Mountain Award 2021 | March 20, 2021
The prize for exemplary companies in the mountain area is endowed with 40,000 francs and is awarded annually by the Swiss Working Group for Mountain Areas (SAB) and Swiss Mountain Aid. In addition, the Swiss Mobiliar Cooperative is donating the audience award endowed with CHF 20,000 as part of its social commitment. The deadline for submitting projects is April 30th.
Armin Spescha (right) from Communicaziun.ch from Ilanz in Graubünden received the coveted award from Federal Councilor Guy Parmelin in Bern in December 2020.Photo: Keystone, Peter Schneider
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The Swiss Working Group for Mountain Regions (SAB) and Swiss Mountain Aid have been awarding the Montagne Prize since 2011. With this award, the two organizations honor projects that contribute directly to value creation and job development or to economic diversity in the mountain area. Projects with a model character that have proven themselves over at least three years can be submitted. In the past ten years, 63 projects from all of Switzerland’s language regions have been nominated. “Since the launch, we have met numerous inspiring entrepreneurs from all sectors,” says ex-ski racer and jury president Bernhard Russi. “The quality and diversity of the nominated projects bear witness to the great economic vitality in our mountains year after year.”
Successful Bündner at the Prix Montagne 2020
At last year’s Prix Montagne, both prizes went to companies from the Canton of Graubünden. The communication service provider «communicaziun.ch» from Ilanz won the Prix Montagne endowed with 40,000 francs. Bernhard Russi was impressed by the winning project: “Armin Spescha and his team can not only keep up with the communications agencies from the Unterland, they even stand out from them as a total service provider.” The Prix Montagne 2020 audience award, donated by the Swiss Mobiliar Cooperative as part of its social commitment, went to the Tessanda hand-weaving mill from Santa Maria in Graubünden. Tessanda was able to convince the participants in the online voting and won the audience award endowed with CHF 20,000.
Bernhard Russi is the jury president.Foto: Keystone, Urs Flueeler
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Register now: The submission period is running
Projects from private individuals, organizations or companies from the mountain area can now be accessed www.prixmontagne.ch be submitted. The deadline for submission is April 30th. The seven jury members then review the projects and nominate the best. The two winning projects will be announced at a festive award ceremony on September 7th in Bern.
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