Specific aims of the study on the services and their sustainability in the mountain areas

• The search of quality indicators able to describe the quality of services in the mountain areas, highlighting the specific characteristics of the mountain areas compared with plain or metropolitan areas and facilitating the comparison between different mountainous areas.
• The identification of critical points, of good practices and of the related success factors, and of innovative strategies in the management of public services;

Since the services are too large a field to be studied in its entirety the Working Group chose to identify three service systems to be the object of the study:

• The System of infrastructural services
• The System of services related to culture and free time
• The System of social and health services

"The future of public services in the Alps: Challenges – chances – good practice".

We would like to draw your attention to the international workshop "The future of public services in the Alps: Challenges – chances – good practice". It takes place in the frame of the CIPRA project "Future in the Alps" in cooperation with the PUSEMOR project, from February 28th to March 1st, 2007, in Warmbad Villach, Austria. The workshop languages are German, French, Italian and Slovene.

Details at: http://www.cipra.org/future
Registration form: http://www.cipra.org/future                                           For any questions please contact ore@ktn.gv.at