On September the 25th, the final TranStat webinar was held remotely, with 70 participants (including scientists, operators, and private and public stakeholders). This event marked the conclusion of the project’s “field” activities and presented the main approaches and findings.
After an introductory overview of the project’s general structure, the programme aimed to highlight the most striking outputs in terms of methodology, work done in the network of the 9 Mountain resorts and the potential political recommandations at different levels.
TranStat based indeed its work on the participatory and inclusive approach implemented and mobilised in the nine Mountain Resorts (considered as Living Labs) participating in the project. This approach was explained in detail by OAW, the PP responsible for activities (Work Package 1) dedicated to these issues, through the presentation of the Stakeholder-driven Transition Method (STM) and guidelines for creating a living lab in a mountain (resort) area, while incorporating examples from experiences in the Mountain Resorts.
The second WP, led by INRAE with the involvement of UAS Grisons, was then presented and focused on the work carried out in the nine territories. Thus, a common methodology was implemented in each ski resort and territory: based on the specific transition challenges faced by the territory, a systemic, multi-scale assessment was carried out and shared within the territory to generate future scenarios and develop action plans.
The phase of scenario planning for desired futures was a very significant moment in the process. Its design, driven and presented by UAS Grisons, led to the deployment of various techniques and methods for facilitating working groups and seminars: residents, socio-professionals, farmers, traders and young people were thus able to think about the territories of tomorrow that they would like to share.
Finally, in order to learn from these experiences in the mountain resorts, some recommendations, best practices and transition pathways were developed and adapted to different geographical scales. These adaptations were designed to assist European authorities in supporting local communities and territories in reflecting on their own challenges and planning the most appropriate solutions. This analytical and policy feedback content was at the heart of WP3’s work and was presented by the ZRC SAZU project manager.
TranStat will close definitively at the end of October 2025, and on the 28th of October, a workshop on Policies for Sustainable Transition of Ski Resorts in the Alps – TranStat projectwill be held in person at Casa Lombardia in Brussels. This final event, co-organized by Lombardia and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions, INRAE and Unimont focused on policy recommendations will reflect the insights, strategies, and innovations gathered through this collaborative network, offering guidance to decision-makers at all levels—local, regional, and European—for fostering resilient and sustainable futures in mountain territories.