Internship opportunity – Pastoralism – March 2019 [14 / 12 / 2018]
Euromontana is recruiting an intern to work on pastoralism, starting in March 2019. Position: Intern Study Officer You will be under the responsibility of the Project Officer of Euromontana and your responsibilities will include: […]
Silver SMEs publishes its first newsletter [12 / 12 / 2018]
Did you know that the Silver Economy accounted for over 78 million of jobs in the EU in 2015? That almost half of all women aged 85 and over were living alone in the […]
Sign the AlpFoodway project’s petition to support the nomination of Alpine food heritage on the UNESCO’s Intangible Heritage list [11 / 12 / 2018]
In October 2018, the AlpFoodway project officially initiated the process for inscribing Alpine food heritage on the UNESCO Intangible Heritage List. The project partners hope that this inscription will be the end result of this […]
The role of the shepherd: Tradition and technology for the conservation of mountain pastures [7 / 12 / 2018]
On 26 November 2018, the LIFE project OREKA MENDIAN organised its halfway seminar in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spanish Basque Country) on “The role of the shepherd. Tradition and technology for the conservation of mountain pastures“. During the […]
MigrAction: Generations on the move [6 / 12 / 2018]
The development of a migration route The Valleys of Stura and Ubaye, in Italy and France, have always been at the heart of economic migration movements; from the Italian side, people moved to France to […]
A retrospective snapshot of the European Mountain Convention 2018 [5 / 12 / 2018]
Come and discover (or rediscover) the images of the European Mountain Convention 2018, which took place in Vatra Dornei, Romania, through two television broadcasts. The report of the Romanian national television (subtitled in English) The […]
A new project brochure for SIMRA [4 / 12 / 2018]
SIMRA project has passed its half-way point! And over these two years we have been working hard: we have agreed on a definition for social innovation, characterised marginalised rural areas across Europe and the Mediterranean […]
The BRIDGES project needs you! [3 / 12 / 2018]
BRIDGES is a European-wide project targeting territories with geographical specificities i.e. mountain areas, islands, coastal areas, and sparsely populated areas. The project is funded by the ESPON EGTC. According to the project partners, key policy […]
Marisa’s testimony: “A life in the mountains” [27 / 11 / 2018]
Thanks to our SIMRA research project, on social innovation in marginalized rural areas, we had the opportunity to hear from Marisa Rodriguez, a Spanish woman from the Leon region, who is one of the founders […]
The Mountain Dimension of Cooperation – Feedback from the Experts Seminar in Brussels [23 / 11 / 2018]
On 9th November 2019, DG REGIO organised a one-day seminar that gave the opportunity to share results and lessons learnt from the cooperation for the development of the mountainous areas in the EU within the […]
Silver SMEs: call for good practices [21 / 11 / 2018]
SILVER SMEs is an Interreg Europe project which aims to support SME-related regional policies in rural and mountainous areas to develop products and services of benefit for the senior population. Euromontana and three of […]
Mountains, islands and sparsely populated areas: how successful is the current Cohesion Policy and what should be improved post-2020? [19 / 11 / 2018]
Based upon the principle that islands, mountains and sparsely populated areas face similar challenges in terms of economies of scale, connectivity, vulnerability to climate change and other geographic specificities (such as slopes for mountains or […]
Innovation in rural development: feedback from the Operational Groups seminar and the innovation thematic group [16 / 11 / 2018]
During the third week of October 2018, the EIP-AGRI organised a seminar focusing on the Operational Groups (OG) as well as the 12th meeting of the subgroup on innovation in Spoleto (Italy). These events were […]
New call for proposals funding information measures on CAP [14 / 11 / 2018]
The European Commission has recently released the new call for proposals funding information measures on CAP. The proposal for information measures shall illustrate how the CAP contributes towards the delivery of the Commission’s political priorities. […]
Register for the next RUMRA breakfast on decarbonisation [12 / 11 / 2018]
The RUMRA Intergroup (rural, mountainous and remote areas) in the European Parliament and the Future of Rural Energy in Europe (FREE) initiative are pleased to invite you to a breakfast debate hosted by Mercedes Bresso, […]
