How is the LEADER approach applied in the Western Balkan countries? [6 / 02 / 2019]
Find out how the LEADER approach is applied in Western Balkan countries in a recent publication produced by the Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group in South Eastern Europe (SWG): “From a local initiative to […]
Implementation of the EU optional quality term “mountain product”: where do we stand in the different Member States? [5 / 02 / 2019]
Rewarding 15 years of Euromontana commitment to the topic of mountain products, the use of the optional quality term (OQT) “mountain product” was protected in November 2012 by the European Union with the (EU) regulation […]
Take part in the European survey on the Sustainable Development Goals! [24 / 01 / 2019]
Since the adoption in 2015 of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the 193 signatory countries are expected to report regularly on the implementation of […]
Pyrénées Création: restoring the nobility of wool [22 / 01 / 2019]
The revalorisation of a traditional sector Pyrénées Création is a small company from the French Pyrenees that has succeeded, with modern design and innovative creations (slippers, bags, plaids and rugs) to bring the wool of […]
URBACT: an Opportunity for Cities in Mountain Areas? [17 / 01 / 2019]
URBACT’s last call for Action Planning networks is now open. The URBACT III Programme is looking for up to 23 new Action Planning networks. Action Planning networks aim to help cities in Europe find solutions […]
New SILVER SMEs project brochure just out [16 / 01 / 2019]
The SILVER SMEs Interreg Europe project has just released its project brochure, describing the key objectives and activities of the project, as well as ways to get involved in the project. You can find out […]
The Committee of the Regions calls for strong rural development to overcome the challenges face by territories [15 / 01 / 2019]
The Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted an opinion on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on 5 December 2018 in which it emphasised the need for a fairer, more sustainable and more inclusive CAP. According […]
How education can connect youth and Alpine heritage? [11 / 01 / 2019]
The Interreg Alpine Space project YOUrALPS: Educating Youth for the Alps – (re)connecting Youth and Mountain heritage for an inspiring future in the Alps lasts from November 2016 to October 2019 and tackles the challenge […]
Digitalisation in Tourism: In-depth analysis of challenges and opportunities [9 / 01 / 2019]
The Commission has published a new study on digitalisation in tourism to analyse the challenges and opportunities of digitalisation in tourism, how these challenges and opportunities affect different stakeholder groups, and to discuss how they […]
A new Expert analysis on Mountains areas in the Cohesion Policy has been published [7 / 01 / 2019]
DG REGIO has published the final report of Gilda Carbone on “Expert analysis on Geographical specificities: Mountains, Islands and Sparsely Populated Areas”. This report was asked by DG REGIO to better understand how the Managing […]
How the municipality of Alzen quadrupled its population in 40 years [1 / 01 / 2019]
Following the sudden death of André Rouch, President of the Parc Naturel des Pyrénées Ariégeoises and member of Euromontana, on 31 December 2018, Euromontana wishes to honour his dynamism and enthusiasm for his mountains and […]
Call for Papers – International Mountain Conference 2019 [20 / 12 / 2018]
Article sent it by Thomas Dax, Bundesanstalt für Bergbauernfragen (BABF) / Federal Institute for Mountainous and Less-Favoured Areas After three global mountain research conferences organised by the Centre for Mountain Studies at Perth, Scotland (2005, […]
Commission is consulting on EU product policy and circular economy [19 / 12 / 2018]
Within the context of the Circular Economy Action Plan, the European Commission has launched a public consultation on its initiative “Towards an EU Product Policy Framework contributing to the Circular Economy”. This consultation aims to gather […]
What are current challenges and needs of the forestry and wood sector? Please share your views in the ROSEWOOD needs surveys [18 / 12 / 2018]
ROSEWOOD is a European Horizon 2020 project dedicated to Sustainable Wood Mobilisation. it aims to build a trans-European network for the transfer of best practices & innovations in sustainable wood mobilisation. This network wants to […]
Interview of the month: Meeting Windy K. Moe from the Eastern Norway Research Institute [17 / 12 / 2018]
Windy K. Moe is a mountain farmer as well as the person in charge of communication for the Eastern Norway Research Institute, one of Euromontana’s members. In this interview, we will learn more about how […]
