Observ'Alp - Alpine Cross-Border Observation System [2023-2025]

Project duration: From 21/09/2023 to 31/12/2025
Total project budget: €500,000 (ERDF Co-financing: €400,000)
MOT budget: €71,400 (ERDF co-financing: €57,120)
Alcotra program priority axis: “VI. Overcome the main administrative obstacles in the ALCOTRA area”
Specific program objective: “6.1 Strengthen the institutional capacities of public authorities, particularly those responsible for managing a specific territory, and stakeholders”
Partners: Région Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (lead partner), Piedmont Region, Liguria Region, Métropole de Nice, Città Metropolitana di Torino, Transfrontier Operational Mission (MOT), with the support of the Principality of Monaco and the Città Metropolitana di Genova

The Observ’Alp project, selected under the Interreg ALCOTRA program, aims to establish the first system for observing, sharing territorial data, and providing digital services between border territories, particularly between France, Italy, and the Principality of Monaco. The data processed covers numerous areas that shape life on both sides of the border, ranging from mobility and employment to natural risks and biodiversity.

To achieve this, four work packages are assigned to the partners, covering project governance and administrative management, communication, the collection and compilation of cross-border data, and the open storage of data and cross-border experimentation. Steering committee meetings are planned four times over the two years of the project. Additionally, the project establishes a Collective Intelligence Committee (CIC). Led by the MOT, the CIC supports the project by bringing together other partners to share their expertise and provide data. This committee, whose first meeting took place in December 2023 at the launch of the project, remains flexible and evolves according to the project’s needs.