Workshop " Protected areas as tool for regional development"

		During an international workshop held in the Chartreuse Regional Park (France) from 13-15 October 2011, more than 30 experts from science and parks management across Europe discussed the role of mountain protected areas in regional development. The discussion was based on the input of selected experts from Germany, Switzerland, Norway and Austria who have a well recognized reputation in the area of protected areas.

Plenum	The NeReGro quartet!			Ingo Mose, University of Oldenburg, Germany:multiple dimensions of a demanding topic
Weissen Andreas (Swiss Network of Protected Areas): What kind of research do protected areas require?	Andreas Voth, University of Vechta, Germany and Sevilla (Spain): Economy, private businesses and regional development	Plenum	Weixlbaumer Norbert	Post-it session
From left to right: Strjker Dirk and Ingo Mose	Stokke Knut Bjorn ( Norwegian University for Life and Sciences, Norway): recreation and tourism -socio-cultural and socio-economic impacts on protected areas	Susanne Stoll-Kleemann (University of Greifswald, Germany): Governance of PA -which form of governance are appropriate?	Working group 1. Moderator: Dominik Siegrist	Strijker Dirk (Faculty of Spacial Sciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands) : moderator of the workshop
Working group 2a. Moderator: Ingo Mose		The natural regional park of Chartreuse and the Tourist office	Buffet of regional specialities
Participant's group	Participant's group	From left to right: Guido Plassmann (ALPARC), Eliane Giraud (President of the Chartreuse natural regional Park), Dominik Siegrist ( Department of Landscape Architecture Institute of Tourism, Leisuretime and Landscape Research,University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland) and Gerard Hanus (Director of the Chartreuse natural regional Park)		Eliane Giraud and Dominik Siegrist
La Brevadière Restaurant	La Brevadière Restaurant	Fiel trip at the Carthusian Monastery in Saint Pierre de Chartreuse (FR)	Fiel trip at the Carthusian Monastery in Saint Pierre de Chartreuse (FR)	Eliane Giraud (President of the Chartreuse natural regional Park)
From left to right: Guido Plassmann (ALPARC), Eliane Giraud (President of the Chartreuse natural regional Park), Dominik Siegrist (NeReGro) and Gerard Hanus (Director of the Chartreuse natural regional Park)	From left to right: Thomas Scheurer (ISCAR), Guido Plassmann (ALPARC) and Jean-Paul Claret (mayor of the village of Entremont le Vieux and President of the community of municipalities of Entremont Valley)	field trip at Entremont le Vieux, guided visit to a dairy cooperative	ARCABAS's picture. ARCABAS is a French contemporary sacred artist.His works are usually inspired by stories of the Bible.	Visit of the Church in Saint Hugues with Arcabas pictures
Field trip: Carthusian monastery in Saint Pierre de Chartreuse. The name Carthusian is derived from the Chartreuse Mountains	Landscape surrounding the Carthusian Monastery	Field trip at the Carthusian Monastery.	Guido Plassmann (ALPARC) and Jean-Paul CLARET (mayor of Entremont-le-Vieux municipality)