Urban Development was held under Lithuanian EU Presidency in Vilnius, 20/21 November 2013.Download the document here


Reports about the participation in the recent working group meetings of the Urban Development Group (UDG) and the Network of Territorial Cohesion Contact Points (NTCCP) in Dublin, April 2013.ECTP UDG DublinECTP NTCCP Dublin


Reports about the participation in the recent working group meetings of the Urban Development Group (UDG) and the Network of Territorial Cohesion Contact Points (NTCCP) under Cypriot EU Presidency in Nicosia.September 2012ECTP UDG NicosiaECTP NTCCP reactionECTP NTCCP Cyprus