Dramatic biodiversity trends, including in mountain areas: The most recent scientific updates are out [12 / 04 / 2018]
The last few weeks have been fruitful in terms of scientific publications and political declarations on the dramatic trends observed in the levels of biodiversity world-wide. Several publications have caught our eye, notably a study […]
SILVER SMEs: Euromontana is pleased to have won a new Interreg Europe project! [11 / 04 / 2018]
SILVER SMEs is an INTERREG Europe project that aims to identify and implement regional policies that take advantage of opportunities derived from the Silver Economy in order to improve the growth and competitiveness of SMEs. […]
Register now for the Forest Innovation workshop on 26 April in Brussels [9 / 04 / 2018]
Forestry and forest-based economy will play a major role in the EU climate and energy policy and bio-economy. The European Innovation Partnership Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP Agri) specifically addresses these issues and offers a framework […]
Wifi4EU web portal is now open: municipalities can register [5 / 04 / 2018]
The European Commission has recently launched the Wifi4EU web portal, where municipalities or association of municipalities from across Europe can register to receive financing for the installation of free wireless internet hotspots. The Wifi4EU initiative, […]
Save The Date: the XI European Mountain Convention on cultural heritage will be on 25-26-27 September 2018 in Romania [4 / 04 / 2018]
How can we turn an unreplaceable inheritance from the past into a game changer for our future? This is the objective of the XI European Mountain Convention on “Cultural Heritage as an Engine for Creativity, […]
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 […]
