On Tuesday, November 21, 2023, in Strasbourg, the final of the "PITCH YOUR PROJECT" competition took place. An event co-organized by the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Grand Est regions as part of the European Union Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP), in the presence of Marie-Guite Dufay, President of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region.
- 06 December 2023
The Pitch Your Project competition provides young people aged 16 to 25, residing in any of the 7 countries in the Alpine region, with the opportunity to present and invigorate their project ideas each year. For the sixth edition, the final took place in Strasbourg and determined the final ranking of the finalist projects. Here are the results:
1st - The Trash to Treasure project, from Slovenia, revolutionizes the Alpine regions by promoting a circular economy and sustainable collaborations among craftsmen, farmers, and local communities. 2nd - The Circonference on Climate project , from France, is composed of 10 young artists who named themselves Cirkaêtre and who created a poignant, poetic show to share a subject that concerns them: global warming. 3rd - The CO2 Reduction Ascent project , from France, is a jewel that makes the invisible visible and quantifiable by mechanically quantify the CO2 emissions of the person wearing it. Congratulations to the other finalists : 4th - The CRCL project , from Italy, wants to move away from mass tourism and the commercialization of the mountains, by creating a clothing line specifically for young people. The project seeks to instill in them an appreciation for the values associated with going to the mountains: simplicity, sharing, and effort.
5th - The POST ALPE project, from Italy, seeks to rejuvenate fading traditional rural practices within alpine communities. It repositions manual labor as a collective endeavor and fosters community participation. Central to the project are intergenerational co-design workshops that reintegrate crafts into society through engagement with public spaces.