Implementation of the measure on areas facing natural or other specific constraints [15 / 12 / 2016]
Compensatory allowance for areas facing natural constraints (ANC) is a payment scheme of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which aims to prevent land abandonment. The compensatory allowance for permanent natural handicaps applies to areas with […]
Developing energy projects: what are the European level funding opportunities and how to overcome investment obstacles? [15 / 12 / 2016]
During the European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC) in October 2016, the workshop “How to aggregate small energy investments into a large regional project?” was organised by Krapina-Zagorje and Zagreb County in Croatia, the […]
Five new EIP-AGRI focus groups to be launched in 2017 [14 / 12 / 2016]
Five new EIP-AGRI Focus Groups are to start their work in 2017. EIP-AGRI Focus Groups are temporary groups of selected experts focusing on a specific subject, sharing knowledge and experience. Each group explores practical innovative […]
Economic study on the cumulative effects of trade agreements on the EU agricultural sector [13 / 12 / 2016]
In November 2016, the Joint Research Centre published a study entitled “Cumulative economic impact of future trade agreements on EU agriculture”. The assessment set to analyse the economic cumulative effects of ongoing and upcoming trade […]
Encourage smart and innovative mountain regions [8 / 12 / 2016]
Our member Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality has had one of their employees – Lars Hustveit – based in Brussels since April 2016. He has during this time partly done work for Euromontana and partly […]
Kick-off of the Smart Specialisation Platform on Agri-Food [8 / 12 / 2016]
The Smart Specialisation Platform on Agri-Food (S3P Agri-Food) kick-off event took place on 6-7 December in Florence, Italy. The Smart Specialisation Platform on Agri-Food is meant to accelerate innovation and to promote regional economic transformation […]
DG AGRI call for proposals “Support for information measures relating to the common agricultural policy (CAP)” for 2017 is now open [17 / 11 / 2016]
The European Commission co-finances information measures relating to the common agricultural policy. A call for proposals is published once a year and the call for 2017 is now open. The deadline for proposals is the […]
The high potential for agricultural innovation in Mediterranean rural areas [15 / 11 / 2016]
During the European Week of Regions and Cities, which took place on 11-13 October 2016 in Brussels, our very own Damiana Maiz presented the innovative potential of mountainous areas, during a workshop on that topic, […]
Shaping social innovation for marginalised rural areas [9 / 11 / 2016]
The Horizon 2020 project SIMRA (Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas) aims to categorise and understand social innovation in different settings (thanks to case studies), to develop an integrated set of methods for the evaluation […]
How will the Cork 2.0 Declaration be implemented? [8 / 11 / 2016]
Euromontana had the opportunity to question DG AGRI on the implementation of the Cork 2.0 Declaration during the workshop “Toward an EU Rural Agenda, revitalization opportunities and challenges” that took place during the European Week […]
How can better soils help us deliver ecosystem services? [7 / 11 / 2016]
LANDMARK (LAND Management, Assessment, Research, Knowledge base) is a European Horizon 2020 Research Project dealing with the sustainable management of land and soil in Europe. The questions that LANDMARK aims to address are: “How can […]
Proceedings of the X European Mountain Convention are now available [3 / 11 / 2016]
From 3 to 5 October 2016, around 260 mountain actors (researchers, farmers, environmentalists, elected representatives from local and regional authorities, representatives of chambers of commerce and development agencies) met in Bragança, Portugal during the X […]
ESPON: Call for proposals for targeted analyses [2 / 11 / 2016]
Next cut-off date for ESPON proposals for targeted analyses by stakeholders will be in January 2016. The targeted analyses are meant to support stakeholders in their policy development and add a wider European perspective to […]
Operational Groups: learn about their latest developments [2 / 11 / 2016]
Operational Groups are groups of people who work together in an innovation project funded by Rural Development Programmes. Operational Groups are the EIP-AGRI’s main tool for turning innovative ideas into real solutions for the field. […]
The PEGASUS project publishes its second newsletter [31 / 10 / 2016]
The second newsletter of the PEGASUS project was launched last week! It provides information on the project’s progress since March 2016 and some of the emerging findings to enable a greater provision of public goods […]
