Quality of life figures among the societal concepts without a clear and standardised definition. Thus, each research study grasps the concept differently: either it undertakes a comprehensive approach and investigates all aspects of quality of life, or it looks into...
Happy World Environment Day! Protecting our planet and the Alps is a shared responsibility and an opportunity to build a more sustainable future. We are honoured to have been featured by the Alpine Convention, Interreg Alpine Space and EUSALP as an example of...
Next to the classic discussion of European project meetings (administrative and financial questions, content discussion on our next publication – a handbook & the Alpine roadmap on quality of life, ongoing activities within our pilot territories and the...
COMMONAIR partner meeting in presence – Grenoble 21-22/05/2026. The City of Grenoble hosted two days of intense progress reporting and future programming on May 21st and 22nd. This second in-person partner meeting comes at the close of the project’s second period of...
On 3 June 2026, the Woolshed project presented the first outcomes of its Design Marathons at Università Iuav di Venezia, during the event Wool shaping futures. The presentation brought together the results of two experimental pathways, Felt for accessories and Digital...
GOVQoL was presented during a parallel session of the Forum Alpinum 2026, entitled “Alpine communities and territories in a time of glacier loss and climate change”, in Aosta/Italy, in May 2026. Cemre Betul Ay, a representative of Polito, the Italian project partner,...
On the 21st of May, Politecnico di Torino organised a national seminar for the GovQoL project with the participation of the local actors in the Italian Alpine context! The seminar started with Andrea Bocco's, Head of the inter-university Department of the Regional and...
CIPRA (Commission Internationale pour la Protection des Alpes) is an independent non-governmental and non-profit umbrella organisation, committed since 1952 to the protection and sustainable development of the Alps. With its international executive office in...
On Thursday, May 14, 2026, representatives of the Maribor Youth Advisory Body met with Deputy Mayor Davorka Pregl to present the results of the pilot project OUT4INGOV. The pilot project, which ran from January to May 2026, allowed young people to actively participate...
What a great week of Alpine cooperation! For the fourth consortium meeting of the LiveAlpsNature project (Interreg Alpine Space), partners gathered from 26 to 28 May 2026 at Fort Bard, just near the Parco Naturale Mont Avic, one of the project’s pilot zones. Almost...
Mosaic has been invited by the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region to take part the June 2 in the 26th edition of EU Green Week. Partners’ events. This year’s edition highlights the business case for nature, demonstrating that a nature-positive economy is vital to Europe’s...
TIGER launches Final Open Call: Three Strategic Services for Alpine eHealth Innovators May 25, 2026. TIGER announces the launch of its third and final open call, offering eHealth innovators access to three specialized services designed to empower the development of...
Within the framework of the Interreg Alpine Space project DiMark – Transnational Network for Linking Digital Earth Observation to Freshwater Markers, ARPAV (Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection of Veneto), in cooperation with project partners...
Within the framework of the ALPHA project meeting held at INSA Lyon in Villeurbanne, France, on 6–7 May, a conference took place on 7 May, organised by AURA-EE and dedicated to 5th Generation District Heating. The session featured the Ferney-Voltaire district heating...
The ALPHA project partners gathered at INSA Lyon in Villeurbanne, France, on 6 and 7 May to collaborate on practical examples of 5th Generation District Heating (5GDH) network development, also known as Thermal Source Networks. The ALPHA project, co-funded by the...
The first edition of the Biodiversity Monitoring Week was recently held in Montpellier (4-8 May), marking an important milestone for biodiversity monitoring in Europe. It has brought together Europe’s biodiversity monitoring community in a space dedicated to exchange,...
May, with its focus on special days dedicated to nature, reminds us — amid the rapid decline of biodiversity — of our responsibility and the urgency to act to preserve ecosystems on which both society and the economy depend. As part of this year’s Bled Water Forum the...
Surrounded by Alpine lakes and mountains, the AlpsLife partnership convened for two days, on 12 and 13 May, in Annecy to discuss on how to strengthen cooperation for biodiversity across the Alps. The participants, hosted by the Conservatoire d'espaces naturels de...
As we approach the International Day for Biological Diversity on the 22nd of May, DiMark is highlighting the importance of advanced water monitoring for protecting freshwater ecosystems. The story about the field monitoring campaign on Lake Garda strengthens DiMark’s...
The OUT4INGOV platform is a dynamic digital hub designed for information, discussion, and knowledge transfer. It is a space where the “spillover effects” of migration become opportunities for growth. Whether you are a young professional living abroad, a student in a...
Ahead of the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May, this year held under the theme “Acting locally for global impact”, we are pleased to highlight another important DiMark dissemination activity. Professor David Schleheck presented research carried out...
Two Local Round Tables were conducted in the framework of the pilot site of Ravne na Koroškem (Slovenia), contributing to the development of practical approaches for sustainable land-use management and the transition towards No Net Land Take. The first workshop...
Lucas Berard-Chenu, from INRAE has recently published the publication Is the Downsizing of Ski Areas in the French Alps Part of a Degrowth Strategy? as co aouthor The article explores whether the reduction of ski infrastructure in the French Alps can be considered...
Val di Fiemme is the valley where our project partner Fondazione Edmund Mach runs the socioeconomic activities, engaging the local stakeholders in territorial workshops aimed at evaluating the vulnerability of local water resources as a step toward resilient and...
The Interreg Alpine Space project “Circular Economy: Mapping Food Streams and Identifying Potentials to Close the Food Cycle” (CEFoodCycle), led by Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (FH Salzburg), has been awarded the Europe State Prize 2026 in the category...
The BAUHALPS project introduces an innovative model that supports the transition to a more sustainable and circular building sector in the Alpine region. The model combines the principles of the circular economy with the values of the New European Bauhaus (NEB), which...
The circular economy is based on the idea that materials and building components should be reused, repaired, and recycled instead of being thrown away. Its main goal is to reduce waste and keep resources in use for as long as possible. This principle begins already in...
Discover the treasures of Alpine architecture! Our "Genius Loci" archive, which was created as part of the EU Interreg project Bauhalps, collects traditional knowledge about building methods, techniques and materials from the Alpine region. It also makes actors and...
From May 3rd to 8th, Rozalija Cvejić from University of Ljubljana, joined the conference European Geosciences Union (EGU) in Vienna where she presented the abstract "Critical zone studies in pre-alpine climate" and the poster available here EGU_poster_SI-COSMOS_FINAL...
On May 4th, the Alpine Convention will host an online workshop on Innovative Mountain Agriculture and Forestry. Mosaic will take part in the event, sharing insights into the project’s innovative products.