4th Interreg Europe call: all the tips you need to succeed with your project proposal [3 / 04 / 2018]
On 22 March 2018, the interregional cooperation forum “Europe – Let’s cooperate” was organised in Brussels. The Interreg Europe programme aims at improving the efficiency of EU Cohesion policy at the local and regional level. Interreg Europe […]
SIMRA’s newsletter just published! [30 / 03 / 2018]
SIMRA’s newsletter has just been published. The partnership has been busy over the past few months working hard on a policy brief for DG Agri, training the case study teams and publishing collections of examples […]
Interview of the month: Meeting Audrey Vincent from ISARA-Lyon (France) [28 / 03 / 2018]
ISARA is a graduate college in agricultural, agribusiness and environmental sciences, located in Lyon in France. Since the early 2000s, ISARA has been a member of Euromontana and collaborates on various projects with other members […]
Study visits in Moûtiers and Val Thorens, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in France [26 / 03 / 2018]
Euromontana’s Board of Directors met on 7 and 8 March 2018, in Moûtiers, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Region, France. Moûtiers is a town of less than 4,000 inhabitants, located at 481 meters above sea level in the […]
Evaluation of the EU’s Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change: What future for Europe’s mountains? [22 / 03 / 2018]
In 2016, the Commission launched an evaluation of the EU Adaptation Strategy (adopted in 2013) to examine the actual implementation and performance of the strategy. As part of the evaluation process, a stakeholder consultation was […]
The Italian mountain product logo has been presented [13 / 03 / 2018]
On Monday 26 February the Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies presented the identifying logo of the ‘mountain product’ optional quality term at the Chamber of Commerce of Sondrio. This initiative gives value […]
The PEGASUS project publishes its last newsletter [9 / 03 / 2018]
The PEGASUS project is already coming to an end … this fifth and last newsletter tells you all about our main findings and key messages after three years of research, what we have learnt and […]
Xth Subgroup of innovation of the EIP-AGRI [6 / 03 / 2018]
The 22nd February 2018, the Xth meeting of the Subgroup of Innovation of the European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-AGRI) took place in Brussels. Euromontana is one of the 60 expert organisations […]
Experts wanted for EIP-AGRI Focus Groups: deadline 3 April 2018 [5 / 03 / 2018]
The European Commission is launching a call for experts for three new EIP-AGRI Focus Groups. Focus Groups are temporary groups of selected experts focusing on a specific subject, sharing knowledge and experience. Each Focus Group […]
How social innovation can deliver rural services: a new brochure of examples now available [27 / 02 / 2018]
SIMRA has just released its second brochure collecting examples of social innovation in marginalised rural areas in Europe and the Mediterranean regions. This brochure focuses on rural services, more precisely on how social innovation can […]
Baba Residence, an initiative to attract young people in depopulated villages in Bulgaria [23 / 02 / 2018]
Baba Residence (baba – grandmother in Bulgarian) is an initiative bringing together urban youth and elderly people in low-density and remote villages in Bulgaria. Participants spend one month living and learning in a mountain village, […]
Key messages from the PEGASUS Final Conference [21 / 02 / 2018]
On 7 February 2018, more than 120 people representing national authorities, EU institutions, the agricultural and forestry sectors, academics as well as NGOs and think tanks gathered in Brussels to contribute to an evolving policy […]
Have your say on Rural Development Programmes: consultation is opened [20 / 02 / 2018]
The European Commission has opened a public consultation to allow citizens and organisations from across the EU to give their feedback on the effectiveness of the Rural Development Programmes that were funded from the Common […]
How Can Social Innovation Support “The Future of Food and Farming”? Read SIMRA first Policy Brief [19 / 02 / 2018]
The H2020 project, SIMRA – Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas – has just published its first policy brief. Based upon evidence emerging collected in the SIMRA project, this research project, in which Euromontana is […]
Promotion Programme for Agricultural Products: be ready for the 2018 submission [14 / 02 / 2018]
On 12th November 2017, the European Commission adopted the 2018 Promotion programme for agricultural products of the European Union. The budget was increased from 142,5 million euros in 2017 to 188,5 million Euros in 2018. […]
