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 […]
An online market to connect small farmers with urban consumers [5 / 12 / 2017]
Adelaide.Farm is a project that built up an online market for small farmers to connect with the urban consumers in south Portugal. Through the website, the consumers can buy products (from a responsible agriculture) and […]
Social Innovation to foster the inclusion of refugees in rural areas [1 / 12 / 2017]
On the 16 and 17 November 2017, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organised an event on “Social Innovation for refugee inclusion”, including one session on the integration of refugees in small and rural […]
EU funded research on way to decoding success of Social Innovation in marginalised rural areas [30 / 11 / 2017]
SIMRA – a European Cooperative Research project funded by the H2020 EU Framework Programme is making its first advances in identifying key success criteria and good practice examples for social innovation in some of the […]
The CAP communication “the Future of Food and Farming” has been released ! [30 / 11 / 2017]
As expected, the new CAP communication entitled “The Future of Food Farming” was adopted by the European Commission and officially presented on Wednesday 29th November 2017 during a press conference in Brussels with Phil Hogan, Commissioner […]
The Reading mountains Festival celebrates Alpine literature [29 / 11 / 2017]
The Alpine Convention organises the third edition of the Reading mountain Festival. The event organised on the 11th December, the International Mountain Day, is the occasion to celebrate Alpine literature, languages and culture and to […]
Wifi4EU Initiative: implement wireless access points in your municipality [21 / 11 / 2017]
The European Commission has launched a new initiative to install wireless access points in centers of public life, like parks, town squares, public buildings, public libraries, hospitals, museums. The first call for proposals will be […]
How to facilitate the collection of used edible oils in mountain areas [20 / 11 / 2017]
The collection of food waste, including food oils, remains a major challenge for mountain areas. The project “La Baraque à Huile” is a solution for collecting edible oils in the French Alps. The project has […]
New call for proposals – CAP information campaign [15 / 11 / 2017]
The new call for proposals funding information measures on CAP was published. The proposal for information measures shall illustrate how the CAP contributes towards the delivery of the Commission’s political priorities. The deadline for submission […]
Alpine Pluralism Award 2018: what are your innovative services and practices for the integration of migrants? [14 / 11 / 2017]
The Alpine Pluralism Award 2018, organised under the Interreg Project PlurAlps – Enhancing capacities for a pluralistic Alpine Space, will be organised in Turin, in May 2018. Its goal is to make visible new and […]
CAP Communication released: towards a more result-based approach [10 / 11 / 2017]
The CAP Communication is officially expected by 29th November 2017. Nonetheless, the draft text (which is still under inter services consultation) has already been released. This article focuses on the main points of this draft […]
Euromontana launches a Project Platform for its members ! [7 / 11 / 2017]
Euromontana has just launched a new Project Platform brokerage opened to all its members. This new platform aims to develop new proposals among Euromontana’s members. Members will be able to publish their project ideas and […]
Broadband coverage in Europe: where do rural and mountain areas stand? [6 / 11 / 2017]
The European Commission publishes every year since 2013, a mapping of the broadband coverage in Europe. The new report “Broadband Coverage in Europe 2016: Mapping progress towards the coverage objectives of the Digital Agenda”, analyses […]
Implementation of the EU optional quality term “mountain product”: where do we stand in the different Member States? [2 / 11 / 2017]
Rewarding 15 years of Euromontana commitment to the topic of mountain products, the use of the optional quality term (OQT) “mountain product” was protected in November 2012 by the European Union with the (EU) regulation […]
