Strategic Planning for Alpine River Ecosystems – Integrating protection and development

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Alpine Space

Date of latest update: 2023-03-01

Description

Description (EN):

The Alps are Europe’s WATER-TOWERS, providing MULTIPLE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES such as water for human consumption, agriculture, industry, energy and maintaining tourism, recreation & quality of life not only for the residents but also for surrounding lowlands & big metropolitan areas. Alpine rivers are the “BLUE BACKBONES” OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, but only healthy rivers can provide such essential services: they are a VULNERABLE NATURAL CAPITAL under pressure with the need of balancing PROTECTION & DEVELOPMENT. RIVER GOVERNANCE IS FRAGMENTED and diverging among and within countries: so far, knowledge transfer of good practices & policies has been weak. SPARE aims at EXCHANGING, ADAPTING AND CAPITALIZING STRATEGIC PLANNING & RIVER MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCES across different spatial & governance levels. Going beyond administrative borders, the requirements of a catchment wide perspective and trans-national cooperation can be considered. Therefore, SPARE will act in a TRANSDISCIPLINARY WAY combining socio-political, economic and ecological assets and integrating inputs from different stakeholders and beneficiaries. SPARE’s main outputs: • a collection of RIVER MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES & BEST SOLUTIONS • a set of GOVERNANCE TOOLS • a pan-Alpine overview of PRIORITY RIVERS with HIGH PROTECTON NEED • GUIDANCES on INNOVATIVE RIVER PROTECTION & MANAGEMENT PROCESSES across different spatial and administrative level • an INTERACTIVE PLATFORM OF KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE

Achievements (EN):

Rivers provide clean drinking water for human use and irrigation for agriculture, they are home to many organisms and their power helps us to produce energy. Nevertheless, they are also vulnerable ecosystems affected by conflicting human aims and lacking appropriate protection. The project SPARE aimed at sharing, adapting and capitalising strategic planning and river management experiences across different regions and governance levels. It contributed to a further harmonisation of human use requirements and protection needs. Nine project partners showed how strategic approaches for the protection and management of rivers could be improved across administrative and disciplinary borders. The project raised awareness about the multiple services provided by Alpine rivers, as well as about their vulnerability.

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

Expected Results (EN): Level of integration of the ecosystem services approach in the policy systems of the Alpine Space

Expected Outputs (EN):

SPARE''s-beneficiaries in the programme area will be able to integrate a HARMONIZED RIVER MANAGEMENT APPROACH into all levels’ policies, particularly considering the ECOSYSTEM SERVICES concept and participation processes. PROTECTION ACTIVITIES for river ecosystems will be intensified in the cooperation area due to operability of SPARE problem solving approach. MAINSTREAMING RIVER ECOSYSTEM SERVICES and INCREASING AWARENESS of their benefits will be facilitated by INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION TOOLS.

Thematic information

Water management Sustainable management of natural resources Waterways, lakes and rivers

Specific Objective: Enhance the protection, the conservation and the ecological connectivity of Alpine Space ecosystems

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

Investment Priority: (06d) Protecting and restoring biodiversity and soil and promoting ecosystem services, including through Natura 2000, and green infrastructure

Partners (9)

Lead Partner: Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Institut für Hydrobiologie und Gewässermanagement

Department: Water-Atmosphere-Environment (WAU) / Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management (IHG)

Address: Gregor-Mendelstraße, 1180 Wien, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: www.boku.ac.at

Total budget: EUR 633 001.24

Fundaziun Pro Terra Engiadina

Name: Fundaziun Pro Terra Engiadina

Address: Clues, 7530 Zernez, Switzerland

Legal status: public

Website: www.proterrae.ch

Total budget: EUR 99 700.00

Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente della Valle d’Aosta

Name: Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente della Valle d’Aosta

Department: Water section

Address: località Grande Charrière, 11020 Saint Christophe, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: www.arpa.vda.it

Total budget: EUR 300 936.72

Land Oberösterreich

Name: Land Oberösterreich

Department: Department of Industrial Plant Law, Environmental Law and Water Law / Water Management Planning Unit

Address: Kärntnerstrasse, 4021 Linz, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: www.ooe.gv.at

Total budget: EUR 91 900.00

Inštitut za vode Republike Slovenije

Name: Inštitut za vode Republike Slovenije

Department: Sector for Inland Waters

Address: Dunajska, 1121 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: www.izvrs.si

Total budget: EUR 306 825.00

Commission Internationale pour la Protection des Alpes

Name: Commission Internationale pour la Protection des Alpes

Department: CIPRA International

Address: Im Bretscha, 9494 Schaan, Liechtenstein

Legal status: private

Website: www.cipra.org

Total budget: EUR 120 978.40

Agenzia Regionale per la Prevenzione e Protezione Ambientale del Veneto

Name: Agenzia Regionale per la Prevenzione e Protezione Ambientale del Veneto

Department: Regional Department for Land Safety

Address: via Ospedale Civile, 35121 Padova, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: www.arpa.veneto.it

Total budget: EUR 175 000.00

Syndicat Mixte de la Rivière Drôme et de ses affluents

Name: Syndicat Mixte de la Rivière Drôme et de ses affluents

Department: Drôme river basin

Address: Place Maurice Faure, 26340 Saillans, France

Legal status: public

Website: www.riviere-drome.fr

Total budget: EUR 148 959.25

Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture

Name: Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture

Department: Mountain territories development Research Unit (DTM- Grenoble) and Water resource management, actors and uses (G-EAU, Montpellier)

Address: rue de la papeterie, 38402 Saint-Martin-d'Hères Cedex, France

Legal status: public

Website (not verified): http://www.irstea.fr/en/research/research-units/dtm

Total budget: EUR 307 519.85

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Foundation Pro Terra Engadine

Strategic Planning for Alpine River Ecosystems – Integrating protection and development

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Regional Agency for Environment Protection of Aosta Valley

Strategic Planning for Alpine River Ecosystems – Integrating protection and development

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Office of the Upper Austrian Government

Strategic Planning for Alpine River Ecosystems – Integrating protection and development

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Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia

Strategic Planning for Alpine River Ecosystems – Integrating protection and development

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Commission Internationale pour la Protection des Alpes

Strategic Planning for Alpine River Ecosystems – Integrating protection and development

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Regional Agency for Environmental Protection and Prevention of Veneto

Strategic Planning for Alpine River Ecosystems – Integrating protection and development

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University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management

Strategic Planning for Alpine River Ecosystems – Integrating protection and development

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River Drôme watershed local authority

Strategic Planning for Alpine River Ecosystems – Integrating protection and development

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French National Research Institute for Science & Technology for the Environment & Agriculture

Strategic Planning for Alpine River Ecosystems – Integrating protection and development

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Summary

Project name (EN): Strategic Planning for Alpine River Ecosystems – Integrating protection and development

Project acronym: SPARE

Project start date: 2015-12-16

Project end date: 2018-12-15

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 184 820.46

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 669 520.75

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

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 669 520.75.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

Final Report: Implementation & results of monitoring and evaluation methods

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/spare/en/home

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-11-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Report on the status of Alpine river ecosystems

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/spare/en/home

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-03-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Strategic Framework for Alpine River protection and managment - A guidance document

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/spare/en/home

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-12-15

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Guideline on monitoring and evaluation methods "Local Capacity in River Protection and Managment"

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/spare/en/home

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-06-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Books

Handbook to Integrated Water Managment

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Book

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/spare/en/home

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-12-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Brochures / magazines / manuals

Alpine Rivers as societies lifeline

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/spare/en/home

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-12-15

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

SPARE in a Nutshell

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/spare/en/home

Publication date: 2020-01-30

Document date: 2018-12-01

Languages: en

Panel discussion - Final Conference AlpES & SPARE

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/spare/en/home

Publication date: 2020-01-30

Document date: 2018-12-15

Languages: en

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Alpine Space

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-08-11

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

64 / 64 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

752 / 752 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.alpine-space.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2022-11-20 and 2024-03-11.

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Strategic Planning for Alpine River Ecosystems – Integrating protection and development

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