Project & output library

The blueprint is a strategic document that defines an approach for the Alpine Region for the creation of a shared research and innovation agenda, through prioritisation of R&I topics for the activation of a transnational synergic and complementary collaboration.

The Alpine Research and Innovation Chart (Short: Alpine R&I Chart) aims on presenting an action plan for transnational cooperation network among academia and business sector representatives with the goal to strengthen AR Research and Innovation.

The aim of this Policy Brief is to provide public administrations (PAs) of the Alpine macro-region (AR) recommendations to enhance transnational and transregional collaboration in research and innovation (R&I), with specific emphasis on the Smart Specialization Strategy (S3/RIS).

The ADO project aims to create an online platform for drought monitoring and forecasting with specific indicators for the Alpine Space region. The purpose of this report is to assess user requirements related to the ADO platform.

Drought may affect a range of environmental and socio-economic sectors. Assessing a region’s risk to drought requires knowledge about the type of adverse impacts that have occurred as a consequence of drought in the past.

Droughts are becoming an increasing concern in the Alps and in the lowland areas that receive Alpine water. The Alpine Drought Observatory (ADO) provides a tool for a quick and easy overview of the current drought situation in the Alpine region and past drought situations in the last 12-48 month.

This compact report gives an initial overview over the examined three value chains of apples, walnuts and herbs/hay and their bioeconomic potentials. In addition, also a replicable roadmap is presented to make an own value chain analysis easier.

Several reports present 6+1 new eco-innovatice business model blueprints which aim to implement new products and services in the value chains of apples, walnuts, and herbs in the market. In addition, good and bad practices of existing eco-innovative business models etc.

Seven eco-innovative business models developed in the AlpBioEco project and best practices are presented in this report, showcasing how bioeconomy can look in practice.

The regional policy implementation guidelines present recommendations for the implementation of selected eco-innovative business models in several Alpine Space regions, promoting their implementation and the growth of bioeconomy.

The final report gives an overview about the AlpBioEco project, summarising all the project activities and results. The project focused on the valorisation of innovative bio-economical potentials along bio-based food & botanical extract value chains in the Alpine Space.

1. Recommendations to enhance and promote ecological connectivity in the EUSALP area 2. Recommendations and Action Plan for the Alps-Danube-Carpathians cooperation for ecological connectivity

This report maps and analyzes varying Alpine wildlife management systems and impacts on ecological connectivity considering the distribution of wide-ranging game species.

This handbook was published to build capacity and inform on documenting and combating wildlife crime for national/regional wildlife crime units.

This toolkit deals with conflict management of human-nature conflicts in the Alpine Space.

This final publication presents the spatial analysis and perspectives of [ecological] connectivity in the wider Alpine areas in the form of an atlas.

Tools and Tips for effective Environmental Management and Territorial Development.

As a basis for joint action, public authorities, policy makers, NGOs and economic actors need a common understanding of ecosystem services, comparable information on their status and support in using tools for integrating them in their fields of work.

This booklet develops and fosters a common understanding of ecosystem services for decision-makers, public administrations and the public at large.

In this animation, researchers from Eurac Research and their partners explain what ecosystem services are.

In this file, you can find a list of the project observers.

Spatial development is a crucial issue in the Alpine Space where economy, society and environment have to coexist in a very confined space. Any small action taken in any of these fields can trigger big alterations in the others.

Part of the AlpES project is the development of an interactive and interoperable AlpES WebGIS through which ecosystem services (ES) indicators and their metadata are made available.

This Guidance Paper has the goal of supporting stakeholders at all levels to engage in collective initiatives aimed to turn the Alpine food cultural heritage into marketable offers.

This document aggregates the documentation of the pilot cases activities and the results of the pilot actions synthesis report as final comprehensive output.

In the document, it is explained how the project built up their network relying on a quadruple helix approach.

The Alpine Food Heritage Charter is a document that calls for safeguarding the Alpine Food Heritage and to support its nomination to the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Tool for an overview of Alpine foodways and the identification of means of legal protection.

Contributed to better EUSALP governance on three levels: specifically responding to the policy needs for the single Action Groups, cross-sectorally among all Action Groups and vertically beyond Action Groups.

This compilation did not only clarify funding options for actions and projects to implement the Action Plan but also identified needs for further adjustments for multiannual financial framework starting from 2021.

This plateform helped to collect and process - by means of a professional and specifically designed technical tool and including customized features – flow of information among the Action Groups but also to the exterior.

This output is composed of a sample of proposals, in which field – based on the experiences made in the AlpGov project and on a SWOT analysis made by the BAGL (see output 1 above) – further action is necessary to improve Alpine Governance.

Ensured horizontal coherence and systematic steering of EUSALP implementation process.

Objective: Implementing the EUSALP Learning Environment modules

Objective: Developing and embedding strategic (sectoral & cross-sectoral) initiatives

Objective: Developing and embedding strategic (sectoral & cross-sectoral) initiatives

Objective: Analysing and monitoring of implementation initiatives

Objective: Developing policy recommendation

Objective: CAPA Portal

Objective: Roadshow Concept

Objective: Developing policy recommendation

Objective: Developing and embedding strategic sectoral initiatives

Objective: Developing and embedding strategic sectoral initiatives

The Alpine micro-grid model aims at contributing to the development of a shared understanding of Microgrids and their potential role for supporting the energy transition and the implementation of local Energy Communities in the Alps.

This guide provides concrete elements for policy makers to help with the design of supportive policies and instruments for Local Energy Communities (LEC).

The replication program has been based on 13 bi-lateral exchanges designed to support target groups (emerging energy communities, local public authorities and energy agencies) in facilitating the setting up of energy communities and microgrid solution projects.

The virtual Toolbox of Action provides information on how Combined Transport can be fostered in Europe and the Alpine Space for a successful shift of freight traffic, from road to rail.

The Toolbox of Action translates technical/scientific findings of AlpInnoCT project into comprehensible language for all stakeholders.

This technical report gives an overview about projects, policies, bodies and measures specifically referred to Combined Transport in the AS.

This report identifies the processes of Combined Transport and provides an analysis of possible solutions with emerging technologies to overcome some of the technical barriers.

The report presents current methods, tools and approaches in modern industry, that could be applied in Combined Transport processes.

An analysis of selected CT transport relations (Verona – Rostock and Trieste – Bettembourg) from origin to destination as well as transshipment terminals and ports.

The Masterplan collects inputs, resources and assets analyzed through the AlpLinkBioEco Project and presents valuable recommendations and best practices to boost and support the definition of a joint bioeconomy strategy in the Alpine Region.

The Value Chain Generator (VCG) is a software based on natural language algorithms allowing to match actors from a database into value chains.

Bio-based business opportunities explored and developed via the Value Chain Generator.

The document highlights various aspects of social impact investing and proposes joint methodology for Alpine Space taking into consideration similarities and differences of various countries.

A special web platform dedicated to social impact investing in Alpine Space area.

Two International AlpSib Forums happened within the AlpSib activities. First took place in Nice in September 2017 and the second happened in November 2018 in Turin.

Five discussion papers, one per partner country, illustrate political scenarios in the field of social outcome contracting and investing, opportunities and barriers for further development of SIBs

In this online course, dedicated experts from the ALPTREES project take you on an exciting journey of discovery into the world of trees in urban, peri-urban, and forest ecosystems.

In the pocket guide “Identification Handbooks for non native trees in the Alpine Space” we describe 49 non-native tree species, that occur in forests, peri-urban and urban areas in the Alpine Space.

Non-native tree species (NNT) are used in forestry across the Alpine Space for their growth performance, valuable timber, and resistance to drought and pest or pathogen damage.

The Database on Non-Native Tree Species was developed as a concept and prototype by the ALPTREES project in 2022 as part of a project undertaken for the Sustainable use and management of non-native trees in the alpine region.

The Web GIS tool has been implemented as a Google Earth Engine App (see: https://earthengine.google.com) to share policies, tools, and technical guidance for the management and responsible use of NNT.

The overall objective of the transnational strategy is to improve knowledge-based decision-making and communication on the responsible use and management of non-native trees in the Alpine Space.

Guidelines for a S3-based RDI funding scheme, providing administrative and thematic scope to leverage the capacity of regional S3 to foster RDI, economic growth and job creation through cross-regional collaboration.

Demonstrator missions for the Alpine Space are implemented through synchronized demonstrator calls and ready-to-use-projects are developed as innovation beacons for sustainable development in the Alpine Space.

A coherent strategy for an ARDIA common multi-level governance system that enables S3 cross-regional cooperation of policy makers, public authorities and funding authorities for executing a common funding scheme.

This factsheet describes in an understandable way the three options to support cross-regional RDI cooperation. It should help the Alpine regional administrators to close the existing funding gap for such cross-regional projects.

This is the key-note of Prof. Dr. Ralf Kindervater, CEO of BIOPRO Baden-Württemberg, presented during the Final Conference in Milan on 11th May 2022. It summarizes the need, findings, mid-term impact and outreach of a project like ARDIA-Net

“Shaping & sharing capacities for cross-regional cooperation in the Alpine Region and beyond” shows to what degree the project achieved its goals and includes testimonials from regional and macro-regional administrations

Mr. Bernhard Lehofer (Innovation Salzburg), Mr. Christian Altmann (Business Upper Austria) and Ms. Maria Vittoria Frau (Lombardy Region) reflect on good practices and built capacities during the ARDIA-Net project in this short video.

This report offers an in-depth evaluation of the five selected topics related to the bioeconomy: biomass, food & feed, smart building, plastics and pharmaceuticals.

Based on researches and innovative propositions, the ASIS partners defined a new vision of innovation and ultimately a common definition of what social innovation is.

This report presents how social innovation could be a key to solve the main challenges faced by the Alpine area.

The White Book is a comprehensive document gathering all materials, reports, tools and recommendations produced but the ASIS partners, to create an overview of all the new strategic actions and instruments proposed by the ASIS consortium, together with concrete implementation methodologies and more.

A series of trainings and guidelines have been developed to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge about social innovation.

The Social Innovation Strategy Platform is a website which aims to promote, encourage and support Social Innovation in the Alpine region, by giving access to numerous of tools and publications and being a source of inspiration.

The ASIS evaluation tool is a software developed to facilitate the selection of promising projects with social impact. This software serves as an aid in the evaluation of these projects by comparing the current application with ongoing or terminated programs in the field of social innovation.

Comparative analysis of alpine territories based on a territorial sample (ASTUS pilot sites)

Guideline for the ASTUS alpine space typology

A collection of decision-making tools assessing the impacts of potential low CO2 solutions

Short description of the 10 tools developped ASTUS

ASTUS methodology aims to support territories in finding their own specific pathway towards a low ca

This document shares conclusions and recommendations drawn from the experiences of the pilot sites who applied ASTUS methodology.

A document containing schemes for the assessment and benchmarking of sustainable historic building renovation, introducing set of Key performance indicators that are designed to guide stakeholders.

A guide to an optimised renovation strategy for municipalities and policy makers in the Alpine Space, taking into consideration particularly those aspects regarding sustainability.

A best-practice database of exemplary energy efficient interventions in historic buildings.

An online platform which contains various solutions for the energy-efficient renovation of historic buildings.

The biomass chain knowledge platform is intended to be information base for the development of all other project activities and as an awareness raising tool for public and private stakeholders and will contribute to better linking between the different actors involved in the biomass chain.

The goal of innovative crowdsourcing approach is to facilitate an unique way to involve citizens and local stakeholders at different levels to discuss their challenges and to be aware of the potential effect of biomass burning in their regions.

BE-READI Points Toolkit allows every Point to support companies with a comprehensive, modern and transnational approach overcoming the fragmentation of the current AS innovation ecosystem. It provedes Business Support Organisations with useful tools to support SMEs.

The established BE-READI Network is a collaborative Alpine Space network, organized at regional level and consisting of 25 host organizations established in the Alpine space area engaged to sustain mature companies willing to develop second-life projects.

Set of proposals to be implemented at a macroregional level gathered during the discussions with decision makers and stakeholders in the frame of the BE-READI Open Tables.

BIFOCAlps developed a framework on the Factory of the Future scenario in the Alpine Space.

This methodology provides a system of selected Key Performance Indicators to track the impact of the adoption of Factory of the Future technologies and practices in manufacturing enterprises.

This document exposes some of the most relevant conclusions of the project from the side of SMEs, who are actually seen as main target group for many regional and national incentives toward FoF.

The impact indicator system provides both measurable indicators and qualitative impact indicators to enable the tracking of improvements regarding the transfer and adoption of FoF practices in a holistic picture.

Find out more on how to use the C-TEMAlp platform for SME business transfers.

The network strategy and memorandum of understanding (MOU) assure the sustainability of the C-TEMAlp network and the durability of the achieved results.

This document recaps the potentialities for policy actions to be implemented to support the continuity of companies in an international environments, starting from the community setting up in the Alpine Space area.

Barriers and challenges of transnational business transfer - the experience and the recommendations of the C-TEMAlp network

C-TEMAlp platform is meant as a tool for SME business transfers in the project area to foster the matching among buyers and sellers at transnational level.

Alpine Space (AS) Knowledge Atlas: A structure to map knowledge and cooperation in the field of Smart Living (SL) Technologies. It visualizes tech leaders, solutions, innovation & business development approaches in an accessible, digital knowledge database and visual matrix.

The aim of this activity was to develop a strategic structure supporting 11 thematic Smart Living tech excellence groups in cooperation, technology & innovation.

The AS Alpine Campus is a transnational modular learning system, which provides a toolbox of common tools, knowledge base, terminology, processes and plans to the quadruple-helix teams, to support the integration of the AS Alliances in joint innovation projects related to Smart Living.

The aim of the AS Think Tank was to exhaust the knowledge, network and experience gained within the CARE4TECH project and to foster an improvement of the Alpine Space’s ability to provide smart living opportunities to the citizens of this area.

A toolkit for planners and decision makers to identify timber products with extra low carbon footprint and to ease the usage and implementation in construction and procurement.

The publication enables planners and architects to better assess various aspects of sustainability of products and construction materials at an early stage of the planning process. Thus it sets the course for more sustainable buildings.

The guide "Contracts Incorporating Low Carbon Timber" aims to support local authorities to include wood from short supply chains into their public tenders.

This document is aimed to provide the framework for the capacity building and training activities related to the promotion of Low Carbon Timber in Alpine Space regions.

CESBA Local Committees (CLCs) are at the centre of local/regional works in the CESBA Alps project

The guide is aimed at providing policy makers with a support tool for the concrete application of the sustainability assessment methodology developed within the CESBA Alps initiative.

The CESBA Alps Training System represents a key component of the project as it is crucial to ensure a correct use of the CESBA Alps tools and methodology.

The CESBA STT online-tool has been designed for assessing the sustainable development performance of territories. Based on 280 indicators it can be contextualized at local level and used for setting a scoring/rating system.

The CESBA Passport is like a “sustainability-ID” of a region/territory. It is a document that contains the CESBA KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and some specific indicators that are intrinsically relevant for the region.

CESBA Sustainable Territories Generic Framework is a tool useful to measure the level of sustainability of a territory. It is a generic multicriteria assessment tool that may be used by third parties to develop rating systems at territorial scale fully contextualized to local conditions.

Approaches, tools and techniques of emergency planning for protecting cultural heritage

Generalize the experiences on pilot areas

Policy recommendations

Short animated sequence about motivation and importance of the project.

Circular 4.0 has created an easy toolkit to assess your company and see how circular your SME is.

All partners have realised a local pilot action basing on maturity assessment check and the identification of the company innovation needs.

CIRCULAR4.0 explains the methodology followed to assist SMEs for technology innovation and gves an overview of the assistance provided to SMEs.

Joint transnational training model, contents and tools for Family and Community nurses promoting a model of elderly care at home.

A model of care for the elderly based on FCNs capitalising on the results produced and evaluated through the test phase.

Social business model to guide social enterprise start-ups in the field of elderly care.

Policy guidelines in the context of a transnational governance model for community based socio-health services for elderly citizens

A package of resources enabling sensitization and knowledge transfer for the planning of Thermal Activated Buildings (TAB) and settlements in the Alpine Space area will be provided.

DesAlps Design Thinking Teaser was designed by Design Thinking experts to introduce the tools and methodology typical of this method to those who intend to apply this method in their company but have never experienced this type of tools before.

Following Design Thinking training activities dedicated to Innovation Trainers, interviews, summary of positions discussed, list of concrete cases analyzed have been collected in one practical brochure to be used for further Design Thinking training activities addressed to operators and stakeholders