The main purpose of this call for tender called ‘ESPON Update of Maps (2011-2014) — Update of Maps and Related Data on Climate Change’ is to conclude a service contract that shall support the Scientific Platform and Tools under Priority 3, foreseen in the framework of the ESPON 2013 Programme.

The main objective of this call for tender is to carry out a service contract for updating the following indicators: (1) climate change exposure of Europe's regions, (2) climate change sensitivity and aggregated potential impact of climate change on Europe's regions and (3) adaptive capacity and vulnerability of European regions to climate change of the ESPON Climate project. This will be done by updating the relevant methodologies used with the most recent methodological approaches and by collecting, transforming and harmonising socio economic and environmental data, maps and indicators with most recent information as well as by filling data gaps of the ESPON Climate project.

This call for tender aims at selecting a service provider able to perform the service contract which will contribute to increasing the general knowledge on the current state of climate change trends and impacts in Europe and its regions and therefore provide updated and more extensive evidence in the field of territorial development.

The services requested are further explained in the technical and administrative terms and conditions.