The SPARE project aims to improve strategic river management approaches across different governance levels in the European Alpine region. It seeks to capitalize on existing river management challenges and solutions, increase awareness of river ecosystems, and develop tools to facilitate knowledge transfer and multi-level participation between actors. The project will produce a collection of best practices, a toolkit to support governance and participation processes, guidance on innovative river protection strategies, and an online platform for knowledge exchange. It involves 9 partners and 30 observers across several Alpine countries and will pilot case studies on 6 river basins to test participatory water governance methods.

1. European Regional Development Fund
SPARE
«Strategic Planning for
Alpine Riverine Ecosystems»
Integrative methods for enhancing
protection and conservation
29.07.2016 / NILS FERRAND

2. http://www.alpine-space.eu/SPARE
In ASP 2014-2020  aims
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Priority 3 “Liveable Alpine Space”:
“Enhance the protection, the conservation and the
ecological connectivity of Alpine Space Ecosystems”
■ Aims to:
- harmonise management approaches,
- facilitate knowledge transfer and
- share responsibilities with the goal of integrating
ecosystems functions and needs into policies
■ Focus on: policy implementation
■ Contribute to: transnational, national and regional
(governance) instruments and strategies for decision-
making processes

3. http://www.alpine-space.eu/SPARE
SPARE – Overall objectives
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■ to capitalize and improve strategic river management
approaches across different spatial and governance
levels of the Alps
catchment wide perspective
improved participation process
exchange of experiences
going beyond administrative borders
transnational cooperation
■ To increase awareness of functions, services and the
vulnerability of Alpine river ecosystems for successful
protection activities
commitment between actors at all levels
protection strategies from local - supra-regional level

4. http://www.alpine-space.eu/SPARE
SPARE – Main outputs
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■ Collection of river management challenges & best
solutions
■ Set of governance tools (“Toolkit for multi-level
participation”)
■ Guidance on innovative river protection &
management processes across different sectors,
spatial scales & administrative levels
■ Interactive platform of knowledge exchange ->
“Action & Policy Support Service”, APSS
■ Pan-Alpine overview of priority rivers with high
protection need

5. http://www.alpine-space.eu/SPARE
-- partners --
Fundaziun
Pro Terra Engiadina
9 partners
30 observateurs
Leader :
Université BOKU,
Vienne (Autriche)
SUISSE AUTRICHE
ITALIE
SLOVENIEFRANCE
LICHTENSTEIN
OECD-WGI is the main transnational observer

6. http://www.alpine-space.eu/SPARE
Pilot case studies
Soca Basin
Drôme
Inn/ Engadin
Dora Baltea
Upper Austria
Steyr

7. http://www.alpine-space.eu/SPARE
Water Governance in SPARE
(From Task ,1 Irstea lead)
Foster integration and implementation by innovative
participatory methods & tools for all pilot cases :
1. Implementation of the CoOPLAaGE toolkit
(demonstrated at OECD WGI workshop, Paris, Nov 2015)
2. Multi-level engagement outscaled to the larger public
3. SMAG Self-Modeling for Assessing Governance
4. Pre-participation PRE-PAR to let actors choose their way
5. MyRiverKit: a simple wide public discussion toolkit
6. Action & Policy Support Service : e-learning + steering
workflow + governance methods access board
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