Mreža zavarovanih območij v Alpah
Mountain-oriented education plays a key role to instil in young generation the sensibility and the knowledge of Alpine cultural and natural heritage. A stronger coordination between formal and non- formal education represents therefore a big potential for sustainable valorisation in the Alps. During more than one year, the YOUrALPS project partners worked in this sense: developing a framework for Mountain- oriented education being grounded on local experience.
In this context, research involving educators, young beneficiaries and other key stakeholder have been undertaken to give supports to diverse needs of the multiple actors in education in the Alps. The main results and conclusions of the survey and comparative analysis are now available in a comprehensive report “Comparative report on Mountain oriented education”. The report consists of three main sections, including a collection of best practices in the Alps, an extensive overview on political strategies and an outline on implementation approaches and related challenges. The report has been coordinated by the Institute of Geography, Innsbruck University.
Furthermore, in order to improve the coordination between formal and non-formal education in the Alps the multilingual web platform ouralps.org has been developed. It is available online in German, French, Italian, Slovenian and English. Ouralps.org is the portal of the OurAlps network whose aim is to promote Mountain-oriented education, connect stakeholder throughout the Alps and provide tools and supports for education and mountain professionals as well as young people. The network and the portal have been developed under the coordination of Educ’Alpes.
ALPARC is lead partner for YOUrALPS and responsible for technical and financial management and the coordination of project partners’ activities. Moreover, the network is responsible for the project’s communication activities.
YOUrALPS is an Interreg Alpine Space project and lasts from November 2016 to October 2019. It is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Alpine Space programme.
For further information about the project, please visit the YOUrALPS website
The Conference "Make Climate Visions Become Reality" will take place on 7th and 8th November 2018 in Innsbruck/A. It is organised jointly by Alliance in the Alps, Alpine Town of the Year and CIPRA International.
It is a unique opportunity for actors at local level from all over the Alps to engage together in climate action. In this occasion, will be lauched the “Alpine Partnership for Local Climate Action” .
For further information please visit: https://alpenallianz.org/en/events/conference-make-climate-visions-become-reality
Identifying the Strategic Alpine Connectivity Areas (SACA) and proposing some concrete actions to safeguard their role for an Alpine ecological network – that is one of the main challenges facing the ALPBIONET2030 project. During the project Mid-term Conference that took place on 2nd and 3rd July 2018 in the Berchtesgaden Project Working Region (PWR), first results of the mapping of these areas were presented to the interested audience (online access to GIS tool Jecami https://2030.jecami.eu/viewer/saca/). An excursion in the region offered the opportunity to get an idea of what different types of SACA could look like – and how to conserve or improve their functionality regarding ecological connectivity. Knowing what to do and where to implement the actions is a crucial step for preserving ecological connectivity in an Alpine context – but the support of local stakeholders and the local population is also a determining success factor for all activities. Different communication tools developed by the project partners make it possible for a wider public to familiarize themselves with the topic and get a feeling of the importance of inter-connected habitats: a picture quiz illustrating ecological connectivity in a landscape context (https://qz.app.do/ecological-connectivity), exciting online games (https://2030.jecami.eu/) or a short video introducing some features of the project.
ALPBIONET2030 is an Interreg Alpine Space project and lasts from November 2016 to October 2019. It is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Alpine Space programme.
For further information about the project, please visit the ALPBIONET2030 website
The 2nd EUSALP Annual Forum will take place on 20 and 21 November 2018 in the heart of the Alps at the Congress Innsbruck. The event, jointly organised by the Tyrolean EUSALP Presidency and the European Commission Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, will address the motto "shaping.future.together. with the next generation".
For further information and registrations please visit the page: https://www.alpine-region.eu/news/registration-2nd-annual-forum-eu-strategy-alpine-region-open
The European Commission, together with the actual President of the EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP), the Tyrol, invite young people aged from 16 to 25 years to take part in the youth competition “Your Alps! Your Future! Your Idea” with a project idea that conceives the Alps as a modern, attractive and sustainable living space.
Five project ideas will be selected and then presented in the form of a pitch to the EU decision-makers during the EUSALP 2nd Annual Forum “shaping.future.together. with the next generation”. The three best projects selected by the audience will receive a financial support for their implementation.
Applications are open until October 31st. For more details, go to the website: https://www.alpine-region.eu/pitch-your-project-annual-forum-2018
Alliance dans les Alpes France organise un voyage d'etude sur la thématique " Quelles transitions pour nos territoires alpins? " du 12 au 14 Septembre 2018 de Guillestre (Hautes-Alpes) à Ostana (Italie). Ce sera l'occasion de s'interronger et échanger sur les diverses transitions (écologique, économique, sociale et sociétale) qui prennent place dans les territoires alpins. Les réflexions prendront une dimension européenne et s’appuieront sur les possibilités offertes par l’Europe pour les territoires alpins. Une partie du voyage se déroulera dans le village italien d’Ostana qui est devenu un exemple en matière de transitions.
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La France des grans lacs - des réservatoirs de la biodiversité : Après le lac d'Annecy en 2012, le lac de Sainte-Croix du Verdon en 2014, les lacs de la Forêt d'Orient accueillent le 3e colloque du Conservatoire du littoral.
The 8th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks "Geoparks and sustainable development " will take place at the Adamello Brenta UNESCO Global Geopark, Trentino Province, Italy, from the 11th to the 14th September 2018.The Conference will be held at the Palacampiglio Conference Centre in Madonna di Campiglio at the heart of the Geopark.
It will be an unique opportunity for all participants to share their experiences, networking and exchange innovative and best local practices.
Beside the Conference sessions, thematic workshops will be organised in collaboration with the relevant GGN Working groups. As usual, in the course of the Conference, one day is dedicated to the mid-conference field trip: participants can choose one of six available options to become familiar with the specific geological, natural and cultural characteristics of the Adamello Brenta UNESCO Global Geopark.
For further information, the programme and the registration form please visit : www.campigliodolomiti.it/ggn2018
GaYA's Youth Participation Toolbox was developed to answer the question on how to effectively engage young people in decision-making processes for the future of the Alps. It was created in the frame of the Interreg Alpine Space project GaYA - Governance and Youth in the Alps. The Toolbox highlights different approaches of youth participation to meet the needs of both young people and politicians. It also addresses the need to adapt the participatory process to the local level.
Therefore, GaYA's Youth Participation Toolbox provides insights, clarify terms and concepts, showcase participatory methods, inspire and motivate. The toolbox presents a selection of case studies, with templates and cards to create your own participation processes and to suggest solutions to some frequent problems.
The toolbox and its contents can be downloaded at :
www.alpine-space.eu/projects/gaya/en/project-results/participation-toolbox
The official press release in all the alpine languages is available here:
The 4th edition of Youth at the Top took place on the 12th and the 13th of July 2018 in 44 destinations of the Alps and the Carpathians. The event brought together more than 530 young people and had Climate Change as the topic of a common thematic aciton. The two days spent in the mountains were also animated with diverse activities: collecting drinking water and edible and medicinal plants along the way, bathing in the cool rivers, making campfires, watching the stars, and many others!
The press release is available below and at the project's website on this link
To check photos and videos of the event go to Youth at the Top Facebook and Instagram .
The 4th edition of the project is led by ALPARC – The Alpine Network of Protected Areas, with the financial support of the German Ministry of the Environment and the Principality of Monaco.
The event Youth At the Top 2017 will take place on 12th - 13th of July 2018 all over the Alps & the Carpathians.
Further information and the registration form will be available soon at: http://youth-at-the-top.org
The new edition of eco.mont - Journal of protected mountain areas research is now available!
The journal is aimed at scientists, managers of protected areas and interested individuals on research and management issues related to protected areas in the Alps and other protected mountain areas. It is on its 10th anniversary and was founded as a joint initiative by the Alpine Network of Protected Areas (ALPARC), the International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR), the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and the University of Innsbruck.
eco.mont is published twice a year as a collaboration of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Press and Innsbruck University Press