Towards a Pact for the Future The Summit of the Future (22-23 September 2024) will produce an inter-governmentally negotiated, action-oriented Pact for the Future with chapters on Sustainable development and financing for development; International peace and security; Science, technology and innovation and digital cooperation; Youth and future generations; and Transforming global governance. The Summit of […]

About Join the 8th edition of AlpWeek, themed “Alps in our hands” from 23 to 25 September 2024 in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. Twenty years have elapsed since the inaugural AlpWeek in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, in 2004. In that time, numerous successes, initiatives, and policies have played pivotal roles in the sustainable development of the Alpine […]

Context and Objectives The expert workshop is organized in the context of the 2024 Albert Mountain Award ceremony. Bringing together practitioners, scientists, and funders, it highlights the activities of one of the awardees, the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS). Internationally acknowledged as Africa’s primary mountain hub organization, ARCOS operates a successful nature-based community enterprise programme […]

About Every two years, the King Albert I Memorial Foundation presents the international “Albert Mountain Award”. The prize is awarded to people who have rendered outstanding services to the mountains as athletes, researchers or cultural workers. The next award ceremony will take place on Friday 27 September 2024 at the Swiss Alpine Museum in Bern […]