Club Arc Alpin

Club Arc Alpin (CAA) is an umbrella organization founded in 1995 by eight leading mountaineering associations of the Alpine arc. It coordinates and represents the common interests of its member associations in alpinism, nature conservation and alpine spatial planning at the international level, particularly within the bodies of the Alpine Convention, and promotes mutual exchange of information. Its work is focused through three specialist commissions: 'Mountaineering, Training and Safety', 'Nature Conservation and Alpine Spatial Planning', and 'Huts and Trails'. The CAA states that it represents around 2.5 million mountaineers in Europe. Its members are Alpenverein Südtirol (AVS), Fédération Française des Clubs Alpins et de Montagne (FFCAM), Club Alpino Italiano (CAI), Deutscher Alpenverein (DAV), Liechtensteiner Alpenverein (LAV), Österreichischer Alpenverein (ÖAV), Planinska Zveza Slovenije (PZS) and Schweizer Alpen-Club (SAC). Since March 2008 the CAA has been entered in the register of associations of the City of Munich.

In 1995 the eight leading mountaineering associations of the Alpine arc founded an umbrella organization, the Club Arc Alpin (CAA). The CAA coordinates and represents the common interests of the associations in the fields of alpinism, nature conservation and alpine spatial planning at the international level, particularly in the bodies of the Alpine Convention, and promotes mutual exchange of information. Its focal points are the three specialist commissions 'Mountaineering, Training and Safety', 'Nature Conservation and Alpine Spatial Planning' and 'Huts and Trails'. The CAA represents around 2.5 million mountaineers in Europe. Since March 2008 the CAA has been entered in the register of associations of the City of Munich. On 22 March 2025, the current statutes of the CAA were adopted at the annual general meeting in Milan. On 24 and 25 April 2026, the CAA's annual general meeting took place in Colmar at the invitation of the FFCAM, with representatives of AVS, CAI, DAV, FFCAM, ÖAV, PZS and SAC present; the main agenda items included the election of a new board member, a new vice president, and the revision of the position paper 'Windkraftanlagen im Gebirgsraum'. On 18 May 2026, the Alpine Convention event 'Moving around the Alps Towards Sustainable Tourism Mobility' took place in Bolzano, at which CAA board member Martin Knapp gave a speech on 'Sustainable tourism in high altitude: trails and lodges'.

Umbrella organization coordinating and representing the common interests of Alpine mountaineering associations internationally.

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