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We keep repeating the saying »Youth is the hope of our future«, but it is their needs that are usually overlooked in decision-making processes, either because they are not represented or because their opinions and needs are not part of the research.

The Alpine Compass project aimed to address the needs of Alpine youth for quality of life while fostering stronger connections between research, practice and policy on one side and youth and sustainable development on the other hand. Its objectives included enhancing the capabilities of partner organisations for transnational collaboration, empowering and connecting young people in Alpine communities, and raising awareness among decision-makers about youth needs and a sustainable and spatially balanced development of the Alps for present and future generations.

The Alpine Compass project addressed the transnational challenge of the need to integrate a quality of life perspective into policy documents through a variety of activities (webinars, Living Labs, interviews, workshops, etc.) and target groups (project collaborators, young people in the Alps and decision-makers).

This dossier is a collection of some of the work done through the project and describes some of the main activities such as the ESPON webinar: Quality of life and the workshop for Project Partners: Youth participation in the Alps and Workshop: Alpine policy frameworks and opportunities for youth participation in the Alps, national kick-off meetings, desk research on quality of life, a summary of the interviews, the organisation and implementation of the Living labs and the workshop for formulation of the postulates: how to build political demands from needs and challenges, online preparation and mentoring for the presentation of the postulates and the presentation of the postulates in front of the delegations of the Alpine Convention by the young people living in the Alpine regions.

*The Alpine Compass project is co-financed by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union, funded by the European Union. 

Further information:

Dijana Čataković, CIPRA Slovenija, [email protected]
Henriette Adolf, CIPRA Germany, [email protected]