The richness of natural and cultural assets through the Alpine Space constitutes an important heritage as well as a resource which shall be both: used sustainably and protected. Water resources and renewable energies are important economic factors that have to be wisely managed to safeguard sustainable development. The expected increase of natural hazards due to the impacts of climate change has to be managed. Projects are called to target on the following objectives:

• enhancing cooperation in environmental protection issues;
• stimulating integrated approaches to conservation, planning and management of natural resources and cultural landscape;
• stimulating the development of resource efficiency with respect to water, energy, land use, raw materials and other natural resources;
• coping with the effects of climate change;
• forecasting, predicting, mitigating and managing the impacts of natural and technological hazards.
  
  

How should this be achieved?

Through the submission of high quality projects supporting:

• the promotion of joint actions for conservation and integrated management of biodiversity and cultural landscape;
• the development of joint management tools for protected areas;
• the implementation of governance systems for renewable resources;
• the setting up of integrated tools for water management, energy planning, risk prevention;
• the promotion of systems and standards for better forecasting hazards.

The list is not exhaustive. For more details please check the Operational Programme.

Priority 1 Competitiveness and Attractiveness
Priority 2 Accessibility and Connectivity