Alliance in the Alps
| Community network "Alliance in the Alps" | |
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| legal form | registered association |
| founding | 1997 |
| Seat | Übersee am Chiemsee , Germany |
| main emphasis | Alpine Convention (intl. Abbrev.) |
| method | Networking, information, projects, events |
| Action space | Alpine region / countries bordering the Alps |
| Chair | Marc Nitschke (1st chairman), Roberto de Marchi (2nd chairman), Janez Fajfar, Rainer Siegele, André Salvetti, Freddy Kaiser, Sabine Wermelinger (board members) |
| Members | 279 members (municipalities and regions) |
| Website | www.alpenallianz.org |
The community network "Alliance in the Alps" e. V. , based in Übersee am Chiemsee, is an amalgamation of around 280 municipalities and regions from seven states in the Alpine region and has existed since 1997. The members do everything in their power to develop the alpine living space in a sustainable way together with their citizens. They promote active exchange across language and cultural boundaries, put people at the center, focus on the future and break new ground together.
Municipalities are at the interface between legislation and implementation. They are therefore the central level for sustainable development and can move a lot. Where some churches face problems, others have already found answers. Cross-border projects are used to convey examples and to adapt tried and tested solutions to the local context in order to promote intact nature, healthy economic activity and good coexistence in the Alps. In their activities, the municipalities can draw on the experience of other municipalities in the Alps and obtain organizational knowledge, content-related support and financial support unbureaucratically.
All activities of the community network are based on the principles of the Alpine Convention , an international agreement between the Alpine countries and the EU for the sustainable development of the Alpine region. Its implementation should be filled with life where each and every individual can help shape - in the community. "Alliance in the Alps" is one of 16 official observer organizations. The network is actively involved in the bodies of the Alpine Convention, takes part in the exchange between the Alpine states and networks with the other observer organizations.
Members
The association currently has around 280 member communities and regions from France , Switzerland , Italy , Germany , Austria , Liechtenstein and Slovenia .
The members of the community network are committed to intact nature, healthy economic activity and good coexistence in the Alps. They promote active exchange across language and cultural boundaries. You put people at the center, focus on the future and break new ground together.
activities
Implement projects. Cross-border projects enable members to tackle challenges in their area of responsibility. In their activities, the municipalities can draw on the experience of other municipalities in the Alps and obtain organizational knowledge, content-related support and financial support without any red tape. This networking enables them to tackle meaningful and promising projects - with an impact in their community and beyond. In its previous existence, the network has successfully implemented many Alpine-wide projects together with its members.
Enable exchange of experiences. Community representatives and anyone interested can pick up solutions as well as new approaches and methods at the symposia and workshops of the community network. Communities and experts share their expertise and experience. Excursions lead to sites of sustainable development in the Alps.
Representing community interests. The Alpine communities are already organized in national interest groups. The mountain area often only makes up a small part of the country. In addition, fundamental decisions are often made at the transnational and European level. "Alliance in the Alps" campaigns for the concerns of the municipalities in the Alpine region and influences European policies that directly affect the Alps. In the bodies of the Alpine Convention, the network of municipalities contacts the national ministries. In the process of a European strategy for the Alpine region, it ensures that the community perspective is sufficiently taken into account.
aims
Protect and develop nature, the environment and the landscape . The alpine natural and cultural landscape, with all its elements, is the basis for our life and economy, preserving it and developing it sustainably is a central task. Protected areas make an important contribution to this. The members of the community network endeavor to adapt to the consequences of climate change in an environmentally friendly way and work against its causes. They promote sustainable mobility to reduce the rapidly growing motorized individual and goods traffic.
Make communities attractive as economic areas . Through sustainable economic development, the member communities create the basis for adapting to future challenges. They strengthen and develop the range of services by maintaining and developing regional cycles. They strive to create new jobs and maintain existing ones. They raise awareness and motivate the population to make a contribution to regional added value.
Strengthen people's quality of life in the Alps . A fair, gender and needs-based social interaction strengthens cohesion in a community. The citizens of our communities participate equally in social life. With innovative strategies and pilot projects, the member communities set new standards in services of public interest such as mobility, education or health.
Some projects since 2001
Between 2001 and 2005, Allianz in the Alps announced the annual “Community of the Future” competition, in which sustainability projects in Alpine communities were awarded.
From 2003 to 2006 the community network organized its first major international project with "DYNALP". With a budget of EUR 2,160,000, 52 municipalities were supported that wanted to carry out projects in the areas of tourism, nature conservation and landscape management, mountain agriculture, as well as sustainable development and spatial planning in accordance with the Alpine Convention. From 2006 to 2009, with 1,775,000 euros, 36 projects under the name “DYNALP²” were supported, which made a concrete contribution to the implementation of sustainable development and the Alpine Convention. In addition to supporting projects in the communities, networking them was also part of the funding. This included joint events such as workshops, excursions and international conferences.
From 2011 to 2013, the “dynAlp-climate” program dealt with current climate change by attempting to develop projects that contribute to reducing man-made climate change or that adapt to it and take ecology, society and economy into account equally . Thanks to the financial support from the MAVA Foundation for Nature, the municipalities have a total of 300,000 euros at their disposal. The EU project MountEE ran from 2012 to 2015. A total of six mountain regions in the Alps, the Pyrenees and Sweden were concerned with energy-efficient construction and renovation. MountEE was funded by the EU as part of the "Intelligent Energy Europe" program.
The "dynAlp-nature" program promoted ideas that aim to network natural spaces and to maintain and create biodiversity. This included topics such as the natural management of green spaces in the community or keeping the landscape open. The Liechtenstein Pancivis Foundation funded the program.
In 2003, the “Central Asian Mountain Village Alliance” was founded in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, based on the model of the community network. In this Central Asian community network, like the sister organization in the Alps, it is about sustainable development in mountain communities and about the exchange of experiences between the communities.
subjects
With the aim of making the Alpine region fit for the future, the network of municipalities "Alliance in the Alps" works on various projects and programs and organizes events on the following topics:
- Quality of life in the alpine region
- Nature conservation and landscape management
- Social capacity to act
- Demographic change
- Citizen participation and youth
- integration
- Regional added value and local supply
- Mobility and traffic
- Sustainable tourism
- Climate change and energy
- Housing and sustainable building
- Spatial planning
- Agriculture and Food
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member communities on the Allianz website ( Memento from January 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information on current projects , alpenallianz.org
- ↑ Internet site for the "DYNALP" project
- ↑ Website for the "DYNALP²" project
- ↑ Allianz website for the "dynAlp-climate" project
- ↑ Central Asian Mountain Village Alliance ( Memento from August 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive )