EUROMOUNTAINS.NET PROJECT

This project is part-financed by the European Commission

Geography and fragility of the environment pose certain challenges to Europe's mountain areas, be it simply elevated costs or extra difficulties in territorial development. However, the mountain regions have found ways to deal with these handicaps and to adapt their development efforts to the physical context. Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) within the INTERREG IIIC Programme, "Euromountains.net" -project aims to identify and collect these innovative solutions, their transferable success factors, and to methodologically work together to find further new strategies. These solutions will enrich the toolbox in disposal of the local authorities that work for the sustainable development in the mountains, and maybe help them to face and reverse the continuing exodus from these regions.

"Euromountains.net" will be concentrating on three specific themes:

• Theme 1:Improving the public and private services in mountains (infrastructures, culture and free time, health and social services, etc);
• Theme 2:Developing and promoting mountain resources and quality products;
• Theme 3:Managing the fragile mountain landscape, rural environment and natural resources.

The project partnership includes 14 partners representing five European Union Member States (France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, UK) and Norway and representing mainly regional authorities. It covers a variety of mountain regions, allowing an interesting exchange of experiences in each theme and assuring the true European nature of the project activities and results.

Updated information is available at: www.euromountains.net

The Final conference “Territorial authorities and stakeholders: Creating success together’” took place in Turin (Italy), 8 – 9 March 2007

The final conference of the project, bringing experience from these themes together for discussion and conclusions, indicated future scenarios for the sustainable development for the European mountains, in a perspective of European cooperation and of synergetic interaction between cities and mountains. In addition to actors from the partner regions, the conference involved the European Commission and the wider European mountain community through the extensive network of Euromontana, the European Association of Mountain Areas.

More information about the event in http://www.euromountains.net/final_conference.html

Theme 2: THE ROLE OF LOCAL AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF RESOURCES AND MOUNTAIN QUALITY PRODUCTS

You are looking for:
1/ An overview of this theme and the results? Please consult NEWSLETTER -EN-
2/ All the documents and reports? Please go to www.euromountains.net/theme2.html
3/ Some pictures on the technical seminar in Flaam (Norway)? See below

Theme 3: MANAGING THE FRAGILE MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE, RURAL ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

The thematic seminar of the theme 3 took place in Aix-les-Bains in the Savoy Department, 5th and 6th December 2006.
More information about the event in http://www.euromountains.net/theme3_conference.html

moderation of the round table	the stakeholders and policy makers’ round table	the audience
local mountain food	visit of a traditional wood building activity	village in a fjord

PARTNERS:

	Provincia di Torino assesorato all Agricultura e Montagna Piemonte, Italy
	Provincia autonoma di Trento Trentino, Italy
	Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta Assessorato Agricoltura, Risorse naturali e Protezione civile Valle d'Aosta, Italy
	IREALP Lombardia, Italy
	Highland Council Highlands, UK
	Buskerud fylkeskommune Buskerud, Norway
	Oppland fylkeskommune Oppland, Norway
	Sogn og Fjordane fylkeskommune Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
	Telemark fylkeskommune Telemark, Norway
	Diputacion provincial de Cordoba Andalucia, Spain
	Diputacion provincial de Palencia Castilla y León, Spain
	ADRAT - Associação de Desenvolvimento da Região do Alto Tâmega Alto Tâmega, Portugal
	Rhône-Alpes Region, France
	Euromontana European Association for Mountain Areas