Aims:

- A broad-based strategy is to lead to targeted development and positioning for the area with reference to the Swiss regulation for no-hunting zones and its commitments to sustainable development deriving from membership in the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn World Heritage site.
- Measures will be planned and implemented in the fields of mobility and leisure traffic to mitigate conflicts of use.
- Existing strengths in terms of landscape and the natural environment will be utilised for tourism purposes with sparing use of the resources involved.
- The various measures will form a harmonised and mutually complementary package.
- Efficient and results-oriented use will be made of human and financial resources.
- The activities will be co-ordinated with higher-level objectives (no-hunting zone, local and regional authority levels, networks) and offer synergies.

Realization:

o Participatory development of a strategy for the future of the Upper Kien Valley
- Creation of a core group to launch the project idea
- Involvement of various groups of actors and establishment of broad-based support
- Co-operative clarification of project goals and procedures
- In-depth situation analysis (focus on mobility / leisure traffic, tourism, mountain farming)
- Development of a strategy for the future and definition of thematic focuses with extended groups of actors and suitable participatory methods (conference for the future or similar)
- Definition of measures and responsibilities, and establishment of costs and financing for the main themes selected
o Mobility concept
- The field of mobility and leisure traffic will be targeted at the strategy development level already and will have priority at the implementation level.
- Development of a mobility concept with concrete proposals for implementation and financing
o Implementation and sustainability of operations
- Implementation and long-term sustainability of the agreed measures

Involved:

In addition to those named as project organisers: the Kander Valley Planning Region, UNESCO Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn World Heritage site, Canton Bern's Office of Environmental Co-ordination, the UVEK Service Centre for Innovative and Sustainable Mobility, Alliance in the Alps local authority network, Wädenswil High School

Financing:

Subsidy from DYNALP² (in euros): 20,000
Own funds, funds from financial backers (in euros): 46,000
Financial backing: Upper Kien Valley interest group € 7,000; Kien Valley-Reichenbach Tourist Office € 3,000; Reichenbach local authority € 7,000; UVEK € 12,000; Kander Valley Planning Region € 17,000

Contact person:

Alfred  von Känel
E-mail:  alfred.vonkaenel@nitrochemie.com