Ad hoc Working Group for the elaboration of the 10th Report on the State of the Alps (2023-2024)

Every two years, the Alpine Convention publishes a Report on the State of the Alps (RSA), an in-depth analysis of topics of particular relevance to the Alps. Resulting from the collective work of an international team, the RSAs tackle environmental, economic or social themes at an Alpine-wide scale, without losing focus on the situation in each country. This approach, together with the expertise of delegates from the Contracting Parties and Observers, allows the combination of science and policy, helping identify Alpine dynamics as well as offering common recommendations or proposals for action. 

The 10^th Report on the State of the Alps (RSA 10), elaborated under the Slovenian Presidency, was dedicated to Quality of Life in the Alps. This report marks the first activity in the scope of the Alpine Convention to address this topic as a whole.

The RSA 10 brings a new and different perspective on living in the Alps through its transversal approach, balancing environmental, economic, social, and governance aspects. It enables policymakers and other stakeholders from local to transnational level – including the Alpine inhabitants themselves – to better understand what shapes quality of life. It offers insights into the value of establishing quality of life as an important overarching policy goal and presents recommendations for further actions to secure a good quality of life for Alpine inhabitants – also in the future. The report was adopter by the XVIII Alpine Conference in Brdo pri Kranju (SI).

The report was written based on a Background Study, which explains in detail the methods, analyses, data and its sources (including an Alpine-wide survey on quality of life), and results of the study in the Alpine area.

Contact:
Tomaž Miklavčič, Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning
tomaz.miklavcic1@gov.si