Audible Alps - CIPRA Podcast: Interviews, background talks and voices from all Alpine countries: Listen to this and more in t
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In this first episode of our three-part series “Rethinking youth migration in the Alps,” we explore one of the most urgent challenges facing Alpine regions today: the steady departure of young, educated people from mountain communities - and the search for new, future-proof solutions.
We’re joined by Viviana Caldara from the Autonomous Province of Trento and Elisa Rapetti from the Franco Demarchi Foundation, partners of the Interreg Alpine Space project OUT4INGOV. Together, they help us understand what mountain communities truly lose when young people leave — not only economic strength, but the creativity, energy, and social cohesion that keep Alpine villages alive.
In our conversation, Elisa and Viviana place these local challenges within the wider European context - where youth populations are shrinking, rural areas are aging, and urbanisation is accelerating.
Together, we explore why traditional policies no longer work, and how a new mindset is emerging: one built around circularity of skills and positive spillover effects. Instead of forcing young people to stay or return, this approach embraces mobility while keeping knowledge, relationships, and ideas flowing back into the communities of origin. Elisa and Viviana explain how this creates a triple-win: benefiting the young person, the place they move to, as well as the place they come from.
We also discuss why involving young people directly in shaping solutions is essential. From youth councils to participatory approaches, the experts highlight how empowerment, diversity, and shared decision-making make Alpine governance more democratic, more innovative, and more sustainable. Young people, they remind us, are not only the future of the Alps — they are key actors of today.
Learn more about the OUT4INGOV project here:
https://www.cipra.org/en/projects/out4ingov-shaping-youth-migration
https://www.alpine-space.eu/project/out4ingov/
Subscribe to our podcast:
www.cipra.org/podcast
Moderation: Laura Haberfellner & Hanna Öllös, CIPRA International Lab
The project “New generation alpine OUT-migration Engagement FOR an INclusive GOVernance” (OUT4INGOV) is funded by the Interreg Alpine Space Programme.
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In this first episode of our three-part series “Rethinking youth migration in the Alps,” we explore one of the most urgent challenges facing Alpine regions today: the steady departure of young, educated people from mountain communities - and the search for new, future-proof solutions.
We’re joined by Viviana Caldara from the Autonomous Province of Trento and Elisa Rapetti from the Franco Demarchi Foundation, partners of the Interreg Alpine Space project OUT4INGOV. Together, they help us understand what mountain communities truly lose when young people leave — not only economic strength, but the creativity, energy, and social cohesion that keep Alpine villages alive.
In our conversation, Elisa and Viviana place these local challenges within the wider European context - where youth populations are shrinking, rural areas are aging, and urbanisation is accelerating.
Together, we explore why traditional policies no longer work, and how a new mindset is emerging: one built around circularity of skills and positive spillover effects. Instead of forcing young people to stay or return, this approach embraces mobility while keeping knowledge, relationships, and ideas flowing back into the communities of origin. Elisa and Viviana explain how this creates a triple-win: benefiting the young person, the place they move to, as well as the place they come from.
We also discuss why involving young people directly in shaping solutions is essential. From youth councils to participatory approaches, the experts highlight how empowerment, diversity, and shared decision-making make Alpine governance more democratic, more innovative, and more sustainable. Young people, they remind us, are not only the future of the Alps — they are key actors of today.
Learn more about the OUT4INGOV project here:
https://www.cipra.org/en/projects/out4ingov-shaping-youth-migration
https://www.alpine-space.eu/project/out4ingov/
Subscribe to our podcast:
www.cipra.org/podcast
Moderation: Laura Haberfellner & Hanna Öllös, CIPRA International Lab
The project “New generation alpine OUT-migration Engagement FOR an INclusive GOVernance” (OUT4INGOV) is funded by the Interreg Alpine Space Programme.
#88 (de) Stimmen entlang der Via Alpina: Sascha Dubach
Audible Alps - CIPRA Podcast: Interviews, background talks and voices from all Alpine countries: Listen to this and more in t
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3 months ago
#88 (de) Stimmen entlang der Via Alpina: Sascha Dubach
Alleine wandern, und das über Monate hinweg: Diesen Traum erfüllt sich der Schweizer Sascha Dubach. Er wandert entlang der Via Alpina von Triest bis nach Monaco und durchquert dabei alle Alpenländer. Wir haben ihn im Juli 2025 auf halber Strecke in Liechtenstein getroffen und über seine Faszination für das Weitwandern gesprochen. Ein Gespräch übers alleine unterwegs sein, Minimalismus, Rekorde, unerwartete Begegnungen und über sein ehrenamtliches Engagement für die Via Alpina.
Wenn Ihr mehr über Saschas Erfahrungen auf der Via Alpina wissen wollt, schaut auf seinem Blog vorbei: https://wander-wegs.ch/
Dort findet ihr seine Tagebucheinträge entlang des Weges, aber auch wertvolle Tipps und Infos zur Planung und Ausrüstung, falls ihr selbst überlegt, einen Teil oder gleich die ganze Via Alpina zu wandern. Hört auch gerne in die anderen Episoden unserer Podcastreihe «Stimmen entlang der Via Alpina» rein: Vom Alpenwanderer und Forscher Dominik Siegrist bis hin zur jungen Filmemacherin Zoé Lemaitre, die Pionierinnen entlang des Weges porträtiert. Zum internationalen Tag der Berge im Dezember 2025 gibt es einen Live-Podcast.
Zur Podcast-Reihe:www.cipra.org/de/stimmen-entlang-der-via-alpina
Abonniere unseren Podcast: www.cipra.org/de/podcast
Das Projekt wird finanziell unterstützt von der Stiftung Fürstlicher Kommerzienrat Guido Feger in Liechtenstein.
Moderation und Produktion: Michael Gams
Foto (c) Sascha Dubach
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Voices along the Via Alpina: Sascha Dubach
Hiking alone for months on end: Swiss hiker Sascha Dubach is fulfilling this dream. He is hiking along the Via Alpina from Trieste to Monaco, crossing all the Alpine countries along the way. We met him halfway in Liechtenstein in July 2025 and talked to him about his fascination with long-distance hiking. A conversation about travelling alone, minimalism, records, unexpected encounters and his voluntary work for the Via Alpina.
If you want to know more about Sascha's experiences on the Via Alpina, take a look at his blog: https://wander-wegs.ch/
There you will find his diary entries along the way, as well as valuable tips and information on planning and equipment if you are considering hiking part or all of the Via Alpina yourself. You can also listen to the other episodes in our podcast series "Voices along the Via Alpina": From alpine hiker and explorer Dominik Siegrist to young filmmaker Zoé Lemaitre, who portrays pioneering women along the trail. There will be a live podcast to mark International Mountain Day in December 2025.
To the podcast series: www.cipra.org/en/voices-along-the-via-alpina
Subscribe to our podcast: www.cipra.org/en/podcast
The project is financially supported by the foundation "Fürstlicher Kommerzienrat Guido Feger" in Liechtenstein.
Moderation and production: Michael Gams
Photo (c) Sascha Dubach
Audible Alps - CIPRA Podcast: Interviews, background talks and voices from all Alpine countries: Listen to this and more in t
In this first episode of our three-part series “Rethinking youth migration in the Alps,” we explore one of the most urgent challenges facing Alpine regions today: the steady departure of young, educated people from mountain communities - and the search for new, future-proof solutions.
We’re joined by Viviana Caldara from the Autonomous Province of Trento and Elisa Rapetti from the Franco Demarchi Foundation, partners of the Interreg Alpine Space project OUT4INGOV. Together, they help us understand what mountain communities truly lose when young people leave — not only economic strength, but the creativity, energy, and social cohesion that keep Alpine villages alive.
In our conversation, Elisa and Viviana place these local challenges within the wider European context - where youth populations are shrinking, rural areas are aging, and urbanisation is accelerating.
Together, we explore why traditional policies no longer work, and how a new mindset is emerging: one built around circularity of skills and positive spillover effects. Instead of forcing young people to stay or return, this approach embraces mobility while keeping knowledge, relationships, and ideas flowing back into the communities of origin. Elisa and Viviana explain how this creates a triple-win: benefiting the young person, the place they move to, as well as the place they come from.
We also discuss why involving young people directly in shaping solutions is essential. From youth councils to participatory approaches, the experts highlight how empowerment, diversity, and shared decision-making make Alpine governance more democratic, more innovative, and more sustainable. Young people, they remind us, are not only the future of the Alps — they are key actors of today.
Learn more about the OUT4INGOV project here:
https://www.cipra.org/en/projects/out4ingov-shaping-youth-migration
https://www.alpine-space.eu/project/out4ingov/
Subscribe to our podcast:
www.cipra.org/podcast
Moderation: Laura Haberfellner & Hanna Öllös, CIPRA International Lab
The project “New generation alpine OUT-migration Engagement FOR an INclusive GOVernance” (OUT4INGOV) is funded by the Interreg Alpine Space Programme.
