The FAO publishes a report highlighting the contributions of mountain soils [11 / 09 / 2015]
In the International Year of Soils, the FAO published a report about mountain soils and their contributions to food security and ecosystems. Mountain soils are fragile resources that are slow to regenerate. They are subject […]
Involving mountain local communities in the development of environmental policies in Italy [24 / 08 / 2015]
CONTEXT In the context of sustainable development of mountain areas, ‘mountain communities’ could provide an appropriate institutional set up to implement and develop environmental policies. This is the main belief behind the Suneagle LIFE project. […]
The new EU Macrostrategy for the Alpine Region has been adopted [19 / 08 / 2015]
The European Commission has officially launched the EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) on the 28th July 2015. It has published a communication and an action plan precising its priorities and how EUSALP should […]
New PEGASUS Website [11 / 08 / 2015]
The PEGASUS (Public Ecosystem Goods and Services from land management – Unlocking the Synergies) project aims to develop new ways of thinking about farmland and forest management to achieve the most appropriate level of environmental […]
Call for mountain product case studies [28 / 07 / 2015]
The Mountain Partnership invites you to present your case studies for the posters and factsheets currently being created by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) for International Mountain Day […]
B:FOR:SEE conference “Future of wood processing industries and forestry in SEE countries” [28 / 07 / 2015]
The conference ‘Future of wood processing industries and forestry in South Eastern Europe (SEE) countries’ organised by the Croatian Wood Cluster (Hrvatski Drvni Klaster) took place on the 15th July 2015. The conference gathered wood […]
How ICT is going to change the agro food sector in the next ten years? [23 / 07 / 2015]
The Mission of Switzerland to the European Union organised a short conference on “How ICT is going to change the agro-food sector in the next ten years” on the 15th July 2015 in Brussels. The […]
New call for EIP-AGRI Focus Group Experts [22 / 07 / 2015]
The European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-AGRI) has launched the 7th July 2015 a new call for experts to create three new Focus Groups (FG). The topics to be covered by these […]
Murcia, an example of how to promote entrepreneurship at regional level [20 / 07 / 2015]
In the framework of the European Entrepreneurial Region Award initiative, launched by the Committee of the Regions, the Region of Murcia (Spain) was elected in 2011 as one of the three European Entrepreneurial Regions together […]
Do not miss the chance to develop projects under the MED Programme: calls will officially be launched in September [14 / 07 / 2015]
The European Commission has approved the 2014-2020 Interreg MED Cooperation Programme on the 2nd June 2015.Tthe first call for proposals will be launched on the 1st September 2015 (for a submission on the 2nd November 2015), […]
INTERREG SUDOE Programme 2014-2020 [13 / 07 / 2015]
In the framework of the new INTERREG SUDOE programme for the 2014-2020 period, the Technical Secretariat of the programme organised a pre-launching seminar on the 1st July 2015 (presentations available here) in Madrid, Spain. The […]
How to transform ancient alpine forts into tourism resources [10 / 07 / 2015]
In the Alps, across the border between France and Italy, there are several ancient fortifications. Specially, these forts are located in Savoy, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes de Haute Provence and Alpes-Maritimes in the French side and in […]
3rd meeting of the Rhône-Alpes 2040 Mountain Council: on the digital way [9 / 07 / 2015]
The 3rd meeting of the Rhône –Alpes 2040 Mountain Council was held on the 27th June 2015 in Saint Andeol de Fourchades (France). This meeting gathered important personalities such as: the President of the Rhône-Alpes […]
CAP simplification: contribute to the working paper of the Committee of the Regions [8 / 07 / 2015]
The Committee of the Regions (CoR) wants to know the opinion of the stakeholders involved in agriculture and is asking for comments and feedback on its suggested CAP simplification working paper. All interested stakeholders are […]
Climate change mitigation, a global concern for sustainable development [7 / 07 / 2015]
One of the political priorities nowadays, at a global level, is tackling climate change. The debate on where are the limits of growth, natural resources, pollution, energy and sustainability in addition to new demographic challenges […]
