On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at Casa Lombardia in Brussels, the final event of the European project TranStat – Transition to Sustainable Ski Tourism in the Alps of Tomorrow will take place. The event is dedicated to policies supporting the sustainable transition of Alpine ski resorts. Organized by the Lombardy Region in collaboration with UNIMONT – Centre of Excellence of the University of Milan, the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Region, and the project lead INRAE – the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, the initiative marks the culmination of a process of dialogue and experimentation involving institutions, researchers, and stakeholders from six Alpine countries.
The event, scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., will provide an opportunity to present and discuss the policy recommendations developed during the project, with the goal of guiding the transition toward more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable development models for European mountain areas.
The morning will open with institutional greetings from the Lombardy Region, INRAE, and UNIMONT, followed by a presentation of the project’s main results and policy recommendations by Emmanuelle George (INRAE) and Marusa Goluza (Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts).
Two round tables will follow, focusing respectively on European projects and initiatives for the transition of mountain areas and on European-level strategies for the sustainable development of ski resorts. Among the participants: Anna Giorgi (Head of the UNIMONT Centre, University of Milan – Horizon Europe MountResilience), Andrea Omizzolo (EURAC Research – Interreg Alpine Space Beyond Snow), Lucas Meheux (Agence des Pyrénées), and representatives from EUSALP, Arge Alp, the Alpine Space Programme, and other key actors in Alpine policy.
The morning will conclude with a session coordinated by the Lombardy Region and UNIMONT, dedicated to sharing results and defining operational proposals with the participation of representatives from the European Commission (DG AGRI) and the European Committee of the Regions.
The event, open upon registration to European policymakers and mountain stakeholders, represents a key moment of synthesis and forward-looking dialogue to define common tools and policies supporting Alpine regions in a context of climate change and socioeconomic transformation.
The TranStat project, co-financed by the Interreg Alpine Space Programme, will continue until the end of 2025 with the dissemination of results and the promotion of shared strategies to strengthen the resilience of European mountain areas.