Results of our study on how to close the gap between research and practise.

1. mountain.TRIP
mountain sustainability: Transforming Research Into Practice
PRACTITIONERS’ CONSULTATION WORKSHOP, 9 NOVEMBER 2010
Summary of the working group sessions on:
Bridging the gap – a practitioner’s wish list
2009‐2011 | FP7 | Coordination and Support Action
Knowledge Transfer and uptake of EU research results

2. Content needed
‐ Future of alpine lifestock, adapted species
‐ prospective scenarios (comparable data)
‐ Raw and metadata – not accessible at necessary
level
‐ Add contact to provide more detail
‐ Research results should be more targeted at
specific mountain regions

3. Funding / institutional framework
‐ Practitioners input as a basic condition for
funding
‐ Balance distribution of funds across mountain
ranges
‐ Sustainable „length“ of research projects
‐ Governance of EU research projects is too rigid
‐ Burden of excessive review of research

4. Needs
‐ Moutain TRIP: Take researchers to topic
‐ Decrease „language barriers“ (language and
content)
‐ Where to find results?
 thematically grouped
 Increase subtopics
‐ Increase cooperation and transfer of information
through clustering of actors and between
communities