Who would have thought that algae could also be seen as snowflakes? Asterionella (shown in the picture) is not a rare genus. Our analyses from the last decade showed that it appeared at least once among the top three genera in nearly three-quarters of the Alpine lakes...
On 17 December 2025, partners of the HumanFactor – Interreg Alpine Space project gathered in Heilbronn, Germany, for a full-day consortium meeting marking an important milestone after nearly one year of implementation. The meeting provided a valuable opportunity to...
Local governance of quality of life – through the eyes of the consortium’s young researchers! Cemre Betul Ay is currently a PhD student and research assistant at Politecnico di Torino. She is the co-author of GOVQoL’s first deliverable – our position paper on local...
From 4 to 5 December, the ALPHA project meeting took place at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), hosted by the Chair of Energy Systems. The meeting marked two intensive and highly productive days of exchange and collaboration. It opened with an overview of the...
On 1–2 December 2025, the Final Transnational HACK-IT-NET Workshop entitled “Future Health, Shared Solutions: From Challenges to Change” successfully brought together health and care stakeholders from across the Alpine Space in an online co-creation event. The...
We are pleased to announce that the official MARGIN YouTube Channel is now live, and we have published our first Short. Our first video is now live: 👉 Why Groundwater Matters A short and engaging introduction to the importance of groundwater — a vital but often...
The TIGER project partners are happy to announce the finalization of the following two deliverables: Development of Service Portfolio: objective of this deliverable which describes the services to be provided within the Systemic Support Model, with a focus on those to...
Call for Abstracts EGU26 We invite contributions to the EGU26 session “From Mountain Headwaters to Coastal Waters: Transdisciplinarity for Sustainable Water Resources Management” (ITS3.9 / HS12.3). Convener: Clément Roques (Université de Neuchatel), Co- conveners:...
From 2 to 4 December 2025, the online Alpine Winter School 2025 gathered 31 participants from across the Alpine Region for an intensive three-day online programme dedicated to understanding how markets and business models can support Forest Ecosystem Services (FES)...
On 11 December 2025, the Regional Development Agency of the Ljubljana Urban Region (RRA LUR) participated in the meeting of the SI.Bio – National Bioeconomy Hub, held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia. The event marked a key milestone for future...
We are excited to share the information that the APOLLO project consortium has launched a further newletter article. CIK Trebnje has published an article about pilot implementation in Novičke, an online magazine for adult education providers in Slovenia. The purpose...
In the first episode of our three-part podacst series “Rethinking youth migration in the Alps,” we explore one of the most urgent challenges facing Alpine regions today: the steady departure of young, educated people from mountain communities - and the search for new,...
Two webinars will be held in January, so don't hesitate to sign up! More info below. 📌 01.16.2026 | ASTER – Circular Economy in the Alpine Outdoor Industry - (10h00 - 12h30) How can the outdoor sector become more sustainable? Which EU requirements promote and support...
🚀 We are delighted to be gathered for the third project meeting of the ASTER project: global orientation, deliverables, communication, and next steps on the differents work packages are discussed here. Good news, the first deliverables will be available soon! Stay...
✨ A story of collaboration and innovation The ASTER project was launched with one clear mission: to prevent and reduce material waste. To bring this vision to life, our partners invited companies from across Europe to join forces and design innovative prototypes with...
How do we manage the transition towards a circular economy in our cities? The answer lies in municipal economic cooperation, innovation, and transformative pilot projects - which is precisely what we discussed November 25, during our online event “Circular Economy in...
In its role as project partner and WP4 leader in the Alpine Space project X-RISK-CC, the Environment Agency Austria (Umweltbundesamt GmbH) is responsible for preparing two digital publications. Both publications are part of project output O4.1 Two-tier Digital...
The newsletter for Project Periods 1 and 2 is now online. Download it now: DEGREE4ALPS - Year 1 Newsletter
The final issue of the ADAPTNOW Newsletter is now out — celebrating three years of joint action for a more climate-resilient Alpine region. In this special edition, the ADAPTNOW consortium looks back on an inspiring journey of innovation, collaboration, and learning....
On 26 November 2025, our project partners Rebecca Chizzola (Agency for Civil Protection, Province of Bolzano) and Wolfgang Lexer (Austrian Environmental Agency) actively contributed to the EUSALP Annual Forum 2025 in Innsbruck. Both participated in the workshop...
On 25–26 November 2025, UIBK and FEM - both partners of DiMark - attended the 10th Annual Forum of the European Alpine Strategy (EUSALP) in Innsbruck. The forum, held under the motto “Cooperation empowers transformation – 10 Years of EUSALP”, brought together...
The RESPOnD-Project is moving forward, and the first results are available! During the third partner meeting held from 21 to 23 October in Südburgenland, Austria, projects partners came together to discuss the latest developments of the project. Among the main points...
COMMONAIR partner meeting in presence - Basel 06-07 Nov 2025. Two productive days of knowledge and experience sharing took place in Switzerland on 6–7 November. ZHAW (Zurich University of Applied Sciences), as a partner of the COMMONAIR project, hosted the first...
We are pleased to announce that Alplakes platform, managed by DiMark Project Partner Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), has received the Swiss National Prize for Open Research Data 2025. The award recognises innovative and...
The Municipality of Novo Mesto has recently featured an article in its municipality’s newsletter detailing the progress of the Apollo project. Apollo's Pilot for Smarter Local Services: Digital Transformation in Action, a collaboration with the Faculty of Organisation...
NEB Junction, the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Hub for results and impact, has opened applications for its first online Stakeholder Assembly. The initiative is highly relevant to the thematic focus of the BAUHALPS project, as it brings together stakeholders across the...
As a part of the EUSALP Annual Forum 2025 within the LIE/AT presidency the workshop “Shaping the Future: Building a Circular Economy Roadmap for the Alpine Region” took place on 26.11.2025 in Innsbruck. The session brought together Alpine regions, project partners,...
Our Forests Protect Us from Rockfalls: A Conversation with the lead partner of the Alpine Space project MOSAIC. The MOSAIC project was invited by the French association Uni-Vers Bois to engage with participants at the Naturissima trade fair (Grenoble, 26–30 November...
We are pleased to announce that the article “From vulnerability to resilience: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes at the forefront of climate action” has been published on the European Environment Agency’s Climate-ADAPT platform, as part of the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate...