1. Sustainable development: Area Planning Network and IT By Simone Caramel Eurogems aps

2. Area Planning Network The Area Planning Network(APN) of “Pedemontana del Grappa and Asolano” is a tool for decentralized planning and development of the territory, through which the Veneto Region offers the opportunity to all stakeholders and policy maker to create networks in order to participate in the making decision process at regional level

3. APN - members It consists of several Municipalities and 60 other public and private partners, including trade associations, trade unions, the Social Volunteer, Public and Private Schools, Banks.

4. APN - objectives To promote, through the method of consultation, the sustainable development of the local area planning and implementing strategic projects To promote the local area in the world: marketing, brand, attracting investments To enhance the eco-sustainable development through research, innovation and IT

5. APN - mission to promote sustainable development of the territory of Pedemontana del Grappa and dell'Asolano, through actions, projects that contribute to increasing the quality of life and therefore the attractiveness of the area, to increase the competitiveness of enterprises, to support growth in technologically advanced sectors, to promote our region nationally and internationally.

6. Planning To do this, the operational program of the APN provides for preparation of a programmatic document for the area containing the territorial diagnosis across socio-economic statistical surveys, interviews and forums with stakeholders, and with discussions with the Working Groups already Operating within the Covenant, describing the central-force, the identification of the strategic objectives of local development, the structural priority to be implemented over a two to three years, the identification of financial resources, the procedures for involvement and cooperation of partners, methods and monitoring tools.

7. Local Projects Rivers project: the realization of a fully equipped paths along watercourses Geo – referentiality project

8. Geo – Referentiality pilot project Marketing of the territory Tourist promotion A first step towards a complete mapping of the geo-tourist routes and itineraries in the territory The innovative element is that these routes are georeferenced, that is identified as a track GPS (Global Positioning System)

9. Geo – Referentiality pilot project All interested visitors can download for free the paths they prefer for: navigation systems phone mobile of last generation print send the routes to friends by email

10. Geo – Referentiality pilot project Bike paths Walking paths Naturalistic paths Historical paths Sport paths Environmental paths

11. Google Earth - Italy

12. Google Earth – Italy zoom

13. Italy zoom + Veneto Region

14. Asolo and Grappa area

15. Eco – touristic paths

16. Eco-tourism - itinerary

17. Points of interest

18. Naturalistic paths

19. Points of interest - pictures