The European MARGISTAR project workshop, to be held at FEM on January  28-29, 2025, will bring together representatives from over 20 European countries and provide a forum to present current research and analyses carried out by the project over the years. The focus will be on the marginalization of European mountainous areas, which are often characterized by socio-economic disparities, weak territorial cohesion, and imbalanced use and conservation of ecosystem services, but are also rich in natural resources that have not been adequately considered and exploited. The aim is to identify critical issues and future research challenges, providing new and alternative tools, data, models, and successful best practices. The approaches used are multi-/inter-/transdisciplinary to support the EU's efforts for inclusive, competitive, and green economies and societies. To this end, MARGISTAR has established an online platform for society, science, and Fairway policy in Europe to stimulate dialogue between scientists, land managers, policymakers, mountain stakeholders, NGOs, SMEs, public entities, and private organizations for capacity building aimed at a socially acceptable green recovery based on climate mitigation and adaptation for the revitalization of European mountainous areas.

Program

Tuesday January 28^th - Conference room 3rd floor PRC building Fondazione Edmund Mach

09:00 Registration

09:30 - 10:00 Management committee meeting 6, hybrid. 

10:00 - 10:20 Coffee break

10:20 - 12:00 Management committee meeting 6, hybrid. 

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 14:30 Walking through 3rd grant period tasks:

● Work and budget plan: an overview (Andrej Ficko).
● Training school “Shaping Tomorrow: Tools and Techniques for Strategic Futures and Group Decision-Making” in Slovenia: Topics and lecturers (Andrej Ficko & Antonio Monteiro).
● DC, ITC, STSM, VM grants: an overview (Cristina Dalla Torre)
● Scientific publishing meeting in Brno/Prague (Marcela Prokopová)
● Progress with Case catalogue: synthesis and possible publication (Simo Sarkki, Andrej Ficko, Yasar Selman Gultekin)
● Strategic scientific engagement through key conferences, congresses, and Green Deal diplomacy (Core group)
● Media & networking (Antonia Egli)
● Financial reporting (Katja Halme)

14:30 - 15:00 Coffee break

15:00 - 17:00 Working group 1-3 meetings (I):

• Overview of results, work under preparation and 3rd grant period tasks (WG leaders)
• output from Workshop in Ruse Bulgaria
• WG 2: Towards consensual definition of a periphery trap (multicriteria evaluation of definitions, continuation from Utsjoki, Andrej Ficko, Simo Sarkki)
• WG 3:

18:00 - Guided visit ancient vine cellar of FEM & social dinner. 

Wednesday January 29^th - Conference room 3rd floor PRC building Fondazione Edmund Mach

09:00 - 10:00 Working group 1-3 meetings (II):

• Work under preparation (WG leaders)
• WG 1:Webinar report and Virtual mobility

10:00-10:20 Coffee break

10:20 - 11:50 Working group 1-3 meetings (II):

• WG 2: Case catalogue: work ahead
• WG 3:

11:50 - 12:40 Lunch

12:40 - 18:00 Technical Visit to Val di Cembra & meeting with local stakeholders

18:00 - 20:15 Dinner

20:15-21:15 Return to Trento and San Michele

Info: https://margistar.eu/about-us-margistar/