1. The Alps-Adriatic-Alliance or
40 years of interregional cooperation in Central Europe

2. 20. November 1978: Foundation of the Alps-Adriatic Working Community (AAWC) in Venice (I)
European Pioneer in Interregional Cooperation which operated in a “Crystallization Area for European Integration”
Important Bridging Function between Members from Warsaw Pact-, Block Free-, Neutral- and NATO-Countries.
Over Common Projects where implemented until 2013

3. Founding Members of the AAWC

4. 22. November 2013: Transformation of the AAWC into the Alps-Adriatic-Alliance (AAA)
Goal: To provide a dynamic, flexible and low-threshold network
structure for project related cooperation on the public
as well as on the civil society level

5. Current Members:
3 Austrian Regions: Burgenland , Kärnten, Steiermark
7 Croatian Counties: Istra, Karlovac, Krapina-Zagorje, Koprivnica Križevci, Međimurje, Primorje-Gorski kotar, Varaždin
1 Hungarian County: Vas
Slovenia represented by SKUPNOST OBČIN SLOVENIJE (SOS - Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia)

6. Membership can be acquired by sending an application to the chairing member and the General Secretariat. It becomes effective by a resolution of the Alps-Adriatic Council.

7. Structure
Alps-Adriatic-Council: Assembly of political representatives of all regular members. Meets every 2nd year.
Chairman 2018/2019: Varaždin County Prefect Radimir Čačić (CRO)

8. Steering Committee: Consists of representatives from all Alps-Adriatic Contact Points and all Thematic Coordination Points (TCPs) plus the General Secretariat. It approves project applications and decides on the granting of financial aid from the common budget. Meets twice per year.

9. Alps-Adriatic Contact Points are installed at the regional administration of all regular members.
The actual project-oriented work is coordinated by the Thematic Coordination Points (TCPs):
Art and Culture (Coordination: Styria)
Disaster Prevention (Coordination: Varaždin)
Economy (Coordination: Vas)
Energy and Environment (Coordination: Međimurje)
Equal Opportunities (Coordination: Carinthia)
Europe (Coordination: Burgenland)
Healthcare (Coordination: Carinthia)
Higher Education (Coordination: Vas)
Inclusion (Coordination: Carinthia)
Lifelong Learning (Coordination: Krapina-Zagorje)
Rural Development and Ethnic Heritage (Coord.: Koprivnica Križevci)
Sports (Coordination: Karlovac)
Tourism (Coordination: Slovenia)
The General Secretariat is installed at the Regional Government of Carinthia in Klagenfurt within the department for “European and international Affairs”.

10. The AAA supports three different project-categories:
Preparation Costs of EU-co-financed Projects
Costs for the Implementation of EU-co-financed Projects
Joint Projects (People to People-Projects)
Projects implemented since 2014: 212 among which were 19 projects co-financed by the EU-programs “Creative Europe”, “ERASMUS+” and “Europe for Citizens”
While approx. € were approved for the preparation costs of EU-co-financed projects the successful applicants “leveraged” approx. € ,-- from EU-funds.
Current sum of annual membership-fees: € ,63

11. Project Examples: CAPE AB-Network for co-operation and democratic participation of citizens in the Adria-Balkan-Region

12. Echoes From Invisible Landscapes

13. Be Sporty – Live Healthy!

14. LEADER LAG-Workshop

15. “SIGG”- City security Conference

16. Contact details for the General Secretariat:
General Secretariat of the Alps-Adriatic-Alliance
Alps-Adriatic Contact Point Carinthia
Regional Government of Carinthia
Mießtaler Straße1
9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
AUSTRIA
Tel.: +43(0)
Mobile: +43(0)664/
Thank You Very Much!