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.
Audible Alps - CIPRA Podcast: Interviews, background talks and voices from all Alpine countries: Listen to this and more in t
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1 month ago
#91 (it) Voci lungo la Via Alpina: Katia Tomatis
Da 25 anni la Via Alpina collega persone, culture e paesaggi attraverso le Alpi. Una serie di podcast nelle varie lingue racconta la storia della Via Alpina, mette in luce le sfide e le opportunità dell'escursionismo di lunga percorrenza e sensibilizza sul turismo sostenibile nelle Alpi.
In questo episodio di Voci lungo la Via Alpina Francesco Pastorelli (CIPRA Italia) ha incontrato Katia Tomatis, atleta e campionessa di scialpinismo, che dal 2013 gestisce il Rifugio Malinvern in Valle Stura, nelle Alpi Marittime, situato proprio lungo la Via Alpina. Katia racconta la sua scelta di vivere e lavorare in montagna, spiega come riuscire a conciliare sport, lavoro e famiglia, racconta dei tanti escursionisti che hanno fatta tappa al suo rifugio percorrendo la Via Alpina.
Trascrizione del podcast: https://www.cipra.org/media/files/it-trascrizione-del-podcast-voci-lungo-la-via-alpina-katia-tomatis-it.pdf/
Potete ascoltare gli altri episodi della nostra serie di podcast “Voci lungo la Via Alpina” tramite il link seguente: https://www.cipra.org/it/progetti/voci-lungo-la-via-alpina
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Foto (c) Teresio Degioanni
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The Via Alpina has been connecting people, cultures and landscapes across the Alps for 25 years now. A podcast series tells the story of the project, highlights the challenges and opportunities of long-distance hiking and raises awareness of sustainable tourism in the Alps.
In this episode of Voices along the Via Alpina, Francesco Pastorelli (CIPRA Italy) met Katia Tomatis, an athlete and ski mountaineering champion who has been running the Malinvern Refuge in the Stura Valley in the Maritime Alps since 2013, located right along the Via Alpina. Katia talks about her choice to live and work in the mountains, explains how she manages to reconcile sport, work, and family, and tells about the many hikers who have stopped at her hut while walking the Via Alpina.
Podcast transcript in english language: https://www.cipra.org/media/files/en-transcript-of-the-podcast-voices-along-the-via-alpina-katia-tomatis.pdf
You can listen to other episodes of our podcast series "Voices along the Via Alpina" via the following link: https://www.cipra.org/en/projects/voices-along-the-via-alpina
Subscribe to our podcast: https://www.cipra.org/en/podcast
Photo (c) Teresio Degioanni
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.
