Institute for Regional Development - Eurac Research

27/04/2026

Von der Hefejagd ins Glas 🍺 Beim Beer Craft Forum 2026 an Eurac Research wurde deutlich, wohin sich die Bierforschung entwickelt: Lokal und alkoholfrei!

👉 Lokale Hefen rücken wieder in den Fokus. Forschende isolieren sie aus der Umgebung – von alten Braustätten bis hin zu Baumrinden und Erdreich. Das erhöht nicht nur die biologische Vielfalt, sondern eröffnet auch neue geschmackliche Möglichkeiten.

0️⃣ Gleichzeitig geht es um die große Herausforderung unserer Zeit: alkoholfreies Bier, das geschmacklich mit klassischen Bieren mithalten kann. Neue Ansätze – etwa mit speziellen Hefen – zeigen, dass wir diesem Ziel immer näher kommen.

🚜 Dahinter steckt mehr als nur Innovation im Glas: regionale Wertschöpfungsketten. Wenn Getreide, Hopfen und Hefe wieder stärker lokal produziert werden, entstehen neue Perspektiven für Landwirtschaft und Brauereien.

🍻Und das Beste: Das alles blieb nicht Theorie. Die Vielfalt und Qualität alkoholfreier Biere konnte direkt verkostet werden – ein Marktsegment, das längst erwachsen geworden ist.

Die Frage ist nicht mehr, ob sich etwas verändert, sondern wie schnell.

Prost!

Institute for Regional Development - Eurac Research BeerCraftFestival TU München Associazione Unionbirrai Private Brauereien Bayern e.V. Doemens

📷 Eurac Research/Annelie Bortolotti

17/04/2026

Wir freuen uns!
Siamo contenti di fare parte di questo progetto!

Let’s kick it off! Das Projekt GRACE ist offiziell gestartet! 🌱🦋

Am 7. April fand bei Eurac Research das Kick-off-Meeting des Interreg Italien–Österreich Projekts GRACE statt. Gemeinsam mit dem Institute for Regional Development - Eurac Research, dem Land Südtirol | Provincia Bolzano, Università degli Studi di Udine und den Tiroler Landesmuseen sowie den assoziierten Partnern wurden Inhalte und Arbeitsweisen besprochen und die nächsten Schritte festgelegt.

Das Ziel? Gründächer in natürliche Brücken für Schmetterlinge, Fledermäuse und Vögel zu verwandeln und so Verbindungen zwischen urbanen Räumen und natürlichen Lebensräumen zu schaffen.

In immer dichter werdenden Städten sind Gründächer eine konkrete Lösung, um:
📍 die urbane Biodiversität zu fördern
📍 Hitze zu reduzieren und dem Klimawandel entgegenzuwirken
📍 ökologische Korridore zwischen Naturräumen zu schaffen

🤝 Entscheidend ist die Einbindung von Bürger, Schulen und Stakeholdern: Die ökologische Transformation beginnt bei uns allen.

Folgt uns und entdeckt, wie Städte grüner werden können… Dach für Dach!

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Let's kick it off! Il progetto GRACE è ufficialmente partito! 🌱🦋

Il 7 aprile si è svolto presso Eurac Research il kick-off meeting del progetto Interreg Italia–Austria GRACE. Insieme a Institute for Regional Development - Eurac Research, Land Südtirol | Provincia Bolzano e Tiroler Landesmuseen, nonché ai partner associati, sono stati discussi contenuti e modalità operative e sono stati definiti i prossimi passi.

L’obiettivo? Trasformare i tetti verdi in ponti naturali per farfalle, pipistrelli e uccelli, creando connessioni tra ambiente urbano e aree naturali.

In città sempre più dense, i tetti verdi sono una soluzione concreta per:
📍aumentare la biodiversità urbana
📍ridurre il caldo e contrastare i cambiamenti climatici
📍creare corridoi ecologici tra spazi naturali

🤝 Fondamentale sarà il coinvolgimento di cittadini, scuole e stakeholder: la transizione ecologica parte da ciascuno di noi.

Seguiteci per scoprire come rendere le città più verdi… un tetto alla volta!

Europe Direct Südtirol/Alto Adige

📷Oscar Diodoro

16/04/2026

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Let's kick it off! Projekt WeideWert offiziell gestartet! 🌿

Am 9. April fand bei Eurac Research das Kick-Off-Meeting des Interreg Italien Österreich Projekts WeideWert statt. Gemeinsam mit Bcoop Brixen / Bressanone, Hirtenkultur, Institute for Regional Development - Eurac Research und Land Tirol, sowie den assoziierten Partnern wurden Inhalte und Abläufe besprochen und die nächsten Schritte festgelegt.

Das Projekt möchte die gelenkte Weideführung mit Hirten als naturbasierte Lösung in Südtirol und Tirol etablieren, um mehr Biodiversität, bessere Weidequalität und aktive Landschaftspflege zu unterstützen. Außerdem hat es folgende Ziele:
📍Erhalt und Pflege wertvoller Lebensräume
📍Wiedergewinnung artenreicher Flächen
📍Aufbau eines professionellen Hirtenwesens
📍Entwicklung eines neuen „Tools“ zur Umsetzung der EU-Renaturierungsverordnung

Schon bald startet die Beweidung der Pardellweide bei Rodeneck in Südtirol. Dort wird der Verein Hirtenkultur gezielt versuchen, verbuschte Flächen für die Weide wiederzugewinnen und gleichzeitig die lokale Biodiversität zu fördern.

Ihr wollt mehr dazu wissen? Klickt rein in unsere Projektseite!

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Let's kick it off! Il progetto WeideWert è ufficialmente partito! 🌿

Il 9 aprile si è svolto presso Eurac Research il kick-off meeting del progetto Interreg Italia–Austria WeideWert. Insieme a Bcoop Brixen / Bressanone, Hirtenkultur, Institute for Regional Development - Eurac Research e il Land Tirol, nonché ai partner associati, sono stati discussi contenuti e modalità operative e sono stati definiti i prossimi passi.

Il progetto mira a introdurre e consolidare il pascolo guidato con pastori come soluzione basata sulla natura in Alto Adige e Tirolo, al fine di promuovere una maggiore biodiversità, migliorare la qualità dei pascoli e sostenere una gestione attiva del paesaggio. Inoltre, persegue i seguenti obiettivi:

📍Conservazione e gestione degli habitat
📍Recupero di superfici ricche di specie
📍Sviluppo di un sistema professionale di pastorizia
📍Sviluppo di un nuovo “tool” per l’attuazione del Regolamento UE sul ripristino della natura

A breve inizierà il pascolo nell’area Pardellweide presso Rodengo, in Alto Adige. Qui l’associazione Hirtenkultur lavorerà in modo mirato per recuperare superfici invase da arbusti e, allo stesso tempo, promuovere la biodiversità locale.

Volete saperne di più? Date un’occhiata alla nostra pagina di progetto!

Europe Direct Südtirol/Alto Adige

📷Fabio Dalvit

19/03/2026

SAVE THE DATE!

Il 16 e 17 aprile 2026, nell’ambito del Beer Craft Festival, si terrà una serie di interventi scientifici che riunisce rappresentanti del mondo della ricerca e del craft brewing.

19/03/2026

🇵🇱🏔️ Last week, a team from our Institute travelled to Rzeszów, Poland, to take part in two key events: the 11th Meeting of the Carpathian Convention Working Group on Tourism and the Final Conference of the Interreg Central Mountains project, hosted by the project’s Lead Partner, Rzeszów County.

After three years of collaboration, the Central Mountains project is approaching its conclusion, and these meetings offered an important opportunity to bring the full partnership together, reflect on achievements, and discuss commitments for the future.

🙏 Thank you
We extend our thanks to Rzeszów County and the Association of the Carpathian Euroregion for hosting these events, and to all project partners for three years of meaningful cooperation.

More information on the final project deliverables is coming soon.

Карпатський Фонд / Carpathian Foundation CIPRA International Alpine Pearls Regionální značky - Poklady z regionů

02/03/2026

The Interreg Central Europe Humanita Project, which has focused on researching and formulating strategies to address tourism impacts within protected areas, is nearing its completion. On 24th and 25th February, the final conference of the project was held in Zagreb, providing an opportunity to present the results achieved and to engage in a fruitful exchange of knowledge with professionals, policymakers and technicians from European nature parks and protected areas. Our colleagues, Paola Menzardi and Isi De Bortoli, with D’Inzeo and Lochmann illustrated the most significant results of the participatory monitoring activities, correlating the profiling carried out on visitors to protected areas with the engagement and educational actions necessary to bridge the knowledge and behavioural gaps for more conscious, sustainable approaches with natural ecosystems. A specific focus was placed on presenting methodologies for developing heritage narratives to influence tourists' self-perception and encourage them to adopt responsible and active conservation behaviours. Eurac presented and distributed the first printed copies of the manual “Guidelines for New Communication Heritage Narratives in Visitor Management”.

The event not only celebrated the completion of the project but also offered a chance to explore Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia’s first and largest national park, established in 1949 and renowned for its natural beauty. We would like to extend a special thank you to all our Partners for their productive collaboration over these years of working together, to the Lead Partner, the Žilinská univerzita v Žiline, for their competent overall management of the project, and to Notitia for the excellent organisation of the conference and for their warm hospitality in Croatia. The cooperation that began with Humanita does not stop here but aims to strengthen further in the coming years, with a network for the exchange and implementation of activities already underway and the launch of new ones that will see us all participating and working together to push ourselves further and continue to advance in the field of environmental protection and tourism management.

📷 Urosh Grabner Photos

07/01/2026

Schon gelesen? 😍

23/12/2025

On December 16th, the partners of the Interreg Central Europe Central Mountains project met at the Vienna International Centre 🇺🇳🇦🇹 for an important dialogue with the Alpine Convention and the Carpathian Convention.

🔹CIPRA International presented the “Alpine-Carpathian toolbox for active involvement of citizens and youth in decision making processes”.

🔹ISIG - Istituto di Sociologia Internazionale di Gorizia gave us an overview on the planning, implementation and monitoring of pilot actions.

Next, our team opened a series of presentations on solutions for transnational governance developed from the pilot actions:

🔹QueSiTe s.r.l., representing Alpine Pearls, presented the new governance model developed within the project.

🔹The Карпатський Фонд / Carpathian Foundation presented the Carpathian Civil Society Platform, a structure for Carpathian Civil Society Organizations to engage and cooperate across borders.

🔹ZMOS showcased the new application for the promotion of sustainable tourism in the PL/SK border area.

🔹Brasov County gave us an overview of the new Cross-Border Working Teams of the Carpathian Sustainable Tourism platform.

We closed with an interactive session gathering feedback on project outputs and policy uptake.

A big thank you to the Alpine and Carpathian Conventions for their support and engagement!

Explore project outputs here: https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/central-mountains/?tab=outputs .

# InterregCentralEurope

23/12/2025

Happy Holidays!

12/12/2025