The XII European Mountain Convention concluded with the adoption of the Sila Declaration, which sets out Euromontana’s approach and vision of smart mountain areas towards 2050
Euromontana contributed to the European Commission’s public consultation on the brain drain and how to mitigate the challenges of demographic decline using the instruments and funds of Cohesion Policy.
The Promotion Policy provides funding to producers’ organisations to valorise the quality of their foods. Euromontana contributed to the European Commission’s public consultation on the topic to provide recommendations.
Given the importance of the ageing challenge for most mountain areas, Euromontana recently participated to the European Commission’s consultation on the Green Paper on Ageing to provide recommendations on how to adapt measures at national, regional and local levels.
Euromontana has been closely involved in the consultation process of the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas. This position paper presents the main recommendations of Euromontana for an efficient implementation.
In the framework of the EU Green Deal, the European Commission announced the adoption of a new Strategy for Sustainable and Smart Mobility to help reducing transport-related greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2050.
Euromontana reaffirms that the revision of the Promotion Policy should take into account all dimensions of sustainability to better meet the expectations of mountain producers
In the framework of the European Green Deal, the European Commission proposed a new EU strategy on adaptation to climate change. Euromontana stressed the measures needed to better adapt to climate change.
The European Commission proposed to make 2021 the European Year of Rail. Euromontana welcomes the proposal, which could be an opportunity to discuss the development of rail transport in mountain areas.