Verba Alpina is an international project, directed by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, which aims to assemble dialectal words from official Alpine languages (French, Italian, German, Slovene and Romansh), specific to the Alpine regions regardless of political borders. It was launched in October 2014 and it lasts until the end of September 2017, with the possibility of continuation.

The vocabulary concerned touches mostly natural and cultural heritage, traditional craftsman techniques and ways of life: anyone can register and contribute words from their dialect. The main output of the project is an online platform, complete with database, interactive cartography, scientific articles and methodology. This way, the data from existing linguistic atlases can be made easily available to the public in an improved, coherent and multidimensional form.

The project is supported by numerous partners, and is mostly intended for scientific public, but is also easily understandable to general public thanks to the interactive map.

You can find out more about the project here.

We are pleased to announce that the registration is now open for the international Conference and Exhibition: "The Wolf in the Alpine cultural landscape -  chances and challenges". 

The conference will take place from the 16th to the 18th of May 2017 in Sölk, Sölktäler Nature Park (Styria – Austria).

Please fill in the registration form attached and send it back to: kontakt@naturparkakademie.at before the 2nd May 2017.

For further information on the Conference, please find attached the programme and practical information.

This event is co-organised by SÖLKTÄLER NATURE PARK with ALPARC.

With the financial support of:

The Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention is organizing the “We are Alps “ journalist tour:  an annual event for a group of journalists who will be crossing the Alps in a week-long excursion.  The upcoming edition will take place from the 25th June to the 2nd July 2017 and will be focused on the topic of WATER IN THE ALPS. The application for potential journalist participants is currently open! 

Interested journalists are invited to apply by the deadline on the 30th of April 2017. Selected candidates will be notified by mid-May.

The small group of journalists taking part in the event will be using sustainable means of transport (trains, buses, boats, bicycles) on a route from Vienna to Monaco.

During the excursion, the group will have the chance to be involved in different activities related to the topic of this year, notably meeting actors of flagship projects for innovative water management and many other people from the alps (experts, representatives of the civil society, of different economic sectors and different administrative levels, business people, workers, farmers and politicians). The event is an occasion to raise awareness on the challenges and opportunities of the Alpine area with a specific focus on water. 

For further information about the event, the selection procedure and other details, please visit the following link: http://www.alpconv.org/en/activities/wearealps/WeareAlps2017/default.html

Euromab 2017: European and North American Biosphere Reserve meetings, Dordogne Basin Biosphere Reserve, France

The first workshop of the WeWild project took place in Vorarlberg (Austria) last week, on March 23rd and 24th 2017. Attended by 18 participants from six countries, it offered two intense and productive days of exchange and brain-storming. The aim was to exchange on experiences of information and communication campaigns regarding wildlife disturbance in winter and to develop elements for a joint initiative of Alpine protected areas. The exchange highlighted valuable information and ideas for such common initiative.

The participants worked in groups to identify the main needs of a transnational communication strategy and discussed the design of first common tools in a session of round-tables. These tools, a website, a video-clip and a graphical identity will be developed and made available to all ALPARC members by January 2018.

The workshop included a short field trip, organized by the hosting Nagelfluhkette nature park, during which we saw and discussed different on-site information panels used on the Austrian and German sides of the border. The park staff explained their campaign “Your space of freedom – my living space”, which groups both German and Austrian information campaigns. Since 2008, the nature park brings together the southern part of Allgäu region in Germany and the region Bregenzerwald in Austria; it was the first trans-border nature park between the two countries. Alongside agriculture, tourism is one of the main economic activities, with 2,5 million overnight stays each year.

Nature park Adamello Brenta (ITA) invites you to an evening dedicated to the mountain fauna in the park. During the conference, students that have worked on the subject for their thesis will present the results of their research. The event will take place in the conference hall of Palazzo Lodron Bertelli in Caderzone Terme on Friday, March 24th at 20h30.

For more information, please contact : + 39 (0)465.806666 / info@pnab.it

www.pnab.it

Please find the official invitation in the attachment here below.

WeWild Workshop 1 in Lingenau, Nagelfluhkette nature park (AT)

Further information at http://www.alparc.org/our-actions/economy-and-life-quality/wewild

In the frame of Interreg Alpine Space programme, the forum will include workshops on how to identify Alpine challenges and how to initiate and develop projects on an international scale with the help of digital tools. The event will be attended by the representatives of EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP). For more information, go to: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/newsroom/events/2017/03/meet-match-forum-together-we-move-mountains.

Parkfest aims to present the parks of the eastern half of the Alpine arc, their characteristics and their offer. It has an international reach and is organized in the frame of the European Day of Parks. The programme will include exhibition stands with typical products and publications of the invited parks, street shows, sporting activities and folk dance groups parade.

For further info: Parco naturale delle prealpi Giulie,

http://www.parcoprealpigiulie.it/.

The Association Interpret Europe propose an International Certified Interpretative Guide Course in France. The course will take place from the 8th to the 12th of May 2017 . The venue of the course is the South of France on the Ferme sur le Parc, in Venasque, Vaucluse.

Certified -Interpretive Guide course is intended for guides and heritage professionals who would like to improve the quality of their performance using heritage interpretation. Heritage interpretation can be an extremely useful tool to engage with an audience and make heritage more meaningful to people. The  course venue  is surrounded by natural and cultural heritage, orchards, vineyards and ancient stone huts, an atmosphere which guarantees inspiration.  The training uses a tested learning methodology heavily weighted to practical exercises, conducted individually and in groups, which allows you to develop your talents day by day.  The course is endorsed by Interpret Europe and delivered by a certified trainer, Sandy Colvine.

To register, please fill the online form here.
For further info please download the document attached.

SUBMIT YOUR SESSION CONTRIBUTION NOW!

National Parks Austria & Hohe Tauern National Park are pleased to invite you to present your latest protected areas research at the 6th International Symposium for Research in Protected Areas, 2-4 November 2017. The symposium will be held at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Salzburg, Austria.

Call for contributions :
We invite you to submit presentations for the themed sessions listed below. Please enter your session contribution no later than 13 March 2017 online on www.nationalparksaustria.at/symposium2017.

For more information click here.

Come to discover or rediscover the exhibition "Alps through Time", at la maison des Soeurs of Chapelle d'Abondance in France, from the 18th of December 2016 to the 2nd of April 2017 and from the 1st of July to the 18 September 2017.

You will  embark on an journey through time that will show you the evolution of the alpine landscape.

This exhibition has been created by ALPARC in the frame of the European programme ALPENCOM (Alpine Environmental Communication, Work Package 4) and with the support of Rhône-Alpes and PACA region.

For more information : http://www.lachapelle74.com/expo-annuelle-culture.html