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UNIMONT AT VIDEOCHAT TG1: INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES IN MOUNTAIN AREAS

On Tuesday, 4th December, Prof. Anna Giorgi, professor of the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and coordinator of the Research Center for the Sustainable Management and Protection of the Mountain Environment – Ge.S.Di.Mont, was invited to VideoChat at TG1 Rai, with Alma Grandin, to talk about the survey carried out by Ge.S.Di.Mont. on innovative […]

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MOUNTAINS AND CITIES: the young are protagonists of an alliance for the future

13 DECEMBER 2018 Aula Maggiore, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali – DISAA Università degli Studi di Milano | Via Celoria 2, Milano (MI) — Young entrepreneurs and innovative busi-nesses of Lombardy mountain areas Final event and presentation of the survey “Young entrepreneurs and innovative companies in the mountains in the Lombardy Region”, carried out as […]

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PROMOTING OPEN INNOVATION IN THE EUSALP MACRO-REGION: EXPERIENCES FROM THE ALPINE REGIONS

Action Group 1 – Research and Innovation, led by Professor Anna Giorgi, organized a workshop dedicated to the promotion of Open Innovation in the Alpine area through the presentation of different experiences in EUSALP Regions during the 2nd Annual Forum of the European Strategy for the Macro Alpine Region (EUSALP), on November 21st in Innsbruck […]

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RESPONSIBLE ENJOYMENT OF MOUNTAIN AREAS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS

A conference dedicated to new ways of visiting the mountains, some of which are induced by the dynamics of social networks, took place in the conference hall of Longarone Fiere in Longarone on Saturday 24th November 2018. Considering the negative impacts on the natural environment that derive from a disorderly use of the Alpine environment […]

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Workshop “START-UPS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE AND ALPINE REGION”

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) in collaboration with Technology Park Ljubljana, the Action Group 1 – Research and Innovation of the European Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the SITTO consortia and the Slovenian Public research institutes, is organising on 15th and 16th November 2018 a workshop […]

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MOUNTAINS AND YOUNG PEOPLE – ENERGY FOR DEVELOPMENT

High school students who took part in the project “School and territory” – a pilot project that aimed to bring young people and their school skills to the Canavese territory and the mountains, were protagonists of an initiative dedicated to the role of the new generations in the development of mountain areas and new businesses […]

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Graduation sessions of the A.Y. 2017/2018 of the Degree Course in Conservation and Sustainable Development of Mountain Areas

One student graduated in Conservation and Sustainable Development of Mountain Areas at the Mountain University on 24th September, 2018 at 10.30: ARICOCCHI TERESA – Analysis of the potential of three herbaceous species for environmental restoration interventions . Six students graduated in Conservation and Sustainable Development of Mountain Areas at the Mountain University on 23rd October, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. APPOLONIA ALESSANDRO – The […]

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The Special Mountain Commission of the Lombardy Regional Council visits UNIMONT

The Special Mountain Commission of the Re-gional Council of Lombardy, led by President Gigliola Spelzini, visited the Mountain University (UNIMONT) on Monday 22nd October. The Mountain University, a training and re-search center specialized in the study and analysis of the complexities of the mountain territory, was at the center of the attention of the Special […]

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RIFUGES & BIVOUACS: PROJECTS IN THE-MOUNTAINS AND PROJECTS ON PAPER

Saturday 27th October 2018, 5.30 pm | Turin, National Museum of the Mountain – Sala Stemmi The aim of the meeting is to analyse the state of the art on the design and construction of alpine shelters and bivouacs, highlighting their heritage value and cultural and technical implications, through a comparison between experiences in the field […]

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Mountain general assembly: dialogue and collaboration among the main actors of mountain territories to identify concrete actions and intervention for the enhancement and sustainable development of mountain areas

The Mountain General Assembly was held in Rome on 16th October, organized by the Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomy with delegation for mountain areas, Erika Stefani who presided over the meeting and explained its objectives, that of starting a procedure that calls the stakeholders of Italian mountains together for continuous and effective comparison, in 11 permanent […]

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