The document summarizes a conference on water and energy in the Alpine cooperation area. It discusses 6 EU-funded projects focusing on these issues, including AlpEnergy, Silmas, and SHARE. SHARE takes a strategic, transnational approach to improved water management and governance through tools like a decision support system. The conference emphasizes sustainability of the projects' results and tools. It also outlines the European context of water and energy directives and goals to inform the future Alpine Space Programme post-2013.

1. SHARE Final Conference
Aosta, 24 May 2012
Alpine Space Programme:
Water and Energy importance in the cooperation area
Julia Chenut,
Joint Technical Secretariat of the Alpine Space Programme

2. European Cohesion Policy and the Alpine Space Programme

3. The cooperation area

4. Thematic fields of cooperation
The Alpine Space Programme 2007 – 2013 identifies three
thematic fields of cooperation called „priorities“:

5. 13 Projects
Eg. AlpEnergy - http://www.alpenergy.net
Virtual Power Systems as an Instrument to Promote Transnational
Cooperation and Sustainable Energy Supply in the Alpine Space

6. AlpEnergy visualisation tool:
A virtual power system
http://www.alpenergy-visualisierung.de

7. Accessibility and Connectivity
11 Projects
Eg. PARAmount - http://www.paramount-project.eu/
imProved Accessibility:
Reliability and security of Alpine transport infrastructure
related to mountainous hazards in a changing climate

8. PARAmount operative tool
for a complete debris flow process simulation

9. Environment and Risk Prevention
11 Projects
Eg. SILMAS - http://www.silmas.eu/
Sustainable Instruments for Lakes Management
in the Alpine Space

10. SILMAS serious game
based on a playful interface to discover lake’s ecosystem and functioning

11. Water and Energy:
2 core challenges for the European Union
+ WFD (2000) and RES-e (2001) directives
+ In view of the Blueprint to safeguard Europe’s Water:
+To develop options to improve the quality of the knowledge
base for water policy making;
+To improve governance in water policy.
+ EU 2020 – sustainable growth:
+Target of 20% of energy from renewables
+ COMM EC 2011: Regional Policy contributing to
sustainable growth in EU 2020:
+Transition to a low carbon economy: focus investments on
renewable energies
+Focus on preserving and maximising the potential of the
natural environment.

12. Water and Energy in the Alpine Space
Programme
+ 6 projects approved so far: AlpEnergy, Alp-Water-
Scarce, CO2 Neutralp, Enerbuild, Silmas, SHARE.
+ Hydropower and water ecosystems in the Operational
Programme of the Alpine Space Programme:
+Pinpointed by experts in the Strategic Environmental
Assessment of the Programme;
+ Highlighted by the European Commission;
+Very closely checked during the evaluation of
projects and monitored during their implementation.

13. SHARE
A strategic project
+ In line with EU policies and orientations concerning water
and energy;
+ Shared transnational solutions and tools for improved water
management and governance;
+ A unprejudiced methodology and tool through an innovative
approach: Multi Criteria Analysis
+ A constant quality improvement throught the involvement of
stakeholders in the Permanent Technical Panel
+ Cooperation with the Water Platform of the Alpine
Convention

14. What is still expected from the project
+ Long term sustainability of SHARE tools (DSS) and
platforms
+ Sustainability of the pilot actions
+ Keeping alive the Permanent Technical Panel
+ Capitalise on achieved results, eg. Broad implement the
improved MCA
+ A targeted transfer of the results to practitioners,
administrations and policy makers.

15. The Alpine Space Programme 2007-2013:
2013 +
EC draft Regulation on Structural Funds: Fall 2011
First elements proposed by EC:
- Increased budget for ETC 11,7B€
- Specific regulation for ETC (cooperation across borders)
- Simplification : specific eligibility rules, state aid regulation etc…
 to be followed…. http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy
Content: concentration to best contribute to the EU 2020 strategy!
ASP Vision post 2013: Strategy Development Project:
- Analysis
- Stakeholder dialogues
- Development options

16. Where to find further information?
www.alpine-space.eu
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy
Thank you for your attention!