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Berlin is calling 🌃 The leading trade show for the global tourism industry ITB Berlin 2025 takes place next week. It offers a great opportunity to see familiar faces, meet new ones and discuss the latest trends, developments and products in the many interlinked areas of #tourism. There will also be plenty of valuable presentations and dialogue formats in the supporting programme, including on sustainability and responsible tourism. If you will be at the ITB and are interested in cooperation or have any questions about #AlpinePearls you can meet Michael Oberhofer from the Alpine Pearls management team there. 📆 4-6 March 2025 📌 hall 7.1C, stand 109 #itb #itbBerlin #itb2025 #connect Photo: Alan Kraus

🌍🔋 A Case for Change in the Energy Landscape! 🔋🌍 Curious about how local communities can take charge of renewable energy Join us for an exclusive online learning lab on February 28, 2025, at 11:00 CET to explore the inspiring journey of the Telheiras/Lumiar Renewable Energy Community in Portugal! 👥 What You’ll Learn: ✅ How this citizen-led energy community was created to serve energy-poor households ✅ How digital tools are empowering their success ✅ The role of energy communities in Portugal’s energy transition 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/da6RKfJn Let’s rethink energy—for the people, by the people! 🚀♻ #RenewableEnergy #EnergyCommunities #Sustainability #DECAProject

Tourism is a cross-cutting activity that can contribute to the three dimensions of sustainable development and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and thus contributes to the resilience of regions, but should also be resilient in itself. 🎉 Today's 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 aims to highlight the need to promote resilient tourism development to cope with shocks, taking into account the vulnerability of the tourism sector to emergencies, global challenges and changes. It is also a call to action to develop national strategies for post-disaster recovery, including through public-private cooperation and diversification of activities and products. 💪 In the work of Alpine Pearls, we are actively committed to making tourism more sustainable and resilient, for example in the areas of tourism mobility, youth participation, rural development, climate protection and adaptation to climate change or governance. #tourism #resilience #sustainability #development #SDGs

The #BeyondSnow project is always present in our pilot community and is a linked topic at the local winter events 📆📌 We are very pleased about the broad interest and also the wonderful support of the local stakeholders, who we were able to engage in a broad participation process and who are an active local voice for the project. In recent months, the project was presented for example at the local Christmas market, the International Sled Dog Race and the Erztrophy Ski Mountaineering Race incl. ISMF World Championships for Masters in Werfenweng. 🤯 We are now already in the final year of the project! And there will be some more interesting and engaging activities on resilient destination management and climate change adaptation. #projects #tourism #events #interreg | Werfenweng Tourismus

Your chance to win fantastic prizes! 😲 We invite you to join this inspiring initiative aimed at capturing the transformation of life in the Alpine region as it adapts to the challenges of climate change, which we deal with in the #BeyondSnow project. Whether you are a professional photographer, an amateur, or simply passionate about the mountains, this contest gives you the opportunity to share your vision of a sustainable future in the Alps. These are the catagories: 📸 Beyond Snow and Skiing 📸 Sustainable Climate Change Adaptation 📸 BeyondSnow Pilot Areas You can win Interreg passes, a camera, a rucksack and lots of great experiences in our pilot areas around the Alps! 😍 https://lnkd.in/e2yfTP-g

On air: New podcast episode 🎙️🎧 CIPRA Austria runs the great podcast series "Alpenrauschen" in which people who are committed to sustainable development in the Alps contribute their views and present relevant topics and projects. Our project manager Sarah Twardella talked with Managing Director Paul Kuncio about general mountain topics and shared insights into the #BeyondSnow project, where various activities like stakeholder workshops, public events and the development of climate change adaption strategies in the pilot regions as well as the launch of a digital tool has been happening in the last year. Thanks for the invitation and the nice chat! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/euZkgr-7 #podcast #projects #AlpinePearls #Interreg #tourism Photo: Michele Maggi

The (happy) end of #ReactiveYouth is there 🎉😭 In the last two weeks, we have been busy with two events in the municipality of Werfenweng and Stadtgemeinde Oberndorf bei Salzburg, at which we had the pleasure of presenting the final project results of Reactive Youth. These events provided a fantastic opportunity to present the three project’s key outputs and materials and engage in discussions about how these outputs can be implemented in future initiatives to strengthen youth participation in rural areas. Great to have diverse backgrounds of local organisations on-site and to speak with three mayors and other supportive representatives of the municipalities, the youth centre, social and sports associations, regional management and tourism DMO like LEADER Flachgau-Nord and Werfenweng Tourismus, cable car company and accommodation provider - and young people. In the topics of rural development, local identity and youth engagement the cooperation of all stakeholders and the whole community is very precious. We are excited to see how our Alpine Pearls members and other regions in Europe will implement these results and create a lasting impact in their communities! 🙏 Let’s ensure that young voices are not just heard but actively shape the future! #AlpinePearls #Erasmus+ #ReactiveYouth #YouthEngagement #RuralDevelopment | Neo Sapiens | Polygonal | Pista Mágica

Rethinking Youth Engagement – the results of #ReactiveYouth are here! 🎉 We are thrilled to announce the final results of the Erasmus+ project Reactive Youth! These tools and insights are now available to download for free on our website and the project page – in German, Italian, Slovenian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Greek. Key outputs of the project: 🧩 Policy Brief: A concise guide for policymakers with recommendations on fostering youth participation in rural areas. 🧩 Toolkit: A practical resource for youth workers, featuring ready-to-use workshop plans and activities. 🧩 Identity Maps: Creative maps showcasing how young people perceive their home regions, available in print and enhanced digitally with QR codes for additional information This project highlights how empowering young people can make rural regions more vibrant and future-ready. Thank you to all project partners, the pilot region and all participants! It is lovely to see that these tools are being used in practice and can be used as seeds for new initiatives and cooperation. Read and download the results and get inspired ➡️ https://lnkd.in/euRkdxw4 #ReactiveYouth #ErasmusPlus #YouthEngagement #AlpinePearls Neo Sapiens | Polygonal | Pista Mágica | Sarah Zuschnig | Sarah Twardella