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Midterm Conference

5. July 2010 - 16:15 — Astrid F.

The common Midterm Conference of the CLISP and ClimAlpTour projects was successfully held on the 26th of May in Acqui Terme, Piemonte, Italy. The Conference was hosted by CLISP Project Partner Provincia di Alessandria.

 

The Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea in cooperation with Provincia di Alessandria and UNCEM was organizing the joint event in order to enhance the visibility of the two Alpine Space projects, to inform a broader expert audience as well as the public at large about running project activities and available interim results, and to identify common goals and possible synergies between both projects.

 

The joint event marks the first time that two Alpine Space projects collaborated that closely in implementing their public project conferences. The idea to integrate both mid-term conferences was motivated by the fact that both projects are focused on climate change impacts and adaptation strategies, with both spatial planning and tourism being strongly affected by the effects of climate change. Above all, by the example of two key players in climate change adaptation, namely spatial planning and tourism, the event was targeted at raising awareness for the need to develop joint strategies in adaptation to climate change that are harmonized across sectors.

 

The first part of the conference was mainly addressed to the public and to mass media and highlighted the need for adaptation, including by the example of running project activities in two CLISP model regions. In the afternoon sessions, experts were given the opportunity to actively contribute their views in two expert round table discussions on CLISP and ClimAlpTour related topics. 

 

An international audience of more than 100 participants from many Alpine Space countries as well as many media representatives attended the joint conference. The good media coverage, including national and regional newspapers as well as electronic media, reflects the growing interest of the public in climate change issues.

 

Please find below the CLISP related presentations held at the Conference. For presentations and further information about the ClimAlpTour project, please visit www.climalptour.eu.

 

Acqui Terme

 

 

 

AGENDA and presentations 

 

 

9:00

 

        

 

Registration at welcome desk

 

9:30

 

 

 

        

Welcome and introduction by Gian Franco Comaschi, Assessore Province of Alessandria, and Paolo Angelini, National Focal Point for the Alpine Convention, Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea

 

10:15

 

 

        

Welcome and introduction to the CLISP Project, Wolfgang Lexer, Lead Partner, Environment Agency Austria | pdf

 

10:30

 

        

Official presentation of the CLISP Project movie

 

10:45

 

 

        

Welcome and introduction to the ClimAlpTour Project, Maurizio Dissegna and Isabella Pasutto, Lead Partner, Veneto Region

 

11:00

 

        

Welcome and introduction by Joint Technical Secretariat (JTS) | pdf

 

11:15

 

 

 

        

Climate change: Impacts on tourism and on spatial development and joint strategies for adaptation. Felix Kolbeck, Munich University and Pier Carlo Sandei, United nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Regional Office for Europe - Vienna Office | pdf

 

11:45

 

 

 

 

 

        

CLISP - Introduction of Model Regions and work programme

  • Province of Alessandria: Claudio Coffano and Cecilia Mosca, Project Partner Province of Alessandria | pdf
  • Autonomous Province of Bolzano: Marc Zebisch, European Acadademy of Bolzano (EURAC) | pdf

12:15

 

 

 

 

        

ClimAlpTour - Introduction to Model Regions

  • France: Sarah Rutter, The Mountain Institute, University of Savoy
  • Slovenia: Mimi Urbanc, Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Art, Anton Melik Geographical Institute

13:00

 

        

Press Conference

 

13:30

 

        

Lunch Break

 

14:30  -17:00  

 

 

 

 

 

        

CLISP Round Table: "Can spatial planning fulfill a key role in adaptation to climate change in the Alpine Space? - State of the art of the CLISP Project and needs for action towards climate-proofing spatial development". Input presentations by Wolfgang Lexer (Lead Partner Environment Agency Austria) | pdf, Stefan Schneiderbauer (EURAC) | pdf, Melanie Butterling (Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development, ARE) | pdf - open to the public.

 

14:30 - 17:00

 

 

        

ClimAlpTour Round Table: "Make Alps an interesting tourist destination all the year round. ClimAlpTour, innovative tourist strategies as a response to climate change", - open to the public.

 

 

 

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