1.2 - INTERREG IIIB Alpine Space Programme

52 3.1 ALPENCOM
environment and cultural heritage
Lead partner
Parc national des Ecrins
– Réseau Alpin des Espaces
Protégés
Other partners
Provincia A. di Bolzano
NP Berchtesgaden
PN Gran Paradiso
NP Hohe Tauern
PN Mont Avic
RP Škocjanske jame
Triglavski NP
PN Vanoise
Ville de Chambéry
Project website
www.alpencom.org
Contact person
Marie Stoeckel
Tel +33 (0)4 79 26 55 00
Fax +33 (0)4 79 26 55 01
marie.stoeckel@alparc.org
Duration
01.2005 – 12.2007
Total budget in EUR
1.400.000
ERDF in EUR
750.000
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Alp environmental communication
Alpine Protected Areas networking on common communication and management strategies.
Aim
The large-sized (>100ha) protected areas covering about
23% of the Alps (in perimeter of the Alpine Convention) are
the most important tools for nature and biodiversity conservation.The
Alpencom partnership is built in the framework of the
Alpine Network of Protected Areas (ALPARC) existing since
1995 and working efficiently between the protected areas in
the fields of nature and cultural heritage management and in
the scope of the Alpine Convention. During the past 10 years,
the thematic network between protected area managers has
been developed, but it was necessary to widen the means
of communication in order to target a larger public.The main
objectives of the project are on one hand to build a common
identity of the Alpine protected areas, increasing the networking,
and on the other hand to develop a common communication
on nature conservation in the Alps for the public.
Activities
The partnership works to strengthen the exchange of methods
and know-how between protected area managers, in order:
To develop efficient common strategies
To promote the creation of thematic and spatial ecological
networks as well as the professional training of protected
area managers
It also works to develop a common communication policy towards
the general public, based on different activities:
Elaboration of a single communication system for the visitor
centres (3D virtual visit of the protected areas)
Joint tools and strategies for a better information of media
and public about nature protection and vulnerability of
mountainous ecological systems and the importance of con-
servation of cultural landscapes with an active socio-economical
structure.
The project is acting in the sense of international cooperation
– using the existing structure of the Alpine Network of
Protected Areas and creating a synergy between all the protected
areas’ visitor centres and public information policies by
developing new adapted common tools and communication
platforms.
The Alpine Network of Protected Areas is a permanent organisation,
which will enable the Alpencom project activities to go
on after the end of the Interreg project. Alpencom really works
as a pilot project offering to the whole Alpine Network new
opportunities for the future.
Outcomes and results
The main outcomes are the improvement of networking between
protected areas, of general public information about the
Alpine Space and of involvement of further protected areas in
common activities.
Especially the following points will be achieved:
Better and coordinated management of natural resources
and definition of common Alpine management approaches,
through common seminars and exchange of experiences
Use of common methodologies, databases and indicators
for the management of natural resources
Creation of a long-term professional training programme
on environmental management, Alpine and European environmental
conservation issues, and organisation of the first
sessions
Development of long-lasting common instruments for information
and communication including internet-based communication
platforms
Awareness raising of public, media and decision makers for
nature conservation strategies in the Alps, through common
communication tools
Development of integrated strategies for the protection
of the Alpine landscape and sustainable land use in and
around protected areas