EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Region

The Alpine area is composed of territories with contrasted demographic, social and economic trends and a great cultural and linguistic diversity. This diversity goes along with a great variety of governance systems and traditions. Both the common specificities of the Alpine area and its variety and diversity call for cooperation. An Alpine macro-regional strategy would provide an opportunity to improve cooperation in the Alpine States as well as identifying common goals and implementing them more effectively through transnational collaboration. EUSALP constitutes a strategic agenda that should guide relevant policy instruments at EU, national and regional level, by closely aligning and mutually reinforcing them.

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ESPON announced the Call for Tenders for Targeted Analysis “Alps2050 – Common spatial perspectives for the Alpine area. Towards a common vision”


Tue 25th Jul 2017

On June 30, 2017 ESPON launched the Call for Tenders for Targeted Analysis “Alps2050 – Common spatial perspectives for the Alpine area.

Survey on the Macro-regional Strategies


Thu 20th Jul 2017

The European Commission has launched a 'Study on macro-regional strategies and their links with cohesion policy'. The study is conducted by COWI and partners - M&E and IHS.
This study aims to explore the performance of the four existing macro-regional strategies:

Workshop on Innovation Policies

Viale Berengario 51, Modena
Fri 14th Jul 2017

The workshop presents the opportunity to discuss the research results produced by a CAPP (Centro di Analisi delle Politiche Pubbliche) research team on two empirical analyses carried out in cooperation, respectively, with Regione Toscana and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.

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Workshop »Networking for Ecological Connectivity and Green Infrastructure«

19/09/2017 - 09:00 to 18:00
Location Koper, Slovenia Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve (TBC)
Event type: Workshop

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EUSALP Management

EU Team

The European Commission plays a role in General Assembly and acts as a facilitator and coordinator and will co-chair the meetings, without voting right.

General Assembly

The General Assembly should mainly be responsible for laying down the general political guidelines for the Strategy and has the possibility of organising ministerial meetings in order to create the necessary political awareness for the Strategy.

Executive Board

The Executive Board is mainly be responsible for the overall horizontal and vertical coordination of the Strategy and the preparation of the General Assembly meetings.

Slovenian Presidency 2016

Slovenia was the first to be entrusted with chairing the Alpine macro-region in 2016 and with organising, together with the European Commission, a launch conference bringing together all the decisive actors that can contribute to a better life for us all.

Bavarian Presidency 2017

Bavaria has been a strong advocate for a European Alpine strategy since 2011 and has substantially contributed to the conceptual design of the Strategy.

Observers

The Alpine Convention and the Alpine Space Programme participate in the Executive Board as observers. In case decisions have to be taken, they are made by consensus with one vote for each country delegation.

EUSALP Action Groups

1st Thematic Policy Area
"Economic Growth and Innovation"

Action Group 1

To develop an effective research and innovation ecosystem

Action Group 2

To increase the economic potential of strategic sectors

Action Group 3

To improve the adequacy of labour market, education and training in strategic sectors

2nd Thematic Policy Area
"Mobility and Connectivity"

Action Group 4

To promote inter-modality and interoperability in passenger and freight transport

Action Group 5

To connect people electronically and promote accessibility to public services

3rd Thematic Policy Area
"Environment and Energy"

Action Group 6

To preserve and valorise natural resources, including water and cultural resources

Action Group 7

To develop ecological connectivity in the whole EUSALP territory

Action Group 8

To improve risk management and to better manage climate change, including major natural risks prevention

Action Group 9

To make the territory a model region for energy efficiency and renewable energy

Cross-cutting Policy Area

Governance, including Institutional Capacity

The EUSALP governance model has to ensure a sound and effective implementation of the Strategy, which will contribute to reaching its thematic objectives. […] There is a need for an approach that encourages participants to overcome not only national frontiers, but also sectors and barriers in order to allow thinking that is more strategic and imaginative concerning the opportunities available. This strategic approach should also ensure consistency between existing initiatives, avoiding duplications and providing an alignment to existing financial instruments.

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