1.2 - INTERREG IIIB Alpine Space Programme

Aim
The Alpine lakes have cultural significance and are highly
attractive on both emotive and economic levels. Because of
this, they concentrate important human settlements and various
activities which put considerable detrimental pressure on
lakes and lakeside.
The resulting challenge is large-scale: how can the development
of the lake areas be reconciled with maintaining their
ecological and hydrological assets in the long-term? The
problems experienced in managing these lake areas, by the
regional and local authorities, seem quite similar, but the difficulties
and the solutions found in response by each authority
are relatively unknown to the others, to the concerned populations
and to the associated lake areas managers, due to weak
cooperation.
This project aims at stimulating exchange between the various
relevant communities by networking them in order to help
them pool their assets and strengths in synergies with a view
to sustainable development.
Activities
The main challenge of this INTERREG project consists in creating
a durable network of Alpine lakes managers.
The project Alplakes offers a multisectoral approach on Alpine
lakes and lakesides: environmental, ecotourism, users’ conflicts
management involving different kinds of lake managers,
as scientists, local actors and professionals. The network develops
many activities aiming to valorise natural and cultural
Alplakes 1.1
Alpine Lakes Network
Creation of a network to improve management of Alpine lakes and lakesides in the long-term.
heritage, and to increase public and local actors (included political
actors) awareness. The main objective is to involve the
most various actors and to give them working habits; practices
of work with exchange of data, exchange of experiences, exchange
of know-how, exchange of knowledge, realisation of
events like meetings, colloquiums, conferences… This is the
guarantee to perpetuate the network.
Outcomes and results
The concrete foreseen results are the following:
Shared and coordinated observations of the lakes and
lakeside: identification of common indicators that will be observed
by experts and will be appraised by the public, creation
of a data base and of a common technical notebook;
Appraisal of lakeside heritage and ecotourism promotion:
identification of “good ecotourism practices”, creation of a
common transnational quality charter for ecotourism, creation
of a label and/or promotion of existing labels with ecoproducts
and eco-activities;
Mobilisation of professionals and local operators with Regards
to sustainable development issues: creation of notebooks
and exemplary practice charters concerning 3 study
travels, elaboration of guides for “Environmental education”,
“Navigation” and “Lake public access”;
Further information and publicity activities will be conducted,
as the creation of a visual identity (a logo), an “Alpine lakes”
website with expert access and public access and the organisation
of two biannual conferences.
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Lead partner
Project partner
Lead partner
Region Rhône-Alpes
Other partners
Provincia di Belluno
Regione Lombardia
ARPA Piemonte
CRT Rhône-Alpes
NIB
Provincia A. di Trento
Regione Veneto
DTL
Land Kärnten
Project website
www.alplakes.org
Contact person
Frédéric Bonhoure
Tel +33 (0)4 72 59 41 85
Fax +33 (0)4 72 59 51 52
fbonhoure@rhonealpes.fr
Duration
11.2004 – 10.2007
Total budget in EUR
2.587.450
ERDF in EUR
1.338.161
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spatial planning & competitiveness