Team

Jury 2023

  • Johann Schmid

    Chamber of Agriculture Salzburg
    AUSTRIA

  • Frederic Bally

    Grenoble School of Management
    FRANCE

  • Robert Winkler

    Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection
    GERMANY

  • Mariadonata Bancher

    KlimaHaus / CasaClima
    ITALY

  • Miro Kristan

    Posoški razvojni center
    SLOVENIA

  • Angelika Abderhalden

    UNESCO Biosfera Engiadina Val Müstair & Fundaziun Pro Terra Engiadina
    SWITZERLAND

Coaching

PLANVAL is mandated to implement the GI goes business award. PLANVAL is a Swiss company for sustainable and innovative development of regions, municipalities and enterprises. In our innovation projects, we work with Design Thinking, Business Model Innovation and Lean Startup approaches - always with a strong focus on sustainable development, understood in an integrated way.

 

GI goes business team: Corin Meier, Lorenz Kurtz, Thomas Probst

  • Thomas Probst

    Working on sustainable and innovative development since 20 years - in the Alpine space and other areas. Specific fields of work: sustainable business, climate change, landscape. Design Thinking and Lean Startup coach.

  • Lorenz Kurtz

    Engaged for and experienced in regional and local development in rural and urban areas. Specific fields of work: participatory processes, co-creation, food systems. Business model innovation and Lean Startup coach.

  • Corin Meier

    Working on knowledge transfer and linkages between rural and urban areas. Specific fields of work: spatial development, participatory processes, strategies and evaluation. Project officer, Design Thinking coach.

How is the award financed?

The GI goes business Award 2023 is financed by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano, represented by the Energy Agency South Tyrol (KlimaHaus) in the frame of the Italian EUSALP presidency and the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection.

 
 
 

The Green Infrastructure goes business award was a pilot initiative of the EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) / Action Group 7 “Green Infrastructure”.
The Award 2022 was financially supported by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. The AlpGov2 project provided content-wise inputs.