SONO PROJECT

SONO PROJECT

``Revealing Possibilities and Fostering Opportunities``

SONO (Svelare Occasioni Nutrire Opportunità)” – “Revealing Possibilities and Fostering Opportunities” is funded within the framework of the Italy-Switzerland cross-border cooperation program (2014-2020), a project led by Fondation Grand Paradis, on the Italian side, and by the tourism institute HES-SO Valais-Wallis, on the Swiss side, in partnership with the municipalities of Aymavilles, Introd, Rhêmes-St-Georges, Cogne, Saint-Marcel, Orsière and Evolène.

The project aims to promote the attractiveness of “minor” territories, characterised by environmental and cultural resources that are still undervalued from a tourism viewpoint. In particular, SONO’s intention is to give visitors the possibility to understand and unravel the history, complexity and variety of the heritage they visit, through an experiential journey that focuses on the roots and the identity that make this destination unique.

The common thread of the project is storytelling, a method through which the different territories reveal themselves to the eyes of the visitor.

 

PROGRAM: INTERREG V-A ITALY-SWIZERLAND

PROJECT DURATION: 18 MONTHS

TOTAL BUDGET: € 899.868,00 (Italy) CHF 69.661,15 (Switzerland)

FONDATION GRAND PARADIS BUDGET: € 776.868,00

LEAD PARTNERS: Fondation Grand Paradis (Italy) HES-SO Valais-Wallis (Switzerland)

PARTNERS: Municipality of Aymavilles (Italy),Municipality of Cogne (Italy), Municipality of Introd (Italy),Municipality of Rhêmes- St- Georges (Italy),Municipality of Saint-Marcel (Italy),Municipality of Évolène (Switzerland), Municipality of Orsières (Switzerland)

CIAK SONO

SONO Municipalities

Aymavilles between culture and countryside

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Cogne and the Gran Paradiso National Park

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Cogne and the mine

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Rhêmes-Saint-Georges and the cereal cultivations

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Introd and its spiritual places

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Saint-Marcel and the ancient mine

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Orsières and the via Francigena

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Evolène and the architecture of tradition

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SONO events at the 23° Gran Paradiso Film Festival

  • The horse-riding activities in Introd

SONO events at the 22° Gran Paradiso Film Festival

  • The installation of two new exhibitions, dedicated to the Eagle-owl and to the Alpine ibex, in the Visitor Centers of Rhêmes-Notre-Dame and Cogne
  • The outdoor activities within Aria di Festival in Aymavilles: discovering the meditative walk and the magical stories of the Génialps
  • The outdoor activities within Aria di Festival in Rhêmes-Saint-Georges: an  horse journey with the little Génialps

Project Partners