Welcome to the official page of the EU Community Initiative INTERREG III B Alpine Space Programme. This page gives you comprehensive and updated information about the Programme area, the Programme structures, approved projects, co-operations and latest news about activities and events.

Partners coming from the five EU member States, Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia, as well as from the two non-member States Liechtenstein and Switzerland, are invited to take part in the Programme.

Innovative projects as well as networks based on transnational co-operation shall enforce the European spirit in the Alpine Area.

	To establish the Alpine Space as a powerful area in the European network of development areas: this requires a common understanding of the role of the Alpine Space in terms of sustainable spatial development and to promote actively this by carrying out various activities and measures.
	To initialise and support sustainable development initiatives within the Alpine Space under consideration of the relationship between the alpine core region and the fringes of the Alps. This would cover transnational activities in various sectors from Community to municipal level by focusing on the most important issues of the Alpine development.
	To find efficient solutions in the domains of accessibility and transport by promoting sustainable modes of transport and communication.
	To safeguard the diversity of the natural and cultural heritage and to protect the population and infrastructure from natural hazards by the development of common tools, exchange of methods and information.