In France, the project activities will be implemented in the South West, in the Pyrenées Atlantique province (département). If we exclude the Atlantic coast with Biarritz and the main city of the province, Pau, the entire area is rural, including a large part of the Pyrenees valleys. It is composed of small villages gathering less than 200 inhabitants each (more than 500 villages). The economy is based on agriculture and tourism (mostly in the mountains). The area is one of the most vulnerable to climate change and is affected by extreme weather events, like floods, lack of snow, and drought against which the level of engagement seems very low and slow. One of the reasons is the lack of local cooperation within and among villages.