Salzburg, October 23, 2025 — A dynamic and inspiring afternoon unfolded at the joint event hosted by the University of Salzburg and Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (FH Salzburg GmbH), where circularity took center stage....
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Final Event of the ECOLE Project in Trieste: The EU Clean Industrial Deal – The Contribution of Eco Industrial Parks
On 23 October 2025, the Final Event of the Interreg Alpine Space project ECOLE – Eco Industrial Park Network for the Alpine Regions Leveraging Smart and Circular Economy took place at the elegant Savoia Excelsior Palace in Trieste, Italy. The event was organised and...
Alpine Space – Woolshed Interactive Map
We're happy to share the first release of the WOOLSHED interactive alpine digital map which was created with the objective of mapping active stakeholders in the project area who work with native wool, in order to represent and strengthen the existing network,...
South Tyrol Launches First Insect Farm to Boost Circular Food Economy
On October 27th, the first insect farming facility in South Tyrol was inaugurated in Tramin as part of the Interreg Alpine Space project CEFoodCycle. Developed by Solos and Reploid, the facility transforms organic waste into high-quality insect-based animal feed,...
A New Model for Youth Participation in Alpine Governance: Consultative Body Prototype is Out Now
As part of the Interreg Alpine Space project OUT4INGOV – “New Generation Alpine Out-Migration: Engagement for Inclusive Governance”, a new prototype for a youth consultative body has been developed. This model aims to help local and regional authorities in rural and...
AMETHyST Project Nears Completion: Successful Final Conference Held in Grenoble Showcases Hydrogen Deployment in Alpine Regions
Although the AMETHyST, Interreg Alpine Space project officially concludes at the end of October 2025, its FINAL CONFERENCE took place on 7–8 October in Grenoble, France — bringing together partners and regional stakeholders for the last major public event of the...
27th-31st October 2025: MOSAIC’s Summer school
The Summer School, organized by the MOSAIC – Alpine Space project community, welcomed 21 international students and early-career researchers to an intensive program focused on analyzing forest disturbances and compound events affecting Alpine forests, as well as...
BAUHALPS Dissemination at the First ABC Expert Webinar: Circular Construction with Wood and Hemp
On 16 October 2025, the BAUHALPS project was presented at the first ABC Expert Webinar, organised by the ABC Interreg Europe project. The online event gathered 45 experts and stakeholders from across Europe to exchange good practices and discuss opportunities for...
SmartCommUnity Final Conference
The SmartCommUnity Final Conference, held on 2 October 2025 at the historic Historisches Kaufhaus in Freiburg, brought together experts, policymakers, mayors, and young innovators from across the Alpine region to explore how digitalisation can strengthen rural...
Outdoor activities in times of climate change – Pilot site visit to Parc National des Écrins
The journey of LiveAlpsNature through the project’s pilot sites continues. The third meeting took place from September 30 to October 2 in Vallouise (FR), in one of the valleys of the Parc National des Écrins. Just over a year into the project, the first results are...
21st-23rd October 2025, Cadenazzo (Switzerland): Set-up and delivery of the 7th Project Management Meeting.
Special attention was given to the development of the project’s web atlas, the integration of the data and modeling platform into the atlas, and the preparation of WP3 deliverables. As part of these exchanges, a presentation was delivered on wildfire risk assessment...
Transition to Circular Construction: Testing Indicators and New Tools
On 9 October 2025, project partner Technology Park Ljubljana hosted a workshop within the BAUHALPS Project, dedicated to testing circularity indicators and new tools for assessing the circular maturity of the construction sector. The event brought together architects,...
Narrative-building, a tool for change management
In this article (scroll to see the french version) our collegue Benoit Nenert explains the narrative-bulding approach, a method to support change management and help territories drive their ecological and social transition. It would be illusory to believe that we...
Beyond Ski Resorts: Can Mountain Territories Lead the Transition?
Our colleague Benoît Nenert from La Fabrique des Transitions shares his reflections on how Alpine territories can rethink their future in times of change. La Fabrique des transitions leads a cross-party alliance of local authorities and people who are renewing the way...
Waterwise featured in the latest newsletter edition by ANCT
Waterwise was featured in the latest newsletter edition by ANCT - Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires focused around the EUSALP Strategy in France, to which our project is actively contributing working on the Action Group 6 priorities. In France, our...
New Policy Guidelines and Recommendations on Green Hydrogen for the Alpine Region is Now Available
A comprehensive set of policy recommendations for advancing green hydrogen in the Alpine region has been released within the EU Interreg Alpine Space AMETHyST project. Developed through expert interviews, interregional exchanges and extensive desk research, the...
Pilot Area 4 – Canton of Ticino: Municipality of Arogno Is On Board!
Arogno joins the DEGREE4ALPS project: towards more sustainable Alpine mobility in Ticino On 15 October 2025, a field visit took place in the Municipality of Arogno, one of the test areas identified for the Living Lab of Canton Ticino within the European project...
UNESCO International Day of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
🧵 🕊️🏺 October 17, 2025 marks the second UNESCO International Day of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. On UNESCO’s International Day for the Intangible Cultural Heritage, AlpTextyles celebrates the living knowledge woven into our textile traditions — the skills,...
Understanding Youth Out-Migration in Alpine and Marginal Areas
A report from the European project OUT4INGOV introduces key dimensions and indicators to guide the development of prototype governance models. How can Alpine and marginal communities better understand the decisions of young people who leave, stay, or return? And what...
Meet Our Project Partner: ARPAV – Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection of Veneto
This week in our “Meet Our Project Partners” series, we would like to introduce our DiMark Project Partner (PP) ARPAV, the Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection of Veneto, Italy. ARPAV, since its foundation in 1996, has been working for the...
Youth, Alpine Space and Migration. The First OUT4INGOV Project Report Is Out
The report Exploring Practices of Youth Participation in Marginal Areas: Strategic Orientation Towards Youth Migration Governance Models is now online! This document is the first public output of the European project OUT4INGOV – New generation alpine OUT-migration...
Out Now: The Collaboration Framework for the Governance of the Spillover Effects of Youth Migration
We are pleased to share that the Outcome 1.1 Collaboration Framework for the Governance of the Spillover Effects of Youth Migration is available online now! The scheme builds on the collaborative approaches developed in WP1 — including peer-to-peer sessions,...
New Publication: Understanding the Emotional Dimension of Climate Change to Unlock Adaptation: The ADAPTNOW project has contributed a major insight to international climate research
The peer-reviewed journal Sustainability has published our article “From Denial to Acceptance—Leveraging the Five Stages of Grief to Unlock Climate Action.” The paper explores how emotional processes influence public perception, communication, and the implementation...
Rethinking the future of Alpine mountain resorts: Focusing on transition pathways
Climate change is no longer a distant threat—it is already reshaping life and livelihoods in Alpine mountain resorts. The TranStat project supports these regions in rethinking their future through sustainable transitions. Rather than offering a single route,...
Second edition of the DiMark Newsletter is Out!
We’re excited to share the second edition of the DiMark Newsletter! The past months have been full of collaboration and progress across the DiMark project. From productive partner meetings and stakeholder workshops to active participation in events like the Digital...
Circular Lunch Celebrates Successful Completion of CEFoodCycle Project
On October 1st, the Circular Lunch event in Bolzano marked the conclusion of the Interreg Alpine Space project CEFoodCycle, highlighting two years of progress in promoting circular economy practices in South Tyrol’s food sector. Stakeholders from business, science,...
AlpTextyles Final Event in the UNESCO list of initiatives for the International Day of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
🪢 We’re proud to share that AlpTextyles Final Event has been included in the UNESCO list of initiatives for the International Day of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Next week, on October 21, we’ll be in Lyon at the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes headquarters for...
16th October 2025: Release of a new educational tool
Release of a new educational tool: a scale model of a marteloscope. INRAE, our project partner, has designed and built a scaled-down marteloscope model to raise awareness among the general public and forestry professionals about managing protective forests against...
The DIVERSE Project in Styria: how has the Forest around Graz changed?
On 14 October 2025, forests took centre stage in Styria as the DIVERSE project partners brought together researchers, public authorities, businesses, and citizens for a workshop and networking event dedicated to understanding how forest management has shaped plant...
Meet Alliance in the Alps, in charge of the good practice handbook in the GOVQoL project!
Meet Alliance in the Alps, in charge of the good practice handbook in the GOVQoL project! Alliance in the Alps is a network of municipalities in the Alps who want to exchange innovative ideas and discuss how to improve the quality of life in their municipality....



























