Educating Youth for the Alps: (re)connecting Youth and Mountain heritage for an inspiring future in the Alps

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Alpine Space

Date of latest update: 2023-08-11

Description

Description (EN):

Worldwide, specialists diagnose a lack of contact from young people to their living space. Among Alpine youth, it leads also to the dying out of Alpine identity and mountain-related know-how. Mountain-oriented education (MOE) plays a key role to instil in young generation the sensibility and knowledge of Alpine cultural and natural heritage, highlighting opportunities for their future. Various educational programs already take place especially in the non-formal education realm, but a strong development of MOE approach in the formal education is a challenge in the whole Alps. YOUrALPS tackles the challenge to raise Youth awareness on Alpine heritage by supporting MOE process via better interconnected formal and non-formal educators, supporting alp-wide inclusion of MOE in the educational curricula and practices. YOUrALPS’ innovative approach is twofold: on one hand by bringing together for the first time stakeholders of different sectors within an alpine cooperation structure, on the 2nd hand by elaborating and testing a transferable “Alpine school” model, in a bottom-up approach including youth participation and involving directly decision-makers. A comparative report on MOE practices and strategies of formal and non-formal education in the alpine countries will be the basis, in parallel of a participatory web-platform, for the development and transfer of the model. This will be tested via several pilot field activities encouraging transalpine youth participation, involving classes from e.g. vocational high schools and universities in cooperation with non-formal education. The project has direct and long-term impacts, as the model will directly benefit to the students, educators and decision-makers involved, as well as to the future generations of pupils. Decision makers will dispose of a transferable model. YOUrALPS will create new opportunities for youth and increase their empowerment and engagement in the Alpine territory, to better shape their future.

Achievements (EN):

Sustainability can only become a core value in the development of the Alps if people understand its importance, starting with young people. Together, the 200 educators and associations, protected areas and NGOs involved in YOUrALPS developed a new school model to highlight the interdependent environmental and social processes taking place in the Alps. Throughout the project, over 2000 pupils studied the Alps from various perspectives through outdoor activities, new technologies and hands-on projects.

Website: http://www.alpine-space.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Level of sustainable valorisation of cultural and natural heritage of the Alpine Space

Expected Outputs (EN):

Increased youth awareness and sensitivity about the value of the alpine heritage in pilot areas and via educational approaches. Enhanced sustainable cross sector cooperation between the schools’ system and mountain stakeholders. Strengthened international coordination of educators disposing of innovative pedagogical methodologies to valorize the alpine space to their students. Decision makers informed and aware on MOE innovative approaches to implement it in the curricula.

Thematic information

Cultural heritage and arts Education and training

Specific Objective: Sustainably valorise Alpine Space cultural and natural heritage

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06c) Conserving, protecting, promoting and developing natural and cultural heritage

Partners (12)

Lead Partner: ALPARC - Le Réseau Alpin des Espaces Protégés

Department: Central Unit - Division for mountain environmental education

Address: Rue de la République 256, 73000 Chambéry, France

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.alparc.org

Total budget: EUR 307 497.75

ERDF budget: EUR 261 373.09

Biotehniški center Naklo

Name: Biotehniški center Naklo

Department: Secondary school and higher educational college

Address: Strahinj 99, 4202 Nacklo, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.bc-naklo.si/

Total budget: EUR 159 715.00

ERDF budget: EUR 135 757.75

Nationalparkverwaltung Berchtesgaden

Name: Nationalparkverwaltung Berchtesgaden

Department: Environmental Education unit

Address: Doktorberg 6, 83471 Berchtesgaden, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.nationalpark-berchtesgaden.bayern.de/

Total budget: EUR 101 967.00

ERDF budget: EUR 86 671.95

Verband der Naturparke Österreichs

Name: Verband der Naturparke Österreichs

Department: Central unit

Address: Alberstraße 10, 8010 Graz, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.naturparke.at

Total budget: EUR 109 824.00

ERDF budget: EUR 93 350.40

Regionalmanagement Burgenland GmbH

Name: Regionalmanagement Burgenland GmbH

Department: EU and environmental education division

Address: Industriestraße 6, 73423 Pinkafeld, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.rmb.at

Total budget: EUR 150 190.00

ERDF budget: EUR 127 661.50

Institut für Geographie der Universität Innsbruck

Name: Institut für Geographie der Universität Innsbruck

Department: Research group "Communication and Education in Geography"

Address: Innrain 52f, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.uibk.ac.at/geographie/

Total budget: EUR 227 089.10

ERDF budget: EUR 193 025.74

Regione Lombardia - Direzione Generale Ambiente, Energia e Sviluppo Sostenibile

Name: Regione Lombardia - Direzione Generale Ambiente, Energia e Sviluppo Sostenibile

Department: Directorate-General Environment, Energy and Sustainable Development

Address: Piazza Città di Lombardia 1, 20124 Milan, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.regione.lombardia.it

Total budget: EUR 131 241.00

ERDF budget: EUR 111 554.85

Etablissement Public Local d'Enseignement et de Formations Professionnelles Agricoles (EPLEFPA) de Chambéry – La Motte-Servolex

Name: Etablissement Public Local d'Enseignement et de Formations Professionnelles Agricoles (EPLEFPA) de Chambéry – La Motte-Servolex

Address: Domaine Reinach Avenue Charles Albert 1031, 73290 La Motte-Servolex, France

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.reinach-formations.educagri.fr/page

Total budget: EUR 110 990.00

ERDF budget: EUR 94 341.50

Educ’alpes, réseau d’éducation à la montagne alpine

Name: Educ’alpes, réseau d’éducation à la montagne alpine

Department: Central Unit

Address: Forest Activités- rue du Forest d'Entrais 25, 5000 GAP, France

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.educalpes.fr

Total budget: EUR 198 769.75

ERDF budget: EUR 168 954.29

ASTERS, Conservatoire d'Espaces Naturels de Haute-Savoie

Name: ASTERS, Conservatoire d'Espaces Naturels de Haute-Savoie

Department: Environment education unit

Address: Route du Viéran 84, 74370 Pringy, France

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.asters.asso.fr/

Total budget: EUR 112 198.20

ERDF budget: EUR 95 368.47

Fondazione Lombardia per l‘Ambiente

Name: Fondazione Lombardia per l‘Ambiente

Department: Sustainable Development Unit

Address: Largo 10 Luglio 1976 1, 20822 Seveso, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.flanet.org

Total budget: EUR 201 864.00

ERDF budget: EUR 171 584.40

Univerza v Ljubljani

Name: Univerza v Ljubljani

Department: Faculty of Arts, Department of geography

Address: Kongresni trg 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.uni-lj.si/

Total budget: EUR 89 671.60

ERDF budget: EUR 76 220.86

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Summary

Project name (EN): Educating Youth for the Alps: (re)connecting Youth and Mountain heritage for an inspiring future in the Alps

Project acronym: YOUrALPS

Project start date: 2016-11-01

Project end date: 2019-10-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 901 017.40

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 615 864.79

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 85.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 615 864.79.

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Comparative report Part 1: Collection of Best Practices

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/

Publication date: 2022-09-28

Document date: 2019-10-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

The Alpine School Model - Common Document on Shared Principles

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/

Publication date: 2022-09-28

Document date: 2019-10-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Comparative report Part 2: Political strategies on Education for Sustainable Development and Mountain-oriented Education

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/

Publication date: 2022-09-28

Document date: 2019-10-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Comparative report Part 3: Implementation approaches and challenges

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/

Publication date: 2022-09-28

Document date: 2019-10-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Alpine Space

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2023-08-11

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64 / 64 (100%)

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752 / 752 (100%)

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Educating Youth for the Alps: (re)connecting Youth and Mountain heritage for an inspiring future in the Alps

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