GOVQoL – Empowering Alpine communities to improve their quality of life
Focusing on the local governance, GOVQoL offers a transformative approach by empowering Alpine communities with the necessary tools, knowledge, and skills to integrate QoL into their policy-making processes.
The project recognizes that local governance plays a crucial role in improving the daily lives of residents and ensuring that QoL is embedded in long-term strategies.
Through GOVQoL, we aim to build the capacity of local administrations, engage diverse stakeholders, and create place-based solutions that are not only responsive to local needs but also aligned with broader Alpine policies.
By increasing local governments’ and stakeholders’ knowledge with exchanges of best practices, and by supporting them in developing local roadmaps for action, GOVQoL aims to contribute to a more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient Alpine region. With its focus on local governance and community-led participation, this project will empower policy-making in the Alpine communities and make it more place-based and considerate of QoL.
Full project name: GOVQoL – Empowering local governance of Alpine communities for a better quality of life
Objectives:
- Analyse the current state of the local governance concerning QoL
- Improve the skills of the local administration
- Empower the governance capacity of Alpine communities by embedding QoL in long-term policy-making
- Increase stakeholders’ knowledge and awareness to be more sensitive and proactive in considering QoL as a relevant policy issue
Key activities:
- On-site workshops with local communities to evaluate the current state of QoL governance in selected Alpine communities, identify gaps, and build tailored solutions;
- Awareness raising seminars to increase understanding of QoL governance and highlight the impact for Alpine communities;
- Place-based roadmaps for the development of actionable local strategies to integrate QoL in policy-making processes on a long-term basis;
- Alpine umbrella roadmap gathering best practices and governance instruments in a handbook, available in all Alpine languages.
- University of Ljubljana (LP)
- Community Network Alliance in the Alps
- Politecnico di Torino
- CIPRA France
Countries involved: Slovenia, Germany, Italy, France
Project languages: English and Alpine languages
Project budget: 442.499,50 €
Co-financing amount (Interreg): 331.875,00 €
The project is part of the Interreg Alpine Space Programme. The Interreg Alpine Space Programme co-finances and supports cooperation projects across the borders of seven Alpine countries.
