Meanwhile in Norway: the coronavirus crisis puts emergency preparedness in rural mountain municipalities on the agenda [4 / 05 / 2020]
By Tor Arnesen, senior research scientist at the Eastern Norway Research Institute About half of the Norwegians has access to a second home, and many people divide their time and lives between an apartment in the […]
Interview of the month: meeting with Prof. Radu Rey, Senator of Euromontana [29 / 04 / 2020]
University professor and researcher, Prof Radu Rey played a major part in the development of policies addressing mountain areas in Romania and Europe. He founded in 1989 the Romanian Mountain Area Commission – first Romanian […]
Future of LIFE: Euromontana responds to the consultation [28 / 04 / 2020]
The provisional objectives for the LIFE Programme have been agreed and the next step is to prepare the Multi Annual Work Programme covering the 2021-2024 period. To this end, the European Commission has launched a […]
Hiking routes to explore the impacts of climate change on mountains [27 / 04 / 2020]
Climate change’s effects are more and more visible in the Alps, with the retreat of glaciers and the shortage of certain species. In the framework of the Green Deal, the European Union will launch a […]
How to demonstrate solidarity in mountain areas during the COVID-19 crisis? Get inspired by some initiatives [24 / 04 / 2020]
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, mountain communities face unprecedented challenges due to the lockdown and isolation. The situation brings social difficulties for people, even more those living in remote areas, and financial ones for […]
EU Geographical Indications represent a sales value of €74.76 billion [23 / 04 / 2020]
On April 20th 2020, the European Commission published the “Study on the economic value of EU quality schemes, geographical indications (GIs) and traditional specialties guaranteed (TSGs)” in order to update and expand the previous study […]
Interesting calls for mountain projects: a monitoring for our members [22 / 04 / 2020]
The beginning of the 2021-2027 programming period, will see the introduction and piloting of new funding schemes – such as Horizon Europe, InvestEU etc. – or the restructuring of already existing ones. In this article, […]
The last SIMRA newsletter is out! [20 / 04 / 2020]
Over the last four years, SIMRA partners collaborated closely with stakeholders at international, European and local levels to identify, delineate and boost the impact of social innovation in marginalised rural areas. In February 19 and […]
Sarantaporo community network: a social innovation to connect people [17 / 04 / 2020]
Back in 2010, a young group of people in Sarantaporo (central Greece, near the Olympus mountain) decided to take action to develop connectivity in their village, where telecom operators had found no interest and viability […]
How to support mountain agriculture during the COVID-19 crisis? Get inspired by some initiatives [16 / 04 / 2020]
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers face various issues to continue feeding people but also to find alternative distribution channels for their products. With the closure of markets in many countries and the […]
Heading towards a new LIFE: priorities for post-2020 [15 / 04 / 2020]
Last LIFE call for proposals over the 2014-2020 period, alongside side with a targeted consultation for the Future of LIFE Programme, have just been published. By the end of this month, the LIFE Info & […]
CAP ANC payments protect water and biodiversity [9 / 04 / 2020]
On March 27, 2020, the European Commission published two reports (written by Alliance Environnement) analysing the impacts of the 2014-2020 Common Agriculture Policy on water and biodiversity in the European Union. In these reports, a […]
The European Year of rail: make it work for mountainous regions [8 / 04 / 2020]
On March 4, 2020, the European Commission proposed to make 2021 the European Year of Rail. The proposal aims at enhancing the objectives of the Green Deal in terms of sustainable mobility by focusing on […]
How can social innovation contribute to the Green Deal’s objectives? A new SIMRA brochure of examples [7 / 04 / 2020]
Presented in December 2019, the European Green Deal is the Commission’s strategy to make the EU’s economy more sustainable and carbon neutral by 2050. This strategy acknowledges the magnitude of climate change’s effects on the […]
Press release – Euromontana calls for an ambitious budget for Cohesion Policy to support mountain areas in the time to come [6 / 04 / 2020]
One of the core EU objectives is to ensure economic, social and territorial cohesion in European regions, including in less favoured regions such as mountain areas. As the 2021-2027 programming period offers Member States the […]
