Discover the new brochure of good practices on developing mountain attractiveness [12 / 01 / 2018]
Euromontana is happy to release its brochure of good practices, written by its Secretariat during the year 2017. These examples of good practices demonstrate how European mountains are innovative and succeed to highlight and to […]
Launch of the Oreka Mendian website! [11 / 01 / 2018]
The LIFE project Oreka Mendian (2016-2021) aims to develop a common strategy for the conservation and the management of mountain pasture environments located in Natura 2000 areas in the Basque Country. A member of Euromontana, the […]
How efficient have the CAP greening measures been so far? [10 / 01 / 2018]
In 2017, Alliance Environnement (formed by IEEP and Oréade-Brèche) and the Thünen Institute carried out an evaluation of the greening measures under the Direct Payments Regulation for the European Commission. The 2013 CAP reform introduced […]
A new Smart Villages portal has been launched [8 / 01 / 2018]
The ENRD Contact Point recently launched an online portal collecting projects, initiatives, and networks from across Europe exploring new and varied ways of revitalising rural services through digital and social innovation. The portal contains information […]
How to combat wildfires in Mediterranean mountains? Maintain active agriculture and forestry [5 / 01 / 2018]
Mountain landscapes in Portugal and other Mediterranean regions in Europe have changed considerably over the last decades. Changes, driven mostly by socioeconomic factors (e.g., demography, agricultural policy) lead to depopulation and land abandonment in many […]
The need for providing public goods in remote and marginal areas, including mountains [3 / 01 / 2018]
In the final stage of the PEGASUS project, three workshops aimed at testing our emerging findings by highlighting specific perspectives. The workshop in Vienna focused on exploring in more detail the potential for provision of […]
The Omnibus regulation has been adopted for agriculture [21 / 12 / 2017]
The Omnibus Regulation for agriculture has been adopted on the 13th December 2017, as a separate act from the rest of the proposed Omnibus regulation. It brings several changes in the implementation of the current […]
Successful road-testing of the PEGASUS emerging findings in November! [20 / 12 / 2017]
The PEGASUS project organised a series of 3 regional workshops in different countries of the EU during the month of November 2017: in The Hague (Netherlands) on 16 November, Lisbon (Portugal) on 24 November, and […]
The European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 has been launched [18 / 12 / 2017]
The European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 took off. The start of the year was marked by the European Culture Forum, a biennial flagship event on cultural cooperation that took place in Milan on 7-8 […]
Give your view on the EU’s Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change! [15 / 12 / 2017]
The European Commission is undertaking an evaluation of the EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change to assess its implementation and performance, compared to what was expected at the time the Strategy was adopted in […]
Euromontana in the new issue of Rural Connections! [14 / 12 / 2017]
The Horizon 2020 PEGASUS project was featured in the latest edition of the Rural Connections magazine, published by the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD). As a PEGASUS partner and a representative of mountain stakeholders, […]
Climate change adaptation in the Carpathian Mountains [14 / 12 / 2017]
The Carpathian Convention recently published a report entitled “Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Carpathian mountains”. The study report presents the trends and scenarios of climate change in the Carpathians, the key risks for […]
Tips for writing proposals from Horizon 2020 Infodays [12 / 12 / 2017]
The Horizon 2020 work programme (for the 2018-2020 period) was adopted at the end of October (available here). The four cross-cutting focus areas for all Horizon 2020 calls are: implementing the Paris Agreement, digitisation, circular […]
Still wondering what social innovation in rural areas looks like? Check out our new brochure! [8 / 12 / 2017]
This new SIMRA brochure aims at showcasing the diversity of social innovations in rural areas of Europe and the Mediterranean regions. A sneak peek of what you will find in this brochure includes revitalisation plans […]
Interview of the month: Meeting with Ana Savšek from Heart of Slovenia (Slovenia) [7 / 12 / 2017]
Heart of Slovenia is a development center, established in 2000. It works like a local development agency connecting several municipalities in the central part of Slovenia and covering the area east from Ljubljana. The municipalities […]
