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Overcoming the “costs of non-Europe” in EU border regions [27 / 10 / 2017]

Euromontana attended a workshop focused on the barriers and potentials for growth and development in EU border regions. The workshop was organised by the Regional Studies Association on Tuesday 10 October 2017 during the European […]

Abandoned terraces adopted to support mountains [27 / 10 / 2017]

The project “Adotta un terrazzamento” [“Adopt a terrace” in English] aims at regulating and expanding the mountain farming activities by giving any interested person the opportunity to adopt a terrace and provide a direct or […]

Future of Cohesion Policy: where do we stand? [26 / 10 / 2017]

Euromontana advocates for a Cohesion Policy that focuses more on territorial cohesion and fully takes the mountain specificities into account as presented during the event Euromontana has organised with DG Regio on “Cohesion policy in […]

9th meeting of the Subgroup on Innovation of the EIP-Agri [25 / 10 / 2017]

The 13th October 2017 took place in Lisbon the 9th meeting of the Subgroup on Innovation of the EIP-AGRI (European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability). Damiana Maiz, from HAZI, represented Euromontana during the […]

Silver Tourism Final Conference [24 / 10 / 2017]

The Silver Tourism project comes to an end in October 2017. The final conference was organised by Euromontana on the 19 October 2017 in Brussels and gathered around 50 participants from regional representations, tourism organisations […]

How can cities and regions finance climate action? [6 / 10 / 2017]

Local and regional authorities face many obstacles in accessing funds to finance climate action (whether it be adaptation or mitigation), both from public and private sources. Within this context, the Committee of The Regions, Commission […]

EUSALP : The European Parliament mobilizes 2 millions of euros [5 / 10 / 2017]

The French Commissariat général à l’égalité des territoires (CGET) released, in its newsletter, the information regarding the European Parliament’s decision to make 2 million of euros available, from its 2017 budget, to the EU strategy […]

The online Policy Learning Platform opens its door to policy-makers and all interested parties [5 / 10 / 2017]

The Assembly of European regions (AER) is responsible of animating the new Policy Learning Platform of Interreg Europe. We share here the item of news written by AER about opening of the platform to policy-makers […]

3rd Interreg Central Europe call open until January 2018 [4 / 10 / 2017]

The third Interreg Central Europe call for proposals was launched on 21 September and will stay open until 25 January 2018. Around 60 million euros are available for funding projects under this call. The typical project […]

The Alpine Pearls: a car-free mobility experience for your holidays [3 / 10 / 2017]

   The Alpine Pearls initiative aims to set up innovative tourism offers that respect the environment. The network currently has 25 villages (known as “Pearls”) scattered across Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Slovenia and Switzerland, six Alpine […]

2017 Eurostat regional yearbook: a focus on rural areas [2 / 10 / 2017]

Eurostat has recently published its regional yearbook providing statistics and data collected in the 28 Members States of the EU. This yearbook focuses on different subjects such as health, education and training, labour market, research […]

The European Commission’s 10 actions to boost growth and cohesion in European border regions [30 / 09 / 2017]

The European Commission published a Communication on how to overcome hurdles and obstacles to improve cross-border cooperation, on 20th September 2017. Its main proposals were discussed during a conference organised by DG Regio on 20-21 […]

Results of the latest Eurobarometer survey on climate change have been published! [30 / 09 / 2017]

A Eurobarometer survey was carried out in the 28 Member States of the European Union in March 2017 on the topic of climate change. This latest edition of the survey covers four main areas: Perceptions […]

How the “Centrales Villageoises” in France enhance collective renewable energy production in rural and mountainous areas [11 / 09 / 2017]

The Centrales Villageoises (“Village Centers”, in English) are local companies aiming at developing renewable and sustainable energies in rural and mountain territories in France by involving citizens, local communities and businesses. Context and origin of […]

Have your say on the EU’s food supply chains! [8 / 09 / 2017]

Based on the work of DG AGRI’s Agricultural Market Task Force, the European Commission has launched an open consultation to improve the food supply chain in the EU. The consultation focuses on three aspects of […]

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This morning we were at the first 🇪🇺 EU CAP Network Thematic Group on Forest-Dominant Rural Areas and Municipalities!🌲A key issue in the mountains for:🪵 local wood chains🌱 unique biodiversity🔥 forest fires, which we are currently addressing with Fire-ResElena Feo (Euromontana) shared the outputs of her group: The need to take a multi-actor approach, which is under-represented compared to agriculture 👥Forestry should be integrated in the innovation system #AKIS 🤔Find out more: bit.ly/tg1forest ... See MoreSee Less
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🆕 FIRE-RES published its first deliverable!It goes through the lessons learned from Extreme Wildfires and creates a common basis for action to improve resilience to fire 🔥🌲 Check it out! ⤵fire-res.eu/fire-res-publishes-its-first-deliverable-on-lessons-learned-on-extreme-wildfire-events/Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya, CTFC Instituto Superior de Agronomia CEF - Centro de Estudos Florestais CEABN InBIO European Forest Institute (EFI) Tecnosylva Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου Ειδικός Κονδυλίων Έρευνας Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου CoLAB ForestWISE INRAE Cnrs.fr Tiems Escola Nacional de Bombeiros Euromontana Wageningen University & Research Agenzia Regionale Forestas VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research NIBIO Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa Institut i Geològic de Catalunya CONAF INESC TEC Spire Global TESAF Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali UNIPD Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil Corma Chile ... See MoreSee Less
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Women matter for our mountains! 💪🌄 They are professors, project leaders, researchers, heads of policy units, directors or presidents of associations ➡️ Discover 13 testimonies from women who make a change in their territory in this booklet co-produced with Moving - Mountain Valorisation through Interconnectedness and Green Growth for the 11 December!📗 Read now: www.euromontana.org/en/women-move-europes-mountains-a-booklet-to-celebrate-mountains-women/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Today is #WorldWaterDay! Freshwater from mountains is fundamental for achieving global food security, as it is used by farmers to irrigate crops in many lowland agricultural regions. #MountainsMatter

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📢Attention everyone! 🎉Our first @YouTube video is now live!🎥 Check out highlights from RUSTIK's Pilot Region Kick-off event, where we had our first in-person knowledge exchange, training, and networking event with partners from the 14 Pilot Regions https://t.co/85Y89WO1PA

🌳 #Forests provide us with many ecosystem services & contribute to our well-being! But forest health and #resilience must be a priority in the face of climate change! ☀️🌡

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Happy International Day of Forests! Protecting #mountain forests and making sure they are carefully managed is an important step towards sustainable mountain development. #MountainsMatter

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Our @MOVINGH2020 workshop on sustainable mountain tourism concluded with a lunch of delicious #localfood...but (much to our delight🙂) the discussions just kept going! Would the last person to leave please turn the lights off #horizon2020 #ecotourism #carpathians #mountainsmatter

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