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Alpine area

In the Alpine area transnational cooperation on adaptation has been fostered by several different actors and projects. The Alpine Convention sets the frame as an international treaty between the Alpine countries (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia and Switzerland) as well as the EU. It aims at promoting sustainable development in the Alpine area and at protecting the interests of the people living within it.

European Regional Development Funds support the Alpine Space Programme of EU Territorial Cooperation. Specific projects include Adapt Alp (co-funded by European Regional Development Fund) that brought together partners from the Alpine Space Programme to collaborate on the topic of natural hazard management and climate change adaptation in the Alpine arc. Activities aimed at strengthening adaptive capacity of the region by, for example, harmonising data and sharing experiences. This is seen to reduce costs and implementation time of adaptation. Activities in other projects such as C3 Alps (co-funded by European Regional Development Fund) have also included synthesizing, implementing and transferring best available adaptation knowledge related to policy and practice. Knowledge transfer driven by the information and communication needs of target groups can bridge the gap between the generation of adaptation knowledge and its application in practice.

More information on the Alpine Convention is available at http://www.alpconv.org/en/convention/default.html.

Alpine Space Programme: http://www.alpine-space.eu/home/
C3 Alps project: http://www.c3alps.eu/index.php/en/
AdaptAlp project: http://www.adaptalp.org/