Art. 9 of the framework Convention
Decision on the Permanent Secretariat (doc. VII/2)*
An affective coordination of all Alpine States requires a reference point. That was the reason why the Contracting Parties decided to establish the Permanent Secretariat. The location of the Permanent Secretariat's seat has been chosen on the basis of an international tender published by the Italian presidency.
The Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention was established by a decision taken at the 7th Alpine Conference in Merano/Meran in November 2002.
The Permanent Secretariat supports the bodies established by the Alpine Convention. It offers a professional, logistic, administrative help and assists the countries in carrying out the actions, required by the Convention and its Protocols.
Te Permanent Secretariat has been set up in 2003 and located in Innsbruck, Austria (political-administrative duties), with a branch office in Bolzano/Bozen, Italy (technical-operational duties).
The main tasks of the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention are:
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administrative and technical support to the bodies of the Alpine Convention,
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public relations (communicating and disseminating information about the Convention, its protocols and their achievements),
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co-ordination of the Alpine research projects,
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facilitating the implementation of the Convention and the compliance with its protocols,
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observation and information system for the Alps (SOIA),
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translating and interpreting.
In 2006, a Task Force Protected Areas was set up in Chambéry/France and incorporated into the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention.
Contact
Innsbruck main office:
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Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 15
6020 Innsbruck
Austria
Tel.: 0043-512-588589-0
Fax: 0043-512-588589-20
Email: info@alpconv.org
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Viale Druso / Drususallee 1
39100 Bolzano / Bozen
Italia
Tel.: 0039 0471 055357
Fax: 0039 0471 055359
Email: info@alpconv.org
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