Shared cars to visit protected Natural Spaces in Cantabria, Spain [24 / 07 / 2014]
The “Red Cantabra de Desarollo Rural” (Rural Development network of the Cantabria Region), in Spain, is an association aiming at enhancing initiatives that can improve the development of the region. In the framework of its […]
ADVID: Mid-term Review of the 2013-2014 Viticultural Year [23 / 07 / 2014]
ADVID, the Association for the Development of the Douro viticulture (Portugal), has published the Information Bulletin 10-2014 – Mid-term Review of the 2013-2014 Viticultural Year. The bulletin includes the Harvest Potential Forecast 2014 for the […]
The Rhônes-Alpes Region sets up a 2040 Mountain Council [23 / 07 / 2014]
On 25th June 2014, the “Rhônes-Alpes” Region, member of Euromontana, created a “Rhônes-Alpes 2040 Mountain Council“. It aims at promoting exemplary actions that enable full life projects to be carried on in mountain areas, at […]
Mr. Christian Illedits from the Committee of the Regions is impressed by MOG results [22 / 07 / 2014]
Martina Jauck, from Regional management Burgenland (Austria), met Mr. Christian Illedits, who represents Burgenland in the Committee of the Regions and she presented the project “Move on Green”. Talkings about the good practice-collection and the […]
Mobility in challenged regions: a draft opinion is published by the Committee of the Regions [22 / 07 / 2014]
Gordon Keymer from the Committee of the Regions has presented on 10th July 2014 his draft opinion on “mobility in geographically and demographically challenged regions“. Euromontana welcomes positively this draft opinion and was consulted during […]
Thomas Egger interviewed on the Alpine Strategy Consultation [22 / 07 / 2014]
On 17th July 2014, the European Affairs daily newspaper, Europolitics, has published an article in which Thomas Egger from SAB (Switzerland Association for Mountain Regions), board member of Euromontana was interviewed on the Alpine Strategy […]
Accessible tourism in Europe: an interesting economic market, including for mountain destinations [18 / 07 / 2014]
Disability concerns over 80 million of European citizens, that is to say 15% of the population, according to the Communication on European Disability Strategy. The lack of adapted infrastructure and services, as well as the […]
DANTE Final conference: How to reinforce ICT and tourism strategies in rural & mountain areas? Tools and strategies [17 / 07 / 2014]
DANTE project has organised its final conference on 25th June 2014 at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels. Seventy persons attended the event to learn more about the project results (collection of good practices, […]
“GoOpti” Service of transfer from countryside and cities to the airports and vice versa [16 / 07 / 2014]
GoOpti” service helps passengers to travel from the different airports in Slovenia, Italy, Austria and Germany to the main Slovenian cities (Ljubljana, Maribor, Bled, Bohinj…). Booking is available on-line, in advance (from several months till […]
IXth European Mountain Convention: call for successful initiatives [16 / 07 / 2014]
In the framework of the IXth European Mountain Convention “Quality from the mountains: prosperity for people and territories” that will take place from the 22nd to the 24th of October in Bilbao (Spain), we are […]
Registrations for the 12° Open Days are open [16 / 07 / 2014]
The 12th edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities, better known as the Open Days, will take place this year from 7-9 October in Brussels. Organised by the Committee of the regions and […]
Consultation for the Alpine Strategy is open – contributions are welcome [16 / 07 / 2014]
A Public consultation is open from 16th July to 15th October to collect stakeholders’ feedback on the new EU strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP). This programme concerns: five EU Member States (Germany, Austria, France, […]
Switzerland: official labels for mountain products [15 / 07 / 2014]
On 21st of May 2014, the Swiss Federal Council adopted the order on official labels for mountain and alpine products. The order, entered into force last 1st of July, provides the first official labels for […]
New call for experts for the EIP- AGRI Focus Groups [15 / 07 / 2014]
The European innovation Partnership in Agricultural productivity and Sustainability (EIP AGRI) has launched the 8th July a new call for experts to create three new Focus Groups (FG). EIP-AGRI focus groups are temporary groups of […]
Marketing of tourist farms in Slovenia [14 / 07 / 2014]
Background Located in the border with Italy, in the Mediterranean area of Slovenia, the area of Brkini and Kras is composed by four municipalities and two local communities that define one geographic area. The […]
