ENECON addresses challenges and opportunities facing territorial development and spatial planning policies and practices, particular to the vast territory of the northern part of Europe. By facilitating the use and capitalization of ESPON evidence, the overall aim is to contribute to make clear the significance of the European perspective on territorial development and cohesion, and especially the crucial need for transnational cooperation approach to territorial analysis, policies and planning, in a macro-regional context. The project addresses the North-European macro-regional perspective by primarily focusing on the Nordic and Baltic area, and particularly the spatial development and planning issues emanating from the common northern location and the neighboring relations of the eight countries which ENECON encompasses (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden)