The paper identifies the understanding and the possible ways of Europeanisation of
spatial planning. The European integration influences spatial planning of Member States
in several ways. Some of its impacts are enforced through the expectations of the
regulation of sectoral EU policies, which also determine the framework of territorial
and urban planning. Some of them are motivated by the financial sources of the cohesion
policy, while horizontal co-influence of planning practices is the result of growing
cooperation, that is, a kind of joint learning. The paper uses the results of the
evaluation of the Territorial Agenda and the ESDP to understand mechanism of influences.
The Europeanisation does not lead to the homogenization of planning systems; the same
impulses can trigger different changes in different cases. The professionals acting
on international scene are key actors in the Europeanisation processes, as they are
enhancing not only cooperation, but also the spread of European ideas.
