Mithilfe einer professionellen Projektbegleitung soll die Unterschutzstellung des Forchetwaldes für die Gemeinde Haiming geplant und betreut werden. Diese soll als Schnittstelle zwischen der Gemeinde und dem Land Tirol die anfallenden Aufgaben und Fragen im Rahmen der Schutzgebietserstellung koordinieren und bearbeiten. Im Zuge eines Bürgerbeteiligungsprozesses (unter Einbindung aller Interessensgruppen und Nutzungsberechtigten) soll die/der Projektbegleiter:in<s>,</s> Entwicklungspotenziale im geplanten Schutzgebiet „Haiminger Forchet“ erheben, um so einen Mehrwert für den Naherholungsraum der Gemeinde Haiming zu erzielen. In einer Abschlussveranstaltung sollen das Konzept zum Schutzgebiet und das erarbeitete Entwicklungspotential der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt werden.

Ziel des Projekts ist es in den teilnehmenden Gemeinden weitere Akzente zu setzen, um die heimische Biodiversität zu steigern. Hierzu sollen neben den Blumenwiesen in einer anzulegenden „Schaumeile“ heimische Gehölze gepflanzt und gezeigt werden, um die Bevölkerung zu animieren, verstärkt heimische Pflanzungen vorzunehmen und so den Insekten und auch Vögeln geeigneten Lebensraum zurückzugeben. Um dieses langfristige Ziel zu erhalten ist es notwendig, die Initiative mit laufenden Projekten weiterzuführen.

Die Förderung des zivilgesellschaftlichen Engagements von Frauen ist Ziel dieses Kompetenzlehrgangs.

Den Themen Baudenkmal und SOG widmet sich ein neues Projekt der Stadtgemeinde Imst.

Ein Parcours mit Übungselementen soll das Thema Radfahren in Umhausen verankern.

Non native plants are a growing problem for our native plant diversity as well as our health (allergies, breathing difficulties, etc.). The Regionalmanagement Bezirk Imst, therefore, decided to design a one-day course to raise awareness of non native plants. The course is supported by the Klima- und Energiemodellregion Imst (climate and energy model region), the Neophytenkompetenzzentrum Tirol (center for non native plants) and the Abfallbeseitigungsverband Westtirol (garbage disposal union).

The main target group of the course are employees of recycling yards and rangers from the Terra Raetica Region. The one-day course will be held six times.

The Ötzidorf is a very important tourist destination in Ötztal. This year it celebrates its 20th anniversary and 2021 also marks the 30th anniversary of the disovery of the "Ötzi".

Throughout the years a lot of new scientific insights were discovered. The Ötzidorf tried to include the new information and scientific data but soon realised that a complete adaption might be necessary. Therefore, the Ötzidorf decided to make a project to refresh the exhibition.

The project includes:

• new information boards
• update of audio-guide texts
• production of a new short film

The Ötztal Museum GmbH combines all museums in Ötztal and its main aim is to improve the imparting of cultural knowledge.  To do so the Museum GmbH decided to make a project in order to adapt to the modern requirements of imparting of knowledge.

In the context of a feasibility analysis the potential of the individual museums, as well as their main focus were analysed. The study showed that the museums have to adapt to modern requirements and each museum should focus on specific knowledge.

The project in hand now tries to realise these suggestions. Main aspects are:

• lighting technology
• new forms of presentation
• new forms for imparting of knowledge
• freedom from barriers

COVID 19 has a huge impact on our local tourist destinations. Therefore, Regio Imst and other partners throughout Tyrol decided to boost and promote natural preservers and their facilities. The project itself includes the printing and distribution of a brochure which presents the natural preservers and their facilities.

More and more studies show, that the amount of insects is declining. A recent study (orf.at) showed, that the insect population has decreased by about 80%.

This is a very dangerous and catastrophic development, as almost 80% of our domestic crop plants are pollinated by insects. Moreover, insects form the basis of the food chain - so the declining of the insect population has a direct effect on other animals.

In 2018, 7 municipalities of the district Imst startet the project "Das Inntal summt" to transform parts of their green areas into close-to-nature blooming areas. Furthermore, information events and workshops for local gardeners aimed to raise awareness for close-to-nature landscape design.

This project is a follow-up project to "Das Inntal summt" and adresses the local population. All 7 municipalities hand out small sachets with domestic and near-natural seed for blooming areas. The small packages are for free and provide seed for almost 5 m² of close-to-nature blooming areas.

The sachets include an instruction how to lay out the blooming area and information about the project and the importance of supporting biodiversity.

Besides the sachets the project also includes two workshops for local people. In these workshops people will learn how to layout a blooming area and how to maintain it.

The project "Clean Alpine Region" wants to support touristic regions to become more sustainable. The tourism association Pitztal decided to take part in this project. As a first step the region hired a sustainability manager. The project "UP Clar Pitztal Personal" funds the personnel costs.

The main aim of the manager is to initiate sustainable projects in the region and to support tourism business in implementing sustainable practices. Another important field of work is the topic "green and innovative technique on mountains".

Covid-19 has a huge impact on our society and especially on our economic sector. To support the local economy the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber district office Imst startet a project in cooperation with the local partners, the communities and the Regionalmanagement Bezirk Imst.

How does the project work?

People who bought products from local businesses can send in their bills or upload them on to the website www.kauf-im-bezirk.at.  Every two weeks winners will be selected by chance and can win back the invoice total (limited to 250,00 per bill).

"Fasnachten" are very important cultural events in alpine regions. In many villages in the alps Fasnachten are important social events where people gather and celebrate the beginning of spring. Important aspects of these festivities are colourful facings and masks. A lot of these facings and masks are quite old, as they are passed down from generation to generation.

Therefore, it is quite important to store them appropriately, hence Wenns decided to build a new repository for the clothing and the masks. The repository will also be open for visitors. 

The area around Imst is a very mysterious and myth-enshrouded place. Quite a lot of old legends took place there. The legends are part of the cultural heritage of the region, so the tourism association decided to make short documentary films about these legends.

To do so, the tourism assocication works together with a local filmmaker, who owns the film rights for the legends, and with the municipal museum as well as with the city marketing of Imst.

The main aim of the project is to show the locals and the tourists the local legends and the places where they took place. The short video clips will be used for severeal purposes:

• to enrich the local long-distance hiking trail "Starkenberger Panoramaweg", as quite a lot of legends took place along this hiking trail.
• the municipal museum will include them in its exhibitions as the clips portray a part of the cultural heritage
• the city marketing will arrange steles on all spots where legends took place. The steles offer information about the respective legend and a QR Code, which will lead directly to the video clip.

The forest dormouse is a very rare species in the alps. In Switzerland, for example, the tiny animal has only been found on twelve spots since 2000. In some alpine areas almost no records concerning this animal exist. In order to find out more about its habitat and to raise awareness for this species this project funds a research project. The aim of this project is to find sophisticated research tools to answer questions concerning their habitat and lifestyle habits. In addition to the expert work the population is invited to help finding the species - therefore a citizen science approach is used. Awareness-raising activities in schools complete the project.

The project is concerned with the funding of a leaflet for the Natura Raetica. The aim of this project is to inform the inhabitants about the cross-boarder tourist attractions and to raise awareness for the natural heritage of the Terra-Raetica region.

The leaflet also informs about possibilities to reach the attractions by public transport and gives information concerning accessibility.

The "ötztaler" dialect is a very important aspect for the Ötztal-Valley. It belongs to their culture and is more or less a trademark for the region. Because of its importance the "Ötztaler" dialect was declared a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage in 2010. 

Despite its importance no comprehensive word bank exists. Severeal researchers and local experts collected words and definitions as well as translations. These collections need to be merged in order to provide an all-embracing word bank of the "Ötztaler" dialect.

One aim of the "Ötztaler Museen" (Ötztaler museums) is to maintain the cultural heritage of the region, therefore the museum decided to make a project concerning the dialect. Within the next couple of months students are hired to find and merge collected word banks. In the end the word bank should encompass around 10 to 15.000 words. The word bank will be available online as well.

The Ötzidorf celebrates 20 years jubilee. Over the years the Ötzidorf became an important tourist and cultural attraction for the region. In order to keep a high level of knowledge transfer the Ötzidorf wants to update the scientific information. Moreover, some of the attractions will be redesigned in accordance with the latest scientific results. In order to make the information available for more people, the Ötzidorf also wants to translate the information in several languages (Englisch, Italien, French, Dutch, etc.). The information will then be available on the mobile website and on the audioguides.

The project funds:

• reprocessing the scientific information
• the translations
• the audio recording

Das Projekt umfasst die Neugestaltung eines Gastgartens ins Wenns beim Platzbrunnen.

Im Rahmen des Regionalwirtschaftlichen Projekts Pitztal werden zahlreiche Kleinprojekte für Private als auch Klein- und Mittelunternehmen abgewickelt.

The club "Pitztal Regional" tries to implement a sustainable marketing strategy for regional products in Pitztal. To do so, the cub assigned an external expert to develop a strategy and to coordinate between producers and consumers.  Moreover, the expert should also try to implement a local brand for the regional/local products. 

Das Gesamtprojekte Mühle Ritzenried umfasst mehre Revitalisierungsmaßnahmen an der Mühle als auch am angebauten Stadel.

Das Projekt umfasst die Sanierung eines historischen Platzbrunnens in Wenns.

Das Projekt sieht den Entwicklung eines LWL Masterplans für die Pitztaler Gemeinden vor.

Das Tiroler Steinbockzentrum ist ein Leuchtturmprojekt des Pitztals. Das Zentrum wird in mehreren Phasen und Förderprojekten realisiert. Dieses Projekt behandelt die Errichtung des Hauptgebäudes.

Brewing beer with regional resources is the main aim of the founders of the Bäckelar Brewery Ltd. The project supports the two young entrepreneurs by funding the brewhouse and the filling System.   

The project wants to raise awareness for the topic sustainability. The project funds articles in a regional newspaper which deal with various topics regarding sustainability. Possible topics are: sustainable holidays, local products, fair products, zero waste, etc. Main goal is to show that living sustainable can be possible also in a rural region like Imst. The articles give an insight into the topic of climate change and sustainability and gives specific tips and guidelines for living a more sustainable lifestyle.

The articles will also be published on www.regio-imst.at and the Regionalmanagement Bezirk Imst also invited the 24 municipalities in Imst to publish the articles in their local magazines or on their homepages.

The project is a cooperation between the Regionalmanagement Bezirk Imst and the social partners (Arbeiterkammer Imst, Bezirkslandwirtschaftskammer Imst, Wirtschaftskammer Imst).

The tourism region Imst is famous for its biking routes and wants to become a major bike destination, especially for beginners and intermediate bikers. Therefore, the tourism agency has to provide possibilities for beginners and intermediate bikers to train their skills. The agency has already built multiple routes for beginners but although the routes are quite easy, they still require a certain level in terms of balance and coordination. For people, especially kids and older people, with almost no experience the tourism agency wants to build a pumptrack. A pumptrack offers the possibility to train balance and coordination within a given track and with the possibility to stop at any time. The pumptrack offers a variety of bumps, curves etc. so that bikers can train these relief features. The pumptrack is based on modules so it is possible to change the track and to adapt the level of difficulty. Moreover, the pumptrack is movable, which offers the possibility that the pumptrack can be used at various places for different purposes (bike events, etc.). The tourism agency collaborates with the city authorities, local schools, and sports clubs so that the pumptrack is not only available for tourists but also for local people. The use of the pumptrack is for free.

The major project "Tiroler Steinbockzentrum" (tyrolean centre for ibexes) is divided into four smaller projects:

• Tiroler Steinbockzentrum: planning and conception
• Tiroler Steinbockzentrum: compound and trail construction
• Tiroler Steinbockzentrum: main building
• Tiroler Steinbockzentrum: exhibition and theme trails

The project in hand deals with the last one “Tiroler Steinbockzentrum: exhibition and theme trails”. The exhibition will deal with the cultural history of the Pitztal and will also focus on ibexes. The theme trails appeals to children and teens and should raise awareness for the history of the valley and for the nature as well as the animals living in this area.

The municipality Silz wants to design and built a new theme trail. The title for this trail is “Vom Korn zum Brot” (From Corn to Bread). Main goal is to raise awareness for the old tradition of baking bread and growing corn. Various stations will impart knowledge playfully. The trail will be built close to the local kindergarten and grammar school so that the trail can be included in various school subjects (biology, history, etc.). Moreover, the trail will also lead to the old mill of Silz. The old mill is a museum and gives an insight into the old tradition of baking.

The club "Pitztal Regional" tries to implement a sustainable marketing strategy for regional products in Pitztal. To do so, the cub assigned an external expert to develop a strategy and to coordinate between producers and consumers.  Moreover, the expert should also try to implement a local brand for the regional/local products. 

The municipality Oetz wants to develop a new sustainable strategy for its inhabitants. The strategy should include the social, touristic and economic aspects. Therefore, the municipality decided to assign a consultancy firm to do the following tasks:

• Analysing and evaluating the starting situation (surveys, data analysis, etc.)
• Developing of a draft version
• Workshops and discussion rounds
• Finalising the strategy

The project funds the costs of the consultancy.

Rietz is an important pilgrimage destination and a family-friendly municipality. The municipality offers a wide range of recreational activities around the famous pilgrimage destination. In order to combine the recreational and the cultural activities the municipality wants to realise a set of theme trails. The theme trails should include the important historical and cultural facts of the pilgrimage destination and should also inform about the various natural treasures in and around the municipality. At the moment there are ideas for four theme trails:

• Theme Trail “Kalvarienberg” (pilgrimage destination)
• Theme Trail “Wildlife”
• Theme Trail “Trees”
• Theme Trail “Mobility and Fitness”

To combine all those theme trails the municipality wants a coherent design and story as well as a mutual starting point. The project funds the conception of these trails. In a follow-up project the trails will be realised. 

The landscape and the various recreational activities are the most important aspects for tourists to come to Imst. Especially for people who look for repose and a place to be creative the landscape of the region is very valuable. 

The CEO's of the Brunhuber & Fellier OG, although working in the international music industry, still come back to Imst to do their creative work. They soon realised that the landscape and the atmosphere are two main factors for being creative so they started to work on a project called "Wilderness Studio Nassereith". The main goal of this project is to establish a music studio and a creative space in the village Nassereith.  

Climate Change is a growing issue. The Climate Alliance Austria / Tyrol is an organisation which wants to protect the climate and therefore initiates various projects and initiatives to help municipalities, organisations and companies to manage climate issues.

One initiative is called "Betriebe im Klimabündnis" (companies in Climate Alliance). The project wants to support companies with implementing a sustainable way of doing business. To do so, Climate Alliance Tyrol performs so called "climate checks" in participating companies. These checks are evaluated and afterwards Climate Alliance suggests measures and strategies to become a more sustainable company.

The project is a cooperation project of all LEADER regions in Tyrol. Companies located in these regions can take part in this project. 

Silz is home to an old mill. In order to make the mill more attractive and to improve the local recreational area the municipality wants to build a new theme trail. The trail focuses on the cultural heritage concerning baking and grain cultivation. The trail's target group are families and school classes. 

The project funds the conception of this trail. In a follow-up project the trail will be realised.  

The "Terra Raetica Almbegegnung" is a long term project of the Terra Raetica region to strengthen the exchange of experiences in the field of transhumance in the alps.

In 2020 the focus is on irrigation systems and on alpine agriculture. The exchange takes place in the district of Imst.

Ötztal Tourism wants to redesign an interactive theme trail in Längenfeld. Important for the redesign is an exchange of ideas and experience with tourism experts from South Tyrol (Vinschgau). The experts have a lot of experience in terms of theme trails and Ötztal Tourism wants to benefit from this exchange.

The project supports and funds the exchange and the redesign of the theme trail.

The region Terra Reatica is full of natural and cultural specialities. The aim of this project is to show teachers as well as students these riches. Therefore the project funds and supports an advanced training course for teachers and field trips for students. 

Mobility is a very important topic, especially when you want to fight climate change. The municipalities of the valley Ötztal decided to face the growing traffic problems and engaged a traffic experts. Moreover, they created a strategy to tackle the problem. An important aspect of this strategy is the involvement of the local inhabitants. Therefore another expert was involved. The project is concerned with the funding of this civic participation process.

The municipality Wenns has the oldest crib club word wide. The club was founded in 1860 and since then more than 350 cribs have been produced. A new project is a full-size oriental crib which will be presented right in the middle of the small village. The projects funds the creation of several carved crib figures.

Doing so the project supports the preservation of this traditional handicraft.

The aim of this project is to formulate a new concept for the three museums of the "Ötztaler Museums GmbH". The concept has to integrate the three individual museums and should find new ways and possibilitites to give the museums a consistent new and topical look.

The "Ötztaler Museums GmbH" works as the head of the three former individual museums:

• Turmmuseum Oetz
• Gedächtnisspeicher Längenfeld
• Heimatmuseum Längenfeld

As the museums worked individually throughout decades the main aim of the new founded company "Ötztaler Museums GmbH" ist to integrate them and to find a new concept.

Mieming took part in the audit for a "family friendly region". The process ended with several proposals. One proposal was to create a place for all generations, a place where the generations can meet, talk, exchange ideas, etc. 

In order to come up with a more detailed plan and ideas concerning the design of such a place the municipal decided to start a civic participation process, which is the object of this project. This process will be moderated by a professional company and will last until spring. 

A sucessful and livable region relies, besides other values, very much on its economic power and competitiveness. To strengthen these features is the main mission of the project "IZI Imst". "IZI Imst" starts right at the beginning and tries to boost young entrepreneurs by offering several consulting services.

In a former project, IZI Imst established an idea check and became one of the most important players in the region regarding awareness-building for entrepreneurship in schools. Moreover, IZI Imst took part and backed over five business formations.

Because of this success the board decided to move on and to develop a new project. In this project "IZI Imst Fortführung" the project team wants to establish an "Idea Lab" in Imst in order to help young entrepreneurs better and to enable them to make prototypes etc. Moreover, the team wants to establish a business angel platform. The hitherto measures like the idea check or the campaigns in school will continue. 

The "Ötztaler Museen GmbH" was founded in January 2019 to unify the former independent museums Turmmuseum Oetz, Gedächtnisspeicher Längenfeld and Freilichtmuseum Längenfeld. The aim of the new founded Ötztaler Museen GmbH is to professionalise the three museums and to use synergy effects.

One of the first main projects of the new founded GmbH was to set up a new archive and to work through the old one. Therefore, this project was created. With the help of European funding the museum has employed a specialist for archives in order to set up, digitalise and reorganise the archives of the three museums. 

Climate change is an important topic especially for alpine forests. Rising temperatures and little or no rain pose a high risk for our current forests. The project "Zukunftsfitte Landschaftselemente - Vielfalt fördern I" tries to tackle this problem with various silvicultural measures. First, new plants (trees, bushes, etc.) which can adopt to the new climate and are used to warmer and drier conditions will be planted. Second, the problem of non-native plants will be adressed. To inform the public, information boards will be installed. 

The project "Klimafitter Erholungswald Imst/Tarrenz" will be realised in the following communities:  Imst and Tarrenz

Climate change is an important topic especially for alpine forests. Rising temperatures and little or no rain pose a high risk for our current forests. The project "Zukunftsfitte Landschaftselemente - Vielfalt fördern I" tries to tackle this problem with various silvicultural measures. First, new plants (trees, bushes, etc.) which can adopt to the new climate and are used to warmer and drier conditions will be planted. Second, the problem of non-native plants will be adressed. To inform the public, information boards will be installed. 

The project "Zukunftsfitte Landschaftselemente - Vielfalt fördern I" will be realised in the following communities:  Karres, Karrösten, Imsterberg and Mils bei Imst

Climate change is an important topic especially for alpine forests. Rising temperatures and little or no rain pose a high risk for our current forests. The project "Zukunftsfitte Landschaftselemente - Vielfalt fördern I" tries to tackle this problem with various silvicultural measures. First, new plants (trees, bushes, etc.) which can adopt to the new climate and are used to warmer and drier conditions will be planted. Second, the problem of non-native plants will be adressed. To inform the public, information boards will be installed. 

The project "Zukunftsfitte Landschaftselemente - Vielfalt fördern I" will be realised in the following communities:  Mötz, Haiming, Oetz, Rietz, Silz, Jerzens and Wenns

The project concerned is part of a bigger project, which is related with the construction of an information platform, called "Lebensraum Windachtal" (Habitat Windachtal). The Windachtal is a side valley of the famous Ötztal valley. In comparison to the very populated and highly touristic shaped Ötztal, the Windachtal is almost untouched, therefore it is an important natural heritage and provides an important habitat for animals. The information platform aims to portray the natural treasures of this valley and wants to raise awareness for this natural jewellery. 

The project "NP Ötztal Lebensraum Windachtal Umsetzung" is concerned with the realisation of this information platform. In a forerunning project the drafts and plans were realised.

The project is concerned with the further development and professionalisation of the nature park Kaunergrat. One main aim is to improve the relationship between the nature preserve and its stakeholders. Moreover, the nature park wants to improve the integration of it as an institution and its offers in the regional economy. 

The project is a cooperation project between the RegioL and Regio Imst. 

The project is concerned with the construction of the lighthouse-project "Steinbock-centre Pitztal". In the near future this building should be home to capricorns and an exhibition about theses creatures. 

The project will be realised in several steps:

1. plan and concept - already finished
2. Construction of the paths and the compounds
3. Construction of the main building
4. Design exhibition

This project is regarded with step 2 and is funded by LEADER. Step 3 is funded by the regional special support programme "RWP Pitztal". 

The area around the villages Oetz, Sautens and Umhausen wants to become a family-friendly region. Therefore, quite a lot of projects are concerned with families and what the area can do to improve family friendliness. One main project is the cooperation of 15 accommodation providers. They call themselves "Widi's Partnerbetriebe". Widi is the mascot of the area and is the symbol for the family-friendly region. 

The project "Widi's Partnerbetriebe" is concerned with the support of these companies in pursuing their aim of a better cooperation and an improved offer for families. The main measures are: marketing, improving communication skills and mutual excursions to other family-friendly regions in Austria or near foreign countries. 

The medieval market in Mils bei Imst is a tiny little market which started two years ago. This year the local authorities decided to plan a more professional market with focus on local and traditional handcraft. The project supports the local authorities and funds the marketing and the organisation for the market.

The area of the Terra Raetica region is a very brisk area in terms of tourism. Therefore, the tourism agencies play an important role. The project provides advanced communicative training for the touristic workforce. The focus is on the communicative skills like:

• Social Media
• Marketing
• Websites
• etc.

The aim of this project is to enhance the skills of the touristic workforce and to boost the competitiveness of the touristic area Terra Raetica.

The area of the Terra Raetica region is a very brisk area in terms of tourism. Therefore, the tourism agencies play an important role. The project provides advanced training for the touristic workforce. The focus is on the professional competences like:

• languages
• project management
• MS Office competences
• etc.

The aim of this project is to enhance the skills of the touristic workforce and to boost the competitiveness of the touristic area Terra Raetica.

Transnational cooperation is in general very important, especially for cultural institutions in the area of the Terra Raetica Region. The work group "Cultura Raetica" aims to lay the foundation for better cooperations between museums, archives and other cultural institutions as well for mutual projects. The overall aim is to increase the attractiveness of the institutions and to generate synergies.

The work group "Natura Raetica Terra Raetica" tries to strengthen the nature parks in the Terra Raetica Region. Therefore, the exchange of experience and the initiation of mutual projects is very important and the work group tries to lay the foundation for these cooperations.

The work group "Tourism in the region Terra Raetica" has been active since 2007. The aim of the work group is to enable transnational cooperation projects and to exchange of experience. The meetings of the work group are essential for this work. The LAG Imst took over the organisation of this project in 2019. Before then, RegioL was in charge of the work group and the main counterpart.

7 municipalities of the district Imst transform parts of their green areas into close-to-nature blooming areas. Furthermore, information events and workshops for local gardeners aim to raise awareness for close-to-nature landscape design. The organisers of this LEADER project regard it as an important step in order to maintain the biodiversity and to flight climate change.

Citizen Science is becoming more and more important. This year the 5th Austrian Citizen Science conference takes place in Obergurgl. As part of this conference students of the region Imst are invited to come and to participate. This LEADER-project finances the costs for the transfers between the schools and the conference center in Obergurgl.

The project is concerned with the organisation of a workshop for the local chroniclers. The main aim is to train and educate them in how to conduct a professional interview. The two-day workshop is split up into three main parts:

1. How to conduct an interview (interview guides, interview rules, etc.)
2. Lecture on Oral History
3. How to process an interview (transcriptions, audio files, etc.)

The projects main slogan is: capacity building. At the end of this workshop the participants should be able to conduct professional, objective and scientific usable interviews. This also opens up the possibility to conduct future regional surveys and studies. 

The project "Qualifizierungsoffensive Tourismus" (Skills Offensive Tourism) aims to enhance the quality of the services provided by tourism agencies in the area of the Terra Raetica. The Terra Raetica is a region composed of the district of Landeck and Imst (both Austria) and the regions Vinschgau (Italy), Engadin (Swiss) and Val Müstair (Swiss). Moreover, the project aims to boost the trans-regional competitiveness by offering various training and seminars and tries to create a space for exchanging ideas, experiences and knowledge.  

The project itself has been running for almost four years now and each and every year new courses and programmes are offered to the staff of the participating tourism agencies. To find out the needs and the specific requirements for the upgrade training courses this project "Qualifizierungsoffensive Tourismus Bedarfserhebung" (Skills Offensive Tourism Needs Assessment) was created. This project provides the base for the follow-up-project, in which the actual courses and seminars are being offered to the tourism agencies. 

In the past it was a common scene to see pupils on their way to school. The pupils had time to chat with each other, to play around and to get in touch with the environment. Nowadays, a lot of pupils are taken to school by their parents - a new phenomenon called school run.  This has a lot of negative consequences - first the pupils lose important time to socialise and to get in touch with the environment, second the development of a certain self-responsibility is being hindered, third the new phenomenon leads to traffic problems in the areas around the schools. 

This phenomenon is not only common in big cities but also affects small towns like Imst. In Imst elementary schools are especially affected. The "Miteinand in Imst"-Project developed in cooperation with the Regionalmanagement Bezirk Imst and the affected schools this project which aims to change this situation and to motivate pupils as well as their parents to go to school by foot. 

This aim shall be reached with the help of the following measures:

• awareness campaign
• competition: pupils can earn money for their class funds for each way to school, which has been completed on foot. 

The project is being financially supported by several political committees of the city government. 

One of the fields of works of the nature park Ötztal is to strengthen the consumption and production of regional products. Therefore, the Nature Park and the Ötztal tourismus agency developed this project. The main measures are:

• Drafting and printing of a book of vouchers for regional projects
• Drafting and printing of brochures
• Various marketing operations

Important support for the project is being received by over more than 45 companies, which call themselves Natura Park partner companies. These companies produce, offer or distribute local products. 

The Widiversum in Hoch Oetz (Ötztal Valley) is a very important tourist attraction. The Widiversum was originally a mutual project of the Ötztal Tourism Agency and the cable car company Hoch Oetz. The aim of the project was to improve summer tourism. Nowadays, Widiversum is a huge area with various adventure and knowledge stations. The whole concept focuses on the mascot Widi - a sheep breed. During the first seasons the Widiversum led to a significant increase in number of visitors and so encouraged the project initiators to develop the project even further.

"Widiversum Ausbaustufe 2" represents this advancement. The main aim of this project is to take the near alpine huts on board and to improve the whole hiking region "Hoch Oetz". Subject of the project is the construction of additional adventure and knowledge stations around the hiking trails and especially on the trails to the alpine huts. 

The region around Imst was a very important destination for labour migrants during the 1960s and 1970s. Especially migrants from Turkey came to Imst and started a whole new life there. Although an important chapter in the history of Imst, it lacks in scientific research. The project "Migrationsausstellung Ballhaus Imst" wants to change this issue by thorough archival research and interviewing migrants. The results will be presented in an exhibition in spring 2019 and will also form a base for future research projects. 

The project concerned is part of a bigger project, which is related with the construction of an information platform, called "Lebensraum Windachtal" (Habitat Windachtal). The Windachtal is a side valley of the famous Ötztal valley. In comparison to the very populated and highly touristic shaped Ötztal, the Windachtal is almost untouched, therefore it is an important natural heritage and provides an important habitat for animals. The information platform aims to portray the natural treasures of this valley and wants to raise awareness for this natural jewellery. 

The project "NP Ötztal Lebensraum Windachtal Detailplanung" is concerned with the drafting and planning of this information platform. In a follow-up project the drafts and plans will be realised. 

The long-distance hiking trail "Starkenberger Panoramaweg" was a major project of the tourism agency "Imst Tourismus". The hiking trail was finished in summer 2018 and received a lot of financial support from different governmental departments. 

To market the hiking trail professionally Imst Tourism launched the project "Marketing Starkenberger Panoramaweg". In this project several measure are taken to place the new hiking trail on relevant markets. The measures are:

• new internet presence
• drafting a layout for a brochure about the hiking trail

The project helps to boost summer tourism and to raise awareness for the cultural heritage of the region around Imst. The hiking trail focuses on the history of the old noble family "Starkenberger". A very famous family that lived during the middle ages around Imst. The family is still very famous today, as they had a huge impact on the local culture. 

The project is concerned with monitoring the common kestrel. The main aim of this project is to gain information about the breeding behaviour and to raise awareness for this bird. 

The birds can be seen live on screen: www.milsimbild.at/Falkenkamera 

The project is concerned with the creation of a folder, which supports volunteers in their work with refugees and migrants.

The leaflet contains important information about regional and local institutions which help in terms of integration. Moreover, it contains a manual for how to use the map on the new homepage www.integrationundgemeinwohl.tirol. The map provides necessary information about institutions (goals, contact details, etc.) which deal with refugees, migrants but also volunteers in general. 

Finally the leaflet portrays the work of the Freiwilligenzentrum Bezirk Imst and gives a short insight on the work of volunteers and their importance for the region. 

This project is concerned with the printing of a art catalogue for the famous annual art project "Art-Street Imst". The Art Street runs for about three weeks and is a very important event for artists in and around Imst. 

The art catalogue contains information about the various artists who take part in this event and also contains an article about the importance of art for the region and another article which deals with the heritage of the local building culture. 

The project supports marketing measures for the newly founded company "Ötztaler Holzart". The local company wants to produce ecological raised beds, which are produced out of local wood and regional resources. The company receives its energy out of solar power as one of the main aims of the new enterprise is to produce its products with almost zero emissions. 

Brewing beer is a traditional aspect for the Tyrolean culture. In Ötztal a small brewery startet a couple of years ago producing beer with a local traditional hop breed. The project "Ötztaler Brauhaus GmbH" has the aim to professionalise the production and to take the small brewery to the next level - which means expansion and increasing production. 

The main measures are: 

• establishing a craft brewery
• structural adjustments to the existing building
• marketing 

A sucessful and livable region relies, besides other values, very much on its economic power and competitiveness. To strengthen these features is the main mission of the project "IZI Imst". "IZI Imst" starts right at the beginning and tries to boost young entrepreneurs by offering several consulting services.

One of the services is an idea check, in which young entrepreneurs can discuss their business concepts with an expert. In the course of this consulting the expert connects the young founder with important network partners and other important players.  Another service focuses on local schools - by providing teaching material for pupils of different school types and by giving lessons the team of IZI Imst wants to spread the idea of entrepreneurship amongst youngsters. Finally, by holding seminars and events the club tries to create a positive atmosphere for entrepreneurship in the region. 

The project is concerned with severeal measures in the area of accessibility and quality improvement. 

The following measures are planned:

• implementation of an area-covering wireless LAN network
• installation of new slide doors for an improved accessibility with wheelchairs
• new audio guides for blind people

The aim of this project is to increase the recreational value of the area "Badesee Mieming". The location is a quite important recreational space for the local population, however due to a lack of financial power the area has seen no real investment and improvement for a long time. The infrastructure and especially the playground is in a bad shape.

With the help of this project the proprietors want to revive the area. The main measures are the construction of a new educative playground and a bridge across the lake to make the area more accessible. 

The project is concerned with the exhibition concept and the planning of the new Steinbock-centre in St. Leonhard im Pitztal. 

The project is concerned with the preperation of the new KEM-strategy (climate-and energy model region) for the region. Moreover, the aim of the project is to initiate and to support energy-related projects in the region. 

The main tasks of the project are:

• supporting the local energy-agents 
• extending the local energy-agents network
• preparing the new KEM-strategy
• public relations
• supporting and giving advice to ongoing energy related projects
• initiation of new projects

The Regionalmanagement Bezirk Imst organised together with the project "Miteinand in Imst", the City Marketing Imst and the Freiwilligenzentrum Bezirk Imst the event "Accessible Imst".

The event took place on the 12th of August. The aim was to raise awareness for people with impairments.

All major tyrolean associations for people with impairments took part and informed the local community about their programmes. Besides information the associations and local endorser for people with impairments organised various stations in which the visitors of the event could gain an insight into how it feels like to be blind, paraplegic or deaf. 

The project itself was not funded as the expenses were covered by capital of the Regionalmanagement Bezirk Imst and sponsorship money. 

The project "Präventives Leistungstraining" is an Interreg-project between the two elite schools Sportoberschule Mals (Italy) and Schigymnasium Stams (Austria). The project is concerned with a survey to find measures to reduce injuries in high-performance sport. 

The project is concerned with the training of people who establish climbing gardens as well as the reworking and republication of the well known manual "Qualitätshandbuch Klettergärten". 

The aim of this project is to train refugees in First Aid, so that they can handle an emergency in a professional manner. Moreover, the refugees are asked to assist and support the ambulancemen in the case of an emergency at a refugee hostel (in terms of communication, etc.). 

The project is concerned with the overwork and republication of the well-known Terra Raetica culture map. The map is available in german and italian. You can download the map here. 

The "Terra Raetica Almbegegnung" is a long term project of the Terra Raetica region to strengthen the exchange of experiences in the field of transhumance in the alps. The meeting in 2016 took place in the Ötztal valley (Tyrol | Imst). 

The aim of the project "Networking" is to interlink the regional players which deal with integration and common good. Moreover, the project provides manpower to work more efficiently and professionally towards a good and elaborated network.

The project is concerned with awarenness-raising activities for the old regional corn breed "Pitztaler Tirggen". The aim of the initiative is to strengthen the position of the traditional breed and to entrench the "Pitztaler Tirggen" in the local cultural heritage. 

In the region of Imst some alps to have dairy cows from different farmers. The farmers receive money for the milk their dairy cows give. However, the price for a litre milk is heavily influenced by the quality of the milk. At the moment all farmers receive the same amount of money as their is no tool or programm which can relate the quality of the milk to the individual dairy cow. So, although a farmer possesses high quality dairy cows, he receives the same amount of money as a farmer with dairy cows, which deliver low quality milk.

This project aims to undertake a research project to find a possible solution to this problem. The outcome should be a concept for an easy and handy accounting software for the alps. 

This concept could later be extended to a fully functional accounting sofware. 

The project "Wheelchairfriendly Längenfeld" involves the analyses of different tourist attractions as well as accommodation providers in terms of their accessibility for people with impairments. The project is related to the Terra Raetica project "Humana Raetica Barrierefrei". 

The project also includes awareness-raising activities.

To pull together, to head for the same goal and to take measures together - important aspects for tourism destinations which are becoming more and more important. The project "Markenkommunikation Pitztal" wants to accept this challenge by offering several workshops in which owners of local businesses and a representant of the tourism association try to find points of contact between the strategy of the tourism association and the various strategies of the regional businesses. 

The project should encourage the locals to work together and to use synergy effects to become more competitive. 

A main feature of the LEADER strategy is to boost bottom up processes. Small projects with a huge impact should be realised in a rather fast and uncomplicated way. By creating the "Umbrella Project LAG Imst 2016-25018" the Local Action Group Imst (located at the club Regionalmanagement Bezirk Imst) opened up a new and easy possibility to receive funds. 

This project therefore reduces the bureaucratic effort for the lead partners and offers a fast and uncomplicated way to obtain funding. 

This project is concerned with the funding of the Local Action Group, which is located at the club Regionalmanagement Bezirk Imst.

The project is concerned with the creation of a concept to increase the attractiveness of the bathing lake in Mieming. 

Main points of this concept are the construction of a Kneipp-basin, of a new bridge across the bathing lake and  of a new playground.

Additionally, the topic "Water" will have a major influence on the design of the area. Several stations are planned which provide a better understanding of the local water production and water usage. 

The "Apfelmeile Haiming" is situated next to the "Apfelstraße Haiming" and provides a small recreational park. In this park the visitors can learn something about the topic apple. The product apple represents an important economic branch in the surrounding area. Moreover, the local orchardist can present and sell their products in this park. 

The transnational cooperation project aims to exchange experience about integration between the participating countries Germany, Finland, Sweden and Austria. The  LAG Imst takes part with a regional project which is concerned with creating a task force, involving all important institutions, volunteers and authorities. The tasks force main goal is to create synergies and a common communication plattform. 

The project "Wheelchairfriendly Pitztal" involves the analyses of different tourist attractions as well as accommodation providers in terms of their accessibility for people with impairments. The project is related to the Terra Raetica project "Humana Raetica Barrierefrei". 

The project involves the remake and expansion of the brochure "Fascination Nature - Geology". The main aim of the project is to raise awareness for the local environment. 

The project funds the external project support of the overall project "Gottstein Areal". The "Gottstein Areal" is a former and today almost unoccupied factory building. The goal is to revive the building and to originate a center for craftmanship, regional products and research. 

The open-air museum "Ötztaler Heimatmuseum" preserves historical building culture. In order to keep these historic buildings alive REGIO Imst, the Antiquities and Monuments Office as well as the department of Village Renovation initiated the project to renovate 7 objects, which are threatened by deterioration. 

The project "Naturpark Ötztal Hohe Mut - Umbau" (Nature Park Ötztal Hohe Mut - Reconstruction) forms the base for the project "Naturpark Ötztal Hohe Mut - Ausstellung" (Nature Park Ötztal Hohe Mut - Exhibition). The project is concerned with the structural adjustments of the "Hohe Mut Alm". 

The project funds the new permanent exhibition of the Naturpark Ötztal. The exhibition is concerned with the local nature, glaciology and geology. 

The pilot project "Miteinand in Imst" (Together in Imst) was initiated by the tyrolean provincial government in 2014/15. Due to the huge success in Imst, REGIO Imst and the city of Imst decided to continue this project. The main aim is to strengthen the volunteer work. "Miteinand in Imst" initiates various projects with the help of volunteers and tries to create a base for common good as well as an awareness for the importance of voluntary work. "Miteinand in Imst" works closely with the regionwide working Center for the Volunteers. 

The "ABC-Cafe Imst" is a project which supports people who don't have German as their mother tongue. 4 employees help these people to improve their German. Another important goal is to enhance the process of integration. 

Sölden is located in the Ötztal and one of the biggest tourism destination in Tyrol. Unsurprisingly, a lot of the inhabitants work for the tourism sector, which involes work on weekends. In order to improve the situation of parents with small children, Sölden and REGIO Imst startet a project, called "saturday childminding". The main goal of the project is to improve the situation of the parents and to improve the working conditions.

"One Valley - one Way" - The continuation of the project "Regional Agenda Pitztal" focuses on the future of the agriculture in Pitztal and tries to help and improve the current situation. Workshops, public awareness measurements as well as the revival of old breeds are the main goals of this project.

Widiversum is an adventureland for children. It is located in Oetz (Ötztal) 2020 m above sea level. The adventureland is concerned with Widi, a sheep, who tries to find a magic crystal and to save the Widiversum. The project "Widiversum" involves the funding of four different stations where children learn interesting things about the local nature and environment. The main goals are to lessen the dependence of winter tourism and to improve the tourism destination of the anterior Ötztal, which wants to position itself as a family destination.

Wenns is a community in the Pitztal. Wenns has had a market right for several generations but in the recent past it did not make use of that right. To preserve the right and to revive it Wenns and REGIO Imst startet a project called "Erlebnismarkt Pitztal". The project is concerned with the implementation of a christmas market. Besides the onetime aqcuisition of market stalls the project's main goals are to improve the situation of local companies and to boost the awareness for local goods. The market will be held twice a year - around christmas and around easter.