Green Velo: a comprehensive active tourism offer in Eastern Poland [22 / 03 / 2021]
Green Velo is a 2000 km cycling path running through Eastern Poland. Designed and developed thanks to the collaboration of 5 regions, the path promotes cycling as an alternative mobility to discover the area, including […]
XII European Mountain Convention on “Smart Mountains” postponed to 25-26-27 October 2022 [19 / 03 / 2021]
Due to the sanitary context linked to the COVID-19 and the remaining uncertainties for the months ahead, Euromontana and CIA – Agricoltori italiani decided to postpone to 2022 the XIIth edition of the European Mountain Convention, […]
4 working axes to expect in the EU Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas [18 / 03 / 2021]
The European Commission is expected to publish its Communication on the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas in June 2021. With two months to go, where do we stand in the discussions on the Long-Term Vision […]
Discover Euromontana’s tools to boost mountain proposals [17 / 03 / 2021]
From the development of a project idea to the identification of relevant funding schemes and calls, the construction of your consortium, the drafting of the proposal and the support in the implementation phase, Euromontana offers […]
Region Podkarpackie joins Euromontana’s network [16 / 03 / 2021]
Region Podkarpackie is situated in south-eastern part of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. It is one of the most eastern regions of the European Union. Region Podkarpackie shares borders with countries such […]
EP Think Tank underlines Euromontana’s contribution to the Smart Villages concept [15 / 03 / 2021]
The Smart Villages concept, developed under the 2016 Cork Declaration, has been more and more tested and implemented in rural areas. The approach is an additional tool for territorial development and can contribute to bridging […]
EU Adaptation Strategy: mountain regions almost forgotten? [9 / 03 / 2021]
The European Commission adopted its Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change on February 24, 2021 (repealing the 2013 Strategy). The new EU Adaptation Strategy laid out the vision putting the European Union on a pathway […]
UNCEM joins Euromontana! [8 / 03 / 2021]
In March 2021, UNCEM, the National Union of Mountain Municipalities, Communities and Authorities, joined our network. UNCEM is the Italian national organisation gathering and representing the municipalities which are entirely or partially mountainous and the […]
FER-MENTI Leontine: a community cooperative for the socio-economic regeneration of mountainous areas [4 / 03 / 2021]
Founded in 2019, FER-MENTI Leontine community cooperative is a social innovation in the Romagna Apennines (Italy) that seeks to foster a socio-economic regeneration in the municipality of San Leo. Activities for the revitalisation of the […]
Discover SILVER SMEs’ 10th newsletter! [2 / 03 / 2021]
Did you know that by 2050 Greece, Cyprus, Sweden and Portugal would be the EU countries with the highest proportion of older adults in mountainous areas? This is what reveals the recent report of the […]
How to finance climate action in mountains: future opportunities through Cohesion Policy, Interreg Alpine Space and Horizon Europe [1 / 03 / 2021]
For the 2021-2027 programming period, the European Commission puts at the core of its mandate a reinforced effort to accelerate the transition towards climate neutrality – envisaged by 2050 – and mainstream the investments to […]
CAP negotiations and Long Term Vision: feedback from the last expert group on rural development [26 / 02 / 2021]
The last Civil Dialogue Group on Rural Development, chaired by Dominique Fayel from Euromontana, was organised on 11th February 2021. During this meeting, the current state of play of the CAP negotiations, such as the […]
Euromontana launches its competence matrix! [25 / 02 / 2021]
In the coming months, the European Commission will publish new calls of proposals under the 2021-2027 programming period, ranging across all programmes: Horizon Europe, LIFE, Interreg, Erasmus+ etc. To help its members to better know […]
Demographic change: what will mountains be like in 2050? [24 / 02 / 2021]
How will the population in mountain communities evolve until 2050? How will age groups be distributed in the coming decades? Will demographic trends be the same in all mountainous regions? These were among the questions […]
Key P-IRIS’ messages about rural innovation networks [23 / 02 / 2021]
By Lars Hustveit, Vestland County Municipality The Interreg Europe P-IRIS project, focused on policies to improve the efficiency of innovation networks in rural areas, held its final conference on February 11, 2021 to present the […]
