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Two Alpine Space projects, CIRCULAR 4.0 and Smart Altitude, are finalists of the REGIOSTARS competition! The public vote is open: you can make the difference by voting for one of our projects on the competition platform! Share the voting link through your networks:...

Are you looking for an exciting job in a small dynamic international team? Would you like to improve the quality of life of the 80 million inhabitants of the Alpine region? Join us as Project Officer to contribute to the implementation of the Alpine Space Programme,...

While Germany, France and Italy already held national info sessions in July, the national info days of Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia are still ahead of us. The national Alpine Space contact points in cooperation with the JS will provide key information about the...

Congratulations to CIRCULAR 4.0 and Smart Altitude for being among the 30 projects that were selected as 2023 REGIOSTARS finalists! Out of 228 applications, these two Alpine Space projects successfully made it to the shortlist of DG REGIO‘s annual award competition...

On Monday 3 July, we officially launch the 2nd call for classic projects! The terms of reference for the 2nd call for classic projects were approved by the Alpine Space Programme Committee at its meeting on 27 June. The document contains all the relevant information...

Funding opportunities are coming very soon! The Alpine Space Programme Committee met on 27 June to approve the terms of reference of the 2nd call for classic projects. On Monday 3 July we will officially launch the call for proposals on our website! The Joint...

In July 2023, the Alpine Space Programme opens its second call for the submission of classic projects. Until 13 October 2023 applicants can submit a project proposal within the first step (overall two-step application procedure). More information on our website! To...

Clap de début pour Interreg 21-27 en France ! On 9 June, the ANCT and Région Sud organised in Marseille the French National Kick-off day of Interreg2127, “Intensifions la coopération entre les territoires”. Our Project Officer Alexis Truchet attended the event, which...

Launched by the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR), the Interreg Volunteer Youth (IVY) initiative promotes the involvement of young people in European territorial cooperation. Young volunteers can help programmes and projects by supporting them with their...

Following our reflection workshop in Stuttgart, the Alpine Space Programme (ASP) decided to postpone the 3rd cut-off date for small-scale projects. Originally planned for this year, we will launch instead the next call for proposals in 2024. This will allow us in the...

Help make the Alps a region fit for the future ! EUSALP and the Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté are organizing a contest for young people between 16 and 25! Preserving the unique natural diversity, creating attractive educational and employment opportunities and...

The Alpine Space brought its experience to the Interreg Knowledge Fair organised by the Interact Programme ! Our colleagues Jana Habjan Coudoré and Corinna Haitzer represented the Interreg Alpine Space programme at the Fair which took place in Ghent on 23-25 May. The...

On 23-24 May, we organised two workshops in Stuttgart to reflect on the Alpine Space Programme funding opportunities and synergies with EUSALP at a strategic level. The first workshop with the Programme Committee focused on refining the definition and concept of...

Europe Day is upon us! Let’s discover the achievements of the Interreg Alpine Space project AlpLinkBioEco. The Alpine Region is recognized as having huge potentials for the development of bioeconomy value chains. But what sounds fancy on paper, often turns out to be...

Are you interested in EU regional policy, communication and the Alpine region? Then this is the perfect internship for you. We are looking for an intern to support our communication activities and the daily activities of the Joint Secretariat in Salzburg, Austria....

Rainy but productive exchange! On 19 - 20 April, the Joint Secretariat and the Managing Authority of the Alpine Space Programme held a constructive seminar with our national contact points in St. Gilgen, Austria. The meeting was the opportunity for an exchange of...

In the 2021-2027 period, the Alpine Space programme launched the Youth Ambassadors Initiative in order to ensure youth participation in the Alpine area in the long term. Coordinated by the EUSALP Secretariat, the initiative encourages approved Interreg projects to...

The EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) aims to actively involve young people to make the Alpine Region fit for the future. The EUSALP Youth Council wants to provide a platform for institutional involvement of young people in all EUSALP bodies and to make sure...

How do cooperation and synergy contribute to the success of Alpine Space projects? This time, we hear from Nicole Bartl, lead partner of Linking Alps in our Alpine master class series! One of the major difficulties when planning a journey across borders is finding the...

During its meeting of 14 and 15 March in Munich, the Alpine Space Programme Committee discussed the 27 project proposals received by the 2nd cut-off date. We are happy to announce that the Programme Committee approved for ERDF co-funding the following two projects:...

Did you know? By 2050, about 30% of the European population will be over 65, and it is expected that there will be fewer than two working age adults for each elderly person! According to a 2023 report of the European Commission on the impact of demographic change,...

The 2nd call for classic projects is planned to be launched in autumn 2023, aiming for the selected projects to kick-off mid 2024! Having implemented three calls for project proposals in this period already, the Alpine Space programme is now taking some time to...

We asked Maria Sole D’Orazio, lead partner of BE-READI ALPS this very question in our Alpine master class series! The project partners of BE-READI ALPS focused on helping professionalize business support organisations in order to jointly provide services to help...

Sergi Costa, the lead partner of ARDIA-Net, told us how the measures to ensure the durability and transferability of the project results contributed to the success of the ARDIA-Net. The project partners of ARDIA-Net have noted that the Alps are home to several...

ECOLE is our last new classic project of the first call in the period 2021-2027 to be presented. Industrial Parks suffer from an image of polluters, but also from increasing energy costs and a lack of knowledge about the circular economy approach. ECOLE wants to...

Our third new classic project dealing with the concept of circular economy is AlpTextyles! The project focuses on textile production as one of the most polluting economic sectors. Textile production is one of the most polluting and CO2 intensive economic sectors....

Cradle-ALP is our second new classic project that tackles the concept of circular economy! The project works to improve the production processes in the chemical, plastics and forestry sectors. Fossil raw materials and toxic substances are widely used in production...

Our new classic projects CEFoodCycle, Cradle-ALP and AlpTextyles are working on the concept of circular economy in different sectors. CEFoodCycle focuses in particular on preventing food waste. To tackle food waste, for instance in the hospitality sector, there is a...

Our Alpine master class series answers this question. This time, we asked Nico Salmaso, the lead partner of Eco-AlpsWater, what made the success of the project. The project partners of Eco-AlpsWater focused on inland waters as one of the most precious natural...

Forest EcoValue is our second new classic project that deals with ecological connectivity in the Alps! The project works on the resilient effect of Alpine forests. Alpine forests are key for resilience and provide multiple ecosystem services (provision of raw...