Final evaluation

Target groups
Policy maker; civil servants / administration; planner; specific institutions

Area of application
Comunis pilot areas: Municipalities of Martigny, Sion, Sierre (Canton of Valais, Switzerland), Alpsee-Grünten (Bavaria, Germany), Tarare region (Greater Lyon, France), Gorenjska (Slovenia), Passeiertal (Autonomous Province of Bolzano-South Tyrol, Italy), Municipalities of Nizza Monferrato, Canelli and Calamandra (Asti Province, Italy), Greater Walser Valley and Leibachtal (Vorarlberg, Austria) Time frame
Results have been elaborated during the entire duration of the project. Evaluation after the main projects conclusion was drawn. Aim ist to confirm, adapt, improve and possibly reorient future strategies.

Keywords
Commercial location development (CLD), intermunicipal cooperation, public service provision, SME support and networks

Accessibility
Open access to the guidelines (pdf) in the project website as well as WIKIAlps

Transferability and re-usability
This tool is explicitely thought as a support for the of the results capitalization for the replicability of the project experiences in similar contexts. Chapter 6 on “Reccomendations” included in this document are particularly serving this aim; they indicate some key elements which should be followed for a smooth, running and succesfull intermuniciapal-cooperation.

Sector policies adressed
Spatial planning (infrastructure planning, land management) , public services, labor market, commercial sectors (primary, secondary, tertiary), waste management, business and inustry, social service and housing, resource management