Ms. Patek had the opportunity to get to know the Alpine Convention well, since she has been the chair of the Natural Hazards Working Group (PLANALP) of the Alpine Convention.
Alenka Smerkolj and Marianna Elmi also had a productive working meeting with Ewald Galle, the Austrian Focal Point, and Katharina Zwettler. After the Austrian Presidency of the Alpine Convention (2016-2019), there were a lot of experiences to exchange and even more ideas for future projects and cooperation to discuss in order to further contribute to the implementation of the Multi-Annual Work Program until 2022.