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Do you want to know what we do for Europe?
Europe Day is upon us! Let’s discover the achievements of the Interreg Alpine Space project AlpLinkBioEco. The Alpine Region is recognized as having huge potentials for the development of bioeconomy value chains. But what sounds fancy on paper, often turns out to be...
Join our team as communication intern!
Are you interested in EU regional policy, communication and the Alpine region? Then this is the perfect internship for you. We are looking for an intern to support our communication activities and the daily activities of the Joint Secretariat in Salzburg, Austria....
ASP Team Seminar in St. Gilgen
Rainy but productive exchange! On 19 - 20 April, the Joint Secretariat and the Managing Authority of the Alpine Space Programme held a constructive seminar with our national contact points in St. Gilgen, Austria. The meeting was the opportunity for an exchange of...
Do you know the Youth Ambassadors Initiative?
In the 2021-2027 period, the Alpine Space programme launched the Youth Ambassadors Initiative in order to ensure youth participation in the Alpine area in the long term. Coordinated by the EUSALP Secretariat, the initiative encourages approved Interreg projects to...
The EUSALP Youth Council is recruiting!
The EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) aims to actively involve young people to make the Alpine Region fit for the future. The EUSALP Youth Council wants to provide a platform for institutional involvement of young people in all EUSALP bodies and to make sure...
How do cooperation and synergy contribute to the success of Alpine Space projects?
How do cooperation and synergy contribute to the success of Alpine Space projects? This time, we hear from Nicole Bartl, lead partner of Linking Alps in our Alpine master class series! One of the major difficulties when planning a journey across borders is finding the...
2 small-scale projects selected for the 2nd cut-off
During its meeting of 14 and 15 March in Munich, the Alpine Space Programme Committee discussed the 27 project proposals received by the 2nd cut-off date. We are happy to announce that the Programme Committee approved for ERDF co-funding the following two projects:...
European Year Of Skills 2023
Did you know? By 2050, about 30% of the European population will be over 65, and it is expected that there will be fewer than two working age adults for each elderly person! According to a 2023 report of the European Commission on the impact of demographic change,...
Mark your calendars!
The 2nd call for classic projects is planned to be launched in autumn 2023, aiming for the selected projects to kick-off mid 2024! Having implemented three calls for project proposals in this period already, the Alpine Space programme is now taking some time to...
How do communication activities contribute to the success of Alpine Space projects?
We asked Maria Sole D’Orazio, lead partner of BE-READI ALPS this very question in our Alpine master class series! The project partners of BE-READI ALPS focused on helping professionalize business support organisations in order to jointly provide services to help...
It’s time to continue with our Alpine master class series!
Sergi Costa, the lead partner of ARDIA-Net, told us how the measures to ensure the durability and transferability of the project results contributed to the success of the ARDIA-Net. The project partners of ARDIA-Net have noted that the Alps are home to several...
How to transform industrial parks in the Alps into more sustainable eco-industrial parks?
ECOLE is our last new classic project of the first call in the period 2021-2027 to be presented. Industrial Parks suffer from an image of polluters, but also from increasing energy costs and a lack of knowledge about the circular economy approach. ECOLE wants to...
The concept of circular economy in textile production
Our third new classic project dealing with the concept of circular economy is AlpTextyles! The project focuses on textile production as one of the most polluting economic sectors. Textile production is one of the most polluting and CO2 intensive economic sectors....
How to implement the concept of circular economy in production processes?
Cradle-ALP is our second new classic project that tackles the concept of circular economy! The project works to improve the production processes in the chemical, plastics and forestry sectors. Fossil raw materials and toxic substances are widely used in production...
This week’s topic is circular economy!
Our new classic projects CEFoodCycle, Cradle-ALP and AlpTextyles are working on the concept of circular economy in different sectors. CEFoodCycle focuses in particular on preventing food waste. To tackle food waste, for instance in the hospitality sector, there is a...
What is behind the success of Alpine Space projects?
Our Alpine master class series answers this question. This time, we asked Nico Salmaso, the lead partner of Eco-AlpsWater, what made the success of the project. The project partners of Eco-AlpsWater focused on inland waters as one of the most precious natural...
Alpine forests: key for resilience
Forest EcoValue is our second new classic project that deals with ecological connectivity in the Alps! The project works on the resilient effect of Alpine forests. Alpine forests are key for resilience and provide multiple ecosystem services (provision of raw...
New Year’s week is all about ecological connectivity!
PlanToConnect and Forest EcoValue, two of our new classic projects, aim to establish interactions between organisms in Alpine ecosystems. PlanToConnect focuses in particular on ecological connectivity in spatial planning systems. Protected areas are an efficient means...
Happy holidays!
The Interreg Alpine Space programme is sending you holiday greetings. Enjoy a festive period with your loved ones, be it called winter holidays, Chanukka, Christmas or just a welcome break! We too are taking a break and closing our offices from 23 December 2022 to 2...
How to cope with the effects of climate change on the tourism sector?
TranStat is our second new classic project that works on the transition of the tourism sector in the Alps! The project focuses on mountain resort stakeholders facing a common challenge: coping with the effects of climate change. Today, mountain resort stakeholders are...
27 small-scale applications received!
The second call for small-scale projects of the Interreg Alpine Space programme closed on 16 December 2022. Within the upcoming weeks, we are going to assess each of the 27 promising ideas with great interest. As the application process for small-scale projects...
This week’s topic is the transition of the tourism sector!
Our two new classic projects BeyondSnow and TranStat deal with the consequences of climate change on the tourism sector in the Alps. BeyondSnow focuses in particular on small medium-altitude snow tourism destinations in the Alpine area. Due to climate change, snow...
We are hiring!
The Joint Secretariat is looking for a Communication Manager to join our international team in Salzburg, Austria! The position offers attractive conditions; the chance for personal and professional development through workshops and trainings and the opportunity to...
Experienced lead partners reveal the secret of successful Alpine Space projects!
In our Alpine master class series, lead partners of the period 2014-2020 told us what made the success of their Alpine Space projects. The project partners of CIRCULAR4.0 have asked themselves how the transformation to a more sustainable future by means of innovative...
How to face the cascading impacts of extreme weather events?
The third of our new classic projects that works on risk prevention & disaster resilience is X-RISK-CC. The project aims to improve the knowledge and management of cascading impacts and risks posed by extreme weather events. There is scientific evidence that...
Alpine forests: a key factor in climate change mitigation
MOSAIC is our second new classic project that deals with risk prevention & disaster resilience in the Alpine area. The project concentrates on the protection of Alpine forests, which are essential in mitigating climate change. Forests provide essential ecosystem...
This week is all about risk prevention & disaster resilience!
Three of our new classic projects, ADAPTNOW, MOSAIC and X-RISK-CC, are focusing on the prevention and management of climate-related disasters. ADAPTNOW works in particular on climate adaption in the Alps. In the future, recurring disasters related to climate change...
Limited availability on 8 and 9 December
Due to the Austrian public holiday on 8 December, we will only have limited availability in our Salzburg offices on 8 and 9 December. As of Monday 12 December, the Joint secretariat and the Managing authority will be back in full force. Until then, we wish you a...
Hydrogen: a key player in the energy transition
H2MA is our second new classic project that deals with hydrogen as a key player in the energy transition. The project is primarily concerned with the question of how hydrogen can contribute to the transition to low-carbon mobility in the Alps. Mobility represents a...
This week’s topic is hydrogen!
Two of our new classic projects, AMETHyST and H2MA, are working on the green energy transition in the Alps using hydrogen. AMETHyST focuses in particular on the use of local green hydrogen ecosystems in the Alps. In view of the current energy crisis, it is now more...
