Project info
Funding programme: INTERREG IVC
Duration: 1 January 2010 – 31 December 2012
Coordinator: Province of Teruel (Spain)
PADIMA
Policies Against Depopulation In Mountain Areas
PADIMA (Policies Against Depopulation In Mountain Areas) aims to identify solutions to tackle depopulation in Europe’s mountain areas.
To this end, PADIMA built on interregional cooperation, surveys, and good practices exchange on depopulation drivers and inspiring initiatives. The project focused on three specific subtopics: education and training, territorial marketing and economic diversification. Moreover, seeking for an integrated approach of depopulation, PADIMA looked at solutions to retain or attract people of different age groups, including young people, workers and retired people.
The partnership consists of 8 partners from mountain areas in Europe. The Province of Teruel was Lead Partner and Euromontana was the project coordinator. Six Euromontana members are part of the consortium: Province of Teruel, Province of Turin, Buskerud County, Hedmark County, ERSAF and UCCIMAC.
Impact
Through interregional cooperation and exchange of good practices, PADIMA has contributed to improving knowledge of depopulation trends and drivers in mountain areas. The project has helped to build an integrated approach of depopulation by addressing the quality of life challenges of different age groups, thus taking into account people’s life cycles and designing more targeted and efficient policies.
PADIMA also contributed to identify good practices that can inspire other mountain areas willing to prevent depopulation in their regions, by acting for education, territorial marketing and economic diversification.
Thanks to the project’s integrated approach of depopulation, PADIMA helped to find common solutions and policy initiatives that can be adapted to each territory, according to the demographic trends and opportunities identified in each mountain territory.
Key results
3 sets of thematic
policy guidelines
to guide local and regional authorities and mountain stakeholders in the design and implementation of local policies to cope with depopulation. These guidelines cover 3 topics:
education and training
territorial marketing
economic diversification
3 thematic collections of good practices
to inspire local and regional authorities and mountain stakeholders with successful local initiatives to retain and attract population. These collections cover the following topics:
education and training
territorial marketing
economic diversification
3 brochures on how to retain and attract people of different age groups
for local and regional authorities and mountain stakeholders, to identify the specific needs of people in different age groups and find ways to target them. They cover different target groups:
Policy guidelines for an integrated approach of depopulation in mountain areas
to guide you to make a diagnosis of the depopulation in your mountain region, help you ask the right questions to find solutions adapted to the situation in your region.
Partners
Province of Teruel (coordinator)
Euromontana
Province of Turin
Buskerud County Authority
Hedmark County Authority
Dalarna Regional Development County
ERSAF – Ente Regionale per i Servizi all’Agricoltura e alle Foreste
UCCIMAC – Union des Chambres de commerce et d’industrie du Massif Central