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The newly published report from AlpWeek 2024 highlights key discussions and strategies for ensuring a sustainable future for the Alpine region. Held in Nova Gorica/SL the event gathered over 200 participants from politics, research, non-profits, and civil society under the theme “Alps in Our Hands”.

The ‘Climate & Municipalities’ webinar on 13 January 2025 provided an overview of innovative approaches and proven measures in the field of climate action, specifically tailored to the challenges and potential of Alpine towns and municipalities.

How can cities and municipalities actively contribute to the restoration of nature? This question was the focus of the webinar ‘Nature Restoration and Municipalities’, which was organised by the two networks Alliance in the Alps and Alpine Town of the Year on 12 December 2024.

Numerous members of the association gathered in Nova Gorica/SL at the end of September for the general assembly to discuss current issues and actively shape the future of the association.

A look back, a look forwards: twenty years after the first AlpWeek, the eighth edition of the international conference brought over 200 people to Nova Gorica/SL to discuss what is important in the development of the Alpine region. The ‘Alpine Town of the Year’ association was involved in the preparations, realisation and follow-up of the Alpine Week, which also included our general meeting.

Once a year, the Alpine Convention pays tribute to the cultural heritage in the Alps with the Alpine-wide ‘Reading Mountains Festival’, which consists of a mosaic of events organised by our partners throughout the Alpine region and beyond.

Which successes, initiatives and policies have influenced the sustainable development of the Alps in the last 20 years? How do we shape the next 20 years? Two decades after the first AlpWeek in Kranjska Gora/SI, the 8th edition will take place in September 2024 in Nova Gorica/SL.

Das alpine Siedlungssystem kann in vielerlei Hinsicht auf seinen sozioökonomischen Stärken aufbauen: Die demografische Entwicklung ist positiver als in vielen anderen europäischen Regionen.