The Alps-Adriatic Working Group

The Alps-Adriatic Working Group
Formation	20 November 1978
Type	International organization
Headquarters	Klagenfurt, Carinthia (Austria)
Members	15 1 state; 3 lands; 3 regions; 8 counties; Burgenland, Carinthia, Styria (Austria); Istria, Karlovac, Koprivnica-Križevci, Krapina-Zagorje, Međimurje, Varaždin, Virovitica-Podravina (Croatia); Vas (Hungary); Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Veneto (Italy); Slovenia; ;
Leader	Peter Kaiser (Austria)
Website	www.alps-adriatic-alliance.org

Working Community of Cantons, Provinces, Counties, Regions and Republics of East Alpine Region or The Alps-Adriatic Working Group (Croatian: Radna zajednica Alpe-Jadran; German: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Alpen-Adria; Hungarian: Alpok–Adria Munkaközösség; Italian: Comunità di lavoro Alpe Adria; Slovene: Delovna skupnost Alpe-Jadran) is an international organization that promotes co-operation between the states of the Eastern Alps and the Northern Adriatic region in the field of tourism, environmental protection, culture, science, politics, economy and European integration. The initiative to establish the group came from Italy and the body was founded in Venice in 1978. It initially served as a common forum for subnational units of Austria, Italy and Yugoslavia.