Lake contract for protecting and valorising water resources
Borgomanero
Italy
The Cusio lake contract is a participatory tool adopted to protect water resources around Orta Lake in Piedmont (IT), which over the years have been exploited to the point of exhaustion and then recovered thanks to innovative and costly interventions. To avoid repeating past mistakes and to align with the European legal framework, the Cusio Lake Cntract unites 133 local actors in an action plan. This plan brings together environmental protection and territorial development, while integrating social, economic and educational components. It proposes collective and individual actions across four areas: pollution reduction, lake ecosystem, shared redevelopment of the territory, and education on environmental sustainability.
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URBACT is a European Territorial Cooperation programme that enables the cooperation of European cities within thematic networks since 2002. The programme also provides capacity-building activities and tools, and shares knowledge and good practices to city representatives and urban practitioners.
