International Snow Science Workshop Grenoble – Chamonix Mont-Blanc - 2013 STIPP, a Spanish-French project that combines experience and technology to dissemimate information on both sides of the Pyrenees in order to prevent risk situations in mountain areas Comet B. 1 Dupouy J 1 . Avellanas M 2 . Mayo S 3 . Rodrigalvarez V 3 . Cisneros C 4 . Coll J 2 . Sierra M 2 . Anglés R 2 . Asiain D 5 . Pons A 5 . Robert A 6 . Hurtado R 7 1 MEDES; Institute de Médecine et de Physiologie Spatiels 2 Servicio Aragonés de salud SALUD 3 Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón ITA 4 Ayuntamiento de Jaca 5 EUPLA, Universidad politécnica de La Almunia de Doña Godina 6 ENIT; Ecole Nationale d’Ingenieurs de Tarbes 7 A LURTE centre of natural risks in mountain areas ABSTRACT: Supported by the Interregional Co-operation Program Spain-France-Andorra POCTEFA INTERREG IV A 2007-2013 the STIPP Project was developed by different organisms in France and Spain. The acronym STIPP stands for “Système Transfrontalier d’Information pour la Prévention dans les Pyrénées in French, and for “Sistema Transfronterizo de Información para la Prevención en los Pirineos” in Spanish or translated into English “Crossborder Information System for Prevention in the Pyrenees”. This international project aims to include the gathering of and diffusion of information that mountain users may found while developing their activities on the Pyrenees, and also the coordination between the two sides of the Pyrenees (Spain and France). KEYWORDS: technology, information, satellite, weather station, server, telemedicine, mountain, healthcare, rescue, crossborder, risk prevention. 1 INTRODUCTION The leitmotif of the STIPP project has been for users of both French and Spanish Pyrenees mountains, "risk control" during their mountain activities. In order to achieve this objective, the different actions undertaken by STIPP try to report and inform users of the Pyrenees mountains, as well as possible, about the risks that could find or have found during their activities. Some risks are mainly presented as preventive information to users (weather hazards such as storms, avalanches, risks related to changes of the terrain conditions), while other risks are the result of processed information done by specialists during or after the crisis (alert activation through a satellite phone system, which allow simultaneous telephone conversations and the location of the alert, or by telemedicine backpacks that allows the exchange of medical information for people who need medical advice before the eventual arrival of the rescue teams, or even an “after event” analysis of mountain accidents, thanks to the backup analysis experience computer system (PYREX). 2 THE PROJECT AND THE PARTNERSHIP From an organizational and economical point of view, STIPP project has 9 partners (5 Spanish and 4 French) and is eligible for a total cost of € 2.1 million, 65% of which at most is subsidized through the Operational Interregional Co-operation Program Spain-France-Andorra POCTEFA INTERREG IV A 2007-2013). Some French partners have received a co- financing from the Midi-Pyrenees region of 7.5% and also 7.5% from DATAR, being the self-financing of each of the partners the complement for the total cost. STIPP project lasted for 45 months (initially planned for 36 months and with a 9 months extension in March 2012). STIPP project partnership is established as follows: •MEDES - Institute de Médecine et de Physiologie Spatiels played the role of 432