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Salt Valley of Añana

Good practice Published on: 22/02/2012

Brief Summary:
The Master Plan for the restoration of the site incorporates different dimensions of intervention. However it always keeps in mind that the final objective is the valuing of the site and its recovery from the recent abandonment situation.

The interest generated on the citizenship has fostered the compatibleness of restoration works with the study of salt.

On the other hand, many spectacles are designed involving citizens, taking advantage of the acoustic conditions of the valley.

Finally, the creation of a Salty Spa helps on the process of improving the opinion of the citizens of the site

Project management: age of project, how it was funded, and how it was managed:
The Foundation of the Salt Valley of Añana is a non for profit organization. This foundation was created by the joint effort of its founding patrons the Provincial Council of Álava, the City Council of Añana and Gatzaga, the Society of Salt workers. From that moment on, many other public and private entities have become strategic collaborators, such as Ura - Basque Agency of Water, the Department of Industry, Innovación, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government, the Department of Culture of the Basque Government and Caja Vital Kutxa, among others.

Aims, Objectives and Purpose
The Master Plan aims primarily at diagnosing the problems that have caused the ruin of the place and identifying the optimal way of recovering it from the oblivion of the past forty years. Thus, the activities implemented during the ongoing project impel the preservation, conservation, care, rational use, diffusion and guarantee of the survival of the saltworks for future generations. Consequently, apart from obvious natural, cultural and even economic benefits, the preservation of the site has a primary social component.

References:
The Salt Valley of Añana is present not only in traditional means of communication, but also on the electronic sources and social networks.

- Internet sites of the Foundation: http://www.vallesalado.com and http://www.saldeanana.com
- Facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001245334060 (+2,500 friends)
- Flickr Salt Valley: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vallesalado (+40 photographs)
- Flickr Cultural Landscapes (group administered by the Salt Valley): http://www.flickr.com/groups/paisajesalados (+125 photographs, +15 members)
- Twitter profile: http://twitter.com/#!/salinasdeanana (+30 followers)
- Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/SalinasdeAnana (+40 videos)
- Google Maps: +40,000 impressions

Similarly, the impact of the Salt Valley both in regional and national traditional means of communication has been very high during 2010, regarding about thirty different topics.

- Newspapers and magazines: 58 entries
- Internet information sources: 33 entries
- Radios: 23 entries
- Television: 18 entries
- Other means: 10 entries

Awards:
- 2011: Euskadi Award of Tourism of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government.
- 2011: Best Cultural Product Award on the XVI Competition for the Best Active Tourism Product by Fitur and the magazine Aire Libre.
- 2011: Prize for the project of recuperation and valorising of the saltworks of Añana not only in the economic realm, but also on the social one by the Basque Gastronomy Academy.
- 2007: Sustainable City Award for the Integral Recuperation of the Salt Valley of Añana given by the Environmental Forum Foundation
- 2005: Award of the Official College of Basque-Navarre Urban Planner Architects Aggrupation for the Master Plan of the Integral Recuperation of the Salt Valley of Añana.

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