The consortium is constituted by the leading institutions in European mountain research and networking, the leading mountain practitioner association, and a pre-eminent environmental policy and communications firm. This composition guarantees high-quality results for linking science to practice.
In the consortium, the lead partner Austrian Academy of Science (OEAW) – with its Institute for Mountain Research: Man & Environment – has extensive experience as a coordinator of, and a partner within, FP, Interreg and national projects to promote competitiveness and to enhance sustainable development.
Euromontana (EM) is the European multisectoral association for co-operation and development of mountain territories. Euromontana includes 72 regional and national mountain organisations in 18 European countries, including regional development agencies, local authorities, agriculture organisations, environmental agencies, and forestry organisations. Many of them are end-users or in direct contact with end-users at local level. In the project, Euromontana represents the diverse associations of practitioners and will bring its members directly into project activities.
The Mountain Research Initiative (UNIBE (MRI)) – a research coordination project endorsed by IHDP, IGBP and UNESCO’s MAB programme and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation – contributes its expertise in communication and networking within and across different mountain regions.
Ecologic Institute (EL) is a private non-profit applied environmental research and policy analysis consultancy with offices in Berlin, Brussels, Vienna, and Washington DC, experienced in understanding practitioners’ needs and elaborating appropriate information strategies.
With the Centre of Mountain Studies, Perth College (PC), the consortium gains the experience of another outstanding scientific institution in the field of mountain sustainable development, which has participated in FP projects and is active at the global scale.
The Jagiellonian University is a leading institution in Geographic Information Technology (GIT) and will integrate this expertise to the project. It has an expertise in providing on-line distance education and training in the field of GIT. It has also a long tradition of mountain research in the area of the Carpathians.
All of these institutions are active not only in undertaking research, but in the communication of research. Together, they form the Project Management Board (PMB) responsible for the project.
mountain.TRIP in Berlin, March 2011
