Euromontana is looking for a Junior Communication and Information Officer [3 / 02 / 2017]
The Euromontana network seeks to reinforce the monitoring and communication function in order to develop the animation of its network and the audience of its work. For this purpose, we are looking for a Junior […]
Implement the Cork Declaration: Solutions for and from mountain areas [2 / 02 / 2017]
On the 6th September 2016, DG AGRI presented the Cork Declaration “A better life in rural areas”. The discussions organised with the stakeholders during this 2-day conference fed the final declaration in a bottom-up approach. […]
CAP Consultation has just been launched [2 / 02 / 2017]
The CAP consultation has just been launched today. This is the occasion to share our views on agriculture and rural development and explain the contribution of mountain areas. Thus, if you are interested to be […]
The need for a White Paper on Rurality: a new brochure of the CoR has been published [31 / 01 / 2017]
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has published a Brochure entitled “The need for a White Paper on Rurality: from a local and regional perspective, For a European rural Agenda after 2020”. In this […]
Mountain food product labelling in Europe, a glimpse of the LabEX ITEM symposium [30 / 01 / 2017]
From the 11th to the 13th January 2017, the international symposium “Mountain regions, territories of innovation” was held in Grenoble, France. It has been organised by the LabEX ITEM (Innovation and Mountain Territories), a multi-disciplinary […]
Share your opinion on Business Support Ecosystem [27 / 01 / 2017]
What makes a perfect Business Support Ecosystem? What are the most important services in various phases of business growth? How do you see an effective support system for entrepreneurship? The TRINNO project is conducting an […]
Mountains in the Sustainable Development Goals 2015-2030 [27 / 01 / 2017]
17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for the 2015-2030 period were adopted during the UN’s General Assembly in September 2015 and were implemented on January 1st, 2016. Mountains are explicitly mentioned several times in this Agenda […]
Article – Promotion Programme for Agricultural Products 2017 [26 / 01 / 2017]
On November 9th, 2016, the European Commission adopted the 2017 promotion programme for agricultural products of the European Union. The budget was increased from 111 million euros in 2016 to 128.5 million Euros in 2017. […]
Launch of the 2017 call for proposals for the promotion of agricultural products [26 / 01 / 2017]
On January 12th, 2017, the European Commission published its 2017 call for proposals and new programme guidelines for the Promotion of Agricultural Products. The deadline to submit applications is April 20th, 2017. You can find […]
How farm Benchmarking data help improving sustainability and productivity in agriculture? [26 / 01 / 2017]
The answer to this question can be found in a recent report written by EIP-AGRI following its latest and final Focus Group meeting where the question “How can farmers and advisers use benchmarking data and […]
Don’t miss the chance: the second call for Interreg Sudoe has just been launched! [19 / 01 / 2017]
The Interreg Sudoe Programme has opened its second call for proposals for 2017. The Second Call for Proposals for the 2014-2020 period is available and this year is primarily set for two thematic priorities funded […]
Be ready for the next Interreg Europe call for proposals [17 / 01 / 2017]
The next Interreg Europe call for proposals will open on 1 March and close on 30 June 2017. The application pack will be made available online in January 2017. In the meanwhile, specific terms and […]
Maceo is hiring a Project Manager in Local Development and Territorial Innovation. [16 / 01 / 2017]
Macéo is the association of public and private stakeholders in the Massif Central joining forces to bring projects to serve its mountain areas such as: Innovation, development, attractiveness, growth. Macéo has a resolutely operational and […]
Committee of the Regions drafts an opinion on sustainable EU Food Policy [10 / 01 / 2017]
The topic of sustainable food systems and food security was scheduled to be addressed by the European Commission with its Communication on Sustainable Food in 2014, which was finally withdrawn. The topic was partially reprised […]
Mountains now in Research and National Cohesion agendas in Portugal [10 / 01 / 2017]
By João Azevedo, Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Vice-Coordinator at CIMO – Centro de Investigação de Montanha Mountains 2016 took place in Bragança, Portugal, from 3 to 7 October 2016, comprising the X […]
