1. Arch. Marialuisa Dagnino GrainauCreation/implementation of trade sities and development of tourism industry Strengthen the existing trade and industry Create new rough drafts for further trade sites Job creation out of tourism industry Saint MauriceAttraction of small and medium size enterprises and development of tourist activities The process Future & Tourism aims at giving a great impulse to the development of tourism on St- Maurice territory, increasing the value of local economy and improving the quality of life for the inhabitants. TschlinChange of use for empty buildings to a touristic option Changing from a rural to a soft-touristic economy, which takes advantage of a intact nature and of Tschlin musical tradition. The aim is changing of use for empty building to a touristic option, beginning with the school building. Pragelato e PraliLocal development and Olympic Winter Games in two Olympic resorts Analyzing the initiatives and the proposals of local economic development with special rewference to the Olympic Winter Games that will be hosted in Regione Piemonte in 2006. Valcamonica e Valvestino Experiments of innovation actions for preserving the commercial services Maintaining adequate commercial services levels in Region mountain and disadvantage areas. Increasing the value of commerce social dimansion to improve life quality in mountain areas. DazioExperiments of innovation actions for trade and handicrafts integration To define a “hypothesis of the model” to revitalize the typical goods commerce, through a research involving all the local institution, artists and manufactures, promoting the sharing of the resources. A similar research will be done for agricultural products and local cultures, considering the hypothesis it is suitable to put together different kinds of products at the same “selling places”. Training activities are planned for the interested operators. WP 5 COORDINATION AIMS

2. Arch. Marialuisa Dagnino GrainauCreation/implementation of trade sities and development of tourism industry Since few years there is an increase of decline at the retail trade as well as a declineat the supply and variety of buisiness trade. Connected with it, the attractivity to live at the village goes down and young people, having small future prospects, leaves theese mountain areas. Saint MauriceAttraction of small and medium size enterprises and development of tourist activities Traditional employers such as the army or the Swiss railway company have suppressed a lot of jobs this last decade and the municipality want to attract small and middle enterprises and to develop tourist activities. TschlinChange of use for empty buildings to a touristic option Loosing people to the main towns of the region (Scuol, Chur). Pragelato e PraliLocal development and Olympic Winter Games in two Olympic resorts The impact with the Olympic event allows to analyze the effects on stakeholders’ networks. Need to avoid the decline, when – as in Prali – there is a possibilityrisk of mass tourism. Awareness of local inhabitants’ needs and attempt to attract new resident. Interesting presence of foreigners and relevant institutions (Agape). Intensification of trans-border relations. Valcamonica e Valvestino Experiments of innovation actions for preserving the commercial services Increasing the value of social importance of trade. DazioExperiments of innovation actions for trade and handicrafts integration The Province of Sondrio is very interested in participating in the development of actions which represent a new item inside the several current actions on the Province they are carrying a real support to the mpuntain econimies related with the artistical and cultural production The scope is to provide a concrete support to those entrepreneurial initiatives to save local traditions. WP 5 COORDINATION REASONS FOR CHOOSING THIS PROJEC

3. Arch. Marialuisa Dagnino GrainauCreation/implementation of trade sities and development of tourism industry The participative process is a common strategy, wich involves the inhabitants in every project steps. Saint MauriceAttraction of small and medium size enterprises and development of tourist activities Promote the partecipation of all the stakeholders (local authorities, companies, tourist organisation, owners of secondary homes, tourists, population) to begin a contructive discussion between all the actors and to increase the acceptance of the measures contained in the action plan. TschlinChange of use for empty buildings to a touristic option Practice: project development for the school building. Pragelato e PraliLocal development and Olympic Winter Games in two Olympic resorts Analysis of local and non local social-economic dynamics. Analysis of the project aspects, subjects, resources, development visions. Analysis of the actors and the networks. Prali : Round table with young people focused on their own views of the future and role in the local community. Pragelato : Bilateral interviews with local entrepreneurs, professionals, workers in the winter tourism sector. Valcamonica e Valvestino Experiments of innovation actions for preserving the commercial services Identifying Municipalitie for the study based on criticalities in commercial service equipments, to no adeguate value of tourist place vocation and increasing the value of handicraft activities already existing. Involvement of Local Bodies and Trade associations into studies of cases and starting up of experiments. Analysis (customer habits enquiry, about supply and demand about existing public services, about the availability of rooms for multi-service shop) Presentation and discussion of European projects already done and regarding the economic problems of little mountain municipalities. Setting up of specific instruments such as conventions, project feasibility. DazioExperiments of innovation actions for trade and handicrafts integration Participative process which involves all the actors and the Local Bodies. WP 5 COORDINATION METHODOLOGY

4. Arch. Marialuisa Dagnino GrainauCreation/implementation of trade sities and development of tourism industry Creation of working groups and settin up the Integrate Action Plan (IAP) besed on the working group’s results, with the partecipation of the population of the inhabitans, and, generally, of all the actors involved in the process. Saint MauriceAttraction of small and medium size enterprises and development of tourist activities Workshops e questionares TschlinChange of use for empty buildings to a touristic option The school building will became a Tourist Accomodation Centre and Music Hall also, while in the empty building they would like to realize a Extended Hotel. Pragelato e PraliLocal development and Olympic Winter Games in two Olympic resorts First draft of the state of the territory, survey carried out through the main socio- econimic indicators. Intervieew with the key actors (Mayors, Representatives of the Mountain Community..) Organization of focus groups with local authorities. Planning interviewa with other stakeholders. Valcamonica e Valvestino Experiments of innovation actions for preserving the commercial services Realization of an inquiry into demand, into consumers habits and into offer. Setting up of local strategies with synergistic actions in order to revitalize the commerce context, with a particular attention to the exploitation of local productions. Evaluation of common rooms availability to be located or common spaces to be shared with other services already existing al local level to realize multi-services shops. Setting up of Convention between Municipalities and services subject supplier. Realization of a website supporting the experimentation. DazioExperiments of innovation actions for trade and handicrafts integration Opening the selling point. Workshops Promotional actions, training actions Convention with the Dazio Town Hall WP 5 COORDINATION ACTIONS