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HIGHLANDS.3 · Collective Approach of Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development in Highland

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2020-01-01 → 2025-08-31
EU contribution
€2,484,000
Participants
46
Scheme
MSCA-RISE

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Results in brief

Collective Approach of Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development in Highland

Highland regions, home to vital ecosystems and providing numerous goods and services, often lack evidence-based models and tools for sustainable local development. The EU-funded HIGHLANDS.3 project aims to promote inclusive sustainable development in highlands (ISDH). The project team carried out collective and impact-driven research and innovation to build a shared vision of ISDH and advance the capacities of researchers, managers, users, and policymakers. Knowledge was exchanged in eight successive Research and Innovation Sessions (R&ISs), each of which focused on a particular aspect of sustainable highland development. The R&ISs included collective learning, collaborative research, and capacity-building on data collection, analysis, and modelling. An online interactive platform was created to display and store the outputs of these sessions. The strength of HIGHLANDS.3 is that it was born out of the confluence of several existing networks working on highland issues both in Europe and around the world. We thus utilized existing networks at many scales (from local initiatives to global connections) and, through the secondment activities, strengthened these networks and created new ones within and between sectors and institutions to improve the quality of the research and innovation processes focused on ISDH. The R&IS process and its inherent use of participatory systemic methods were designed to maximize the potential for the formation of new relationships and the expansion of existing networks. These networks must be active, viable, long-term oriented, and sustainable if the platform of initiatives is to be globally shared beyond the life of the project.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

The HIGHLANDS’ goal is to contribute to Inclusive Sustainable Development in Highlands (ISDH) through collective and impact-driven Research & Innovation (R&I), based on capacity building, sharing of local-global knowledge, experience, and tools. It will drive a co-innovation process through secondments and research and innovative sessions (R&IS) involving public/private and non-academic partners, to build a shared vision of ISDH, enhance the capacities of researchers, managers, users, policymakers, thus bridging the gap between research and development. Our activities will be organized in 5 integrated work packages (WP): Coordination & management (WP1); Methodology & capacity building for ISDH (WP2); Analysis, comparison and modelling of ISDH (WP3); Building a multi-actor ISDH Decision-Support Platform (DSP) (WP4); Communication, Dissemination & Exploitation of results (WP5). HIGHLANDS is supported by a network of 43 institutions including 31 partners from Europe (~35% non-academic), and skilled and motivated female and male researchers and local stakeholders. The work plan will run 8 successive R&IS (5 in Europe, 3 outside) to promote the exchange among participants as a foundation for innovation. Each R&IS will build upon collective learning principles and a holistic systemic approach, exposing participants to a wide range of world views that will encourage experimentation with practice. Each R&IS will focus on a particular aspect of sustainable highland development and will include collective learning, collaborative research, and capacity-building on data collection/analysis, modeling. To complement the R&IS, long-term secondments will be implemented for researchers and practitioners to deeply train and work together on specific issues identified by the consortium. Collected data on ISDHs will be stored in an online collaborative and interactive decision-support platform that will then be transferred to existing mountain networks.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • OESTERREICHISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN · WienCoordinatorAustria
  • ASOCIACION DE HOSTELERIA Y TURISMO DE TREVINCA · VeigaSpain
  • ASSOCIACAO GEOPARK ESTRELA · GuardaPortugal
  • CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY · MorayshireUnited Kingdom
  • CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Y TECNICAS (CONICET) · Buenos AiresArgentina
  • ELLINIKOS GEORGIKOS ORGANISMOS - DIMITRA · ATHINAGreece
  • ENTE PARCO NATURALE PANEVEGGIO PALE DI SAN MARTINO · Primiero San Martino di CastrozzaItaly
  • FOREAS SYNERGASIAS MIKRON GALAKTOKOMIKON PERIOXON THESSALIAS · LarisaGreece
  • INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VETERINAIRE HASSAN II · RabatMorocco
  • INSTITUT D ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR ET DE RECHERCHE EN ALIMENTATION SANTE ANIMALE SCIENCES AGRONOMIQUES ETDE L ENVIRONNEMENT VETAGRO SUP · Marcy L EtoileFrance
  • INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT · MarseilleFrance
  • INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT · ParisFrance
  • INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET INDUSTRIES DU VIVANT ET DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT - AGROPARISTECH · PalaiseauFrance
  • INSTITUTO POLITECNICO DE TOMAR · TOMARPortugal
  • INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATEDMOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT · LalitpurCity levelNepal
  • ISTITUTO CULTURALE MOCHENO · PALU DEL FERSINAItaly
  • JAVNA USTANOVA UNIVERZITET CRNE GORE PODGORICA · PodgoricaMontenegro
  • KMETIJSKI INSTITUT SLOVENIJE - AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA · LjubljanaSlovenia
  • LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES · LILONGWEMalawi
  • LOFOTLAM SA · LeknesNorway
  • Lanzhou University · LanzhouChina
  • MEKELLE UNIVERSITY · MekelleEthiopia
  • NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE · HANOIVietnam
  • NIBIO - NORSK INSTITUTT FOR BIOOKONOMI · AasNorway
  • NORGES MILJO-OG BIOVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET · AsNorway
  • POSOSKI RAZVOJNI CENTER · TolminSlovenia
  • Perth College · PerthUnited Kingdom
  • R.N.P. ROMSILVA - ADMINISTRATIA PARCULUI NATIONAL PIATRA CRAIULUI RA · ZarnestiRomania
  • REGIONALPLANUNGSGEMEINSCHAFT GROSSES WALSERTAL · BODENAustria
  • SRUC · EdinburghUnited Kingdom
  • SYNDICAT MIXTE DU PARC NATUREL REGIONAL DU LIVRADOIS FOREZ · Saint Gervais Sous MeymontFrance
  • Sokoine University of Agriculture · MorogoroTanzania
  • THE LIVESTOCK SUSTAINABILITY TLS · La Grande MotteFrance
  • THE MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE INC · HuarazPeru
  • UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA · Santiago De CompostelaSpain
  • UNIVERSIDAD EXTERNADO DE COLOMBIA · BOGOTAColombia
  • UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL · Rio GallegosArgentina
  • UNIVERSIDADE DE CABO VERDE · PRAIACape Verde
  • UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA · CAMOBI - SANTA MARIABrazil
  • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA · PadovaItaly
  • UNIVERSITAET BERN · BernSwitzerland
  • UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCK · InnsbruckAustria
  • UNIVERSITATEA DIN BUCURESTI · BucurestiRomania
  • UNIVERSITE FERHAT ABBAS SETIF 1 · SetifAlgeria
  • UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG · HamburgGermany
  • UNIWERSYTET ROLNICZY IM. HUGONA KOLLATAJA W KRAKOWIE · KRAKOWPoland

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union