Alpine Space Summit Work Group meeting: A Strategy for the Enhancement of the Alpine Space Typical P

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Alpine Space SummitWork Group meetingA
Strategy for the Enhancement of the Alpine Space
Typical Products
CRAFTS
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CRAFTS
COOPERATION AMONG REGIONS OF THE ALPS TO FORWARD
TRANS-SECTORIAL AND TRANSNATIONAL SYNERGIES
REFERENCE TO THE OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME PRIORITY
3, MEASURE 3.2
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PARTNERSHIP
LEAD PARTNER - Friuli Venezia Giulia Region
(IT) PROJECT PARTNERS - GAL Appennino Genovese
Liguria Region (IT) - Lombardy Region (IT) -
Valle dAosta Region (IT) - Piedmont Region
(IT) - Metrò Grenoble (F) - SIR Fachbereich
Dorf und Stadterneuerung Salzburg (A) - GLATI
Tessin (CH) - Mestna Obcina Nova Gorica (SLO) -
Krajevna Skupnost Solkan (SLO) - Rezbarsko,
Intarzijsko in Restavratorsko Drustvo Solkan
(SLO) - Srednja Lesarska Sola Nova Gorica (SLO)
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BACKGROUND
The cultural heritage of the Alpine Area Regions
has run the risk of disappearing because of
depopulation, radical social modifications and,
above all, technological progress the
traditional artisan activities, techniques and
specific know how, that were at the base of
mountain economy, have been almost completely
abandoned and it is particularly difficult to
stimulate a generation-turnover. Handicraft
culture and traditional techniques are a unique
heritage that must be preserved and turned into
an economic opportunity for Alpine territories,
through the experimentation and development of
synergies with tourism, in order to enhanced the
territory, maintain the population and improve
local services.
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PROBLEMS THAT HAVE GENERATED THE IDEA
depopulation and radical social modification

• disappearing of traditional techniques

• little consideration of the field by new
  generations

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POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS key word SINERGY

• creation of synergies with tourism
• introduction of the title of Shop of
  Excellence
• creation of Schools Shop
• exchanges between masters of arts crafts

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COHERENCE WITH THE ALPINE SPACE PROGRAMME

• strengthening competitiveness
• development of networks
• exchange of good practices between regions of
  the alps
• reinforcement of transnational cooperation
• safeguarding and improving culturale heritage

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ACTIVITIES FORESEEN - 1 -

• survey of typical artisan business and
  identification of qualification and experience
  required for the recognition of excellence
• pilot projects for the ehancement of villages
  through the synergiy between artscrafts and
  tourism
• re-activationg artisans shops for production and
  exhibition managed by resident artisans and
  start-up of new businesses
• activating exchanges between master artisans of
  partner countries with the aim of favouring
  confrontation between the different processing
  techniques
• planning in collaboration with all partners,
  training courses for young people in order to
  favour generation turnover

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ACTIVITIES FORESEEN - 2 -

• organisation in the shops of short training
  courses for tourists on the various techniques
  utilised
• organisation of thematic exhibition of arts
  crafts manifactures in collaboration with all
  partners
• dissemination of results

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EXPECTED RESULTS

• rules and regulations for the award of artisans
  excellency
• training opportunities for young people
• pilot project villages/initiatives for
  experimenting synergies
• website
• transnational fair on arts crafts
• permanent work group between public and private
  institutions

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MAIN PROJECT OUTPUTS - 1 -
The project has elaborated a methodology to
define and develop synergies between Alpine Space
traditional arts crafts and tourism in order to
preserve and enhance handicraft heritage and to
guarantee an adequate income to the Alpine
populations. Project partners have developed 5
pilot projects 1) Re-activation of artisans
shops for the production, exhibition and sale of
products managed by resident artisans 2)
Creation of an Hemp Route including the
construction of a tilled field and of an
eco-museum 3) Museums of enterprises a network
of business museums for niche artisan activities
4) International Exhibition on Wood of Grenoble
a European meeting on wood sector 5) Tourist
itinerary that re-discovers the artisan
traditions of the area concerned. At present
the methodology CRAFTS project proposes makes up
the base for the definition of rules and
regulations concerning traditional excellence in
the arts crafts. Furthermore, the results of
the pilot projects are being used by the
administrative bodies of the single partner
Regions for the elaboration of strategies of
intervention to guarantee sustainable development
and, in general, for the formulation of specific
bills in support of the socio-economic marginal
alpine areas. Furthermore project results
represents the base of integration plans with
other sectors such as agriculture and retail
businesses.
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MAIN PROJECT OUTPUTS -2 -
CRAFTS web site http//www.craftsproject.org
where it is possible to find all relevant and
detailed information on project objectives,
methodology, pilot projects, results,
partnership, press release, publications and
events carried out within project activities.