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Dear Mountain Partnership members and friends, A special International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) Mountain Network Series webinar will be held on Friday,
3 December 2021
to announce the winner of the
2020-2021 UIAA Mountain Protection Award (MPA). Organized
with the support of The Bally Peak Outlook Foundation, established in 2020 by Swiss luxury brand Bally to preserve the mountains and their communities, the webinar will be part of the lead-up to
International Mountain Day. A total of 24 projects operational in more than 30 countries and on six continents were showcased as part of 2020-2021 MPA. They represent a
range of initiatives including encouraging youth participation, tackling pollution and climate change, creating sustainable national parks, spearheading clean-up campaigns and projects focused on women in mountaineering. In the weeks leading up to the webinar, the winner of the Best New Initiative and Runner-Up prizes will be announced on the UIAA social media
channels. This year’s winner will become the eighth recipient of the international award since 2013 and receive a cash prize of
EUR
10 000. The webinar will be streamed live on Zoom and on YouTube on
Friday, 3 December at 14.00
CET. The webinar will last 90 minutes and feature contributions from the UIAA Mountain Protection Commission, Bally and The Bally Peak Outlook Foundation,
the
United
Nations
Environment
Programme, the 2020-21 MPA best
new initiative, runner-up and the Award winner themselves. To register for the webinar on Zoom (free of charge),
please
click here. The link to watch live, or embed, from YouTube is here:
https://youtu.be/jNdDhJul_r4
Visit the
UIAA website for more information. Best regards, The Mountain Partnership Secretariat |
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The Mountain Partnership is a voluntary alliance of partners dedicated to improving the lives of mountain people and protecting mountain environments around the world. |