Launch of the Silver Tourism project MOOC expected in June 2017! [2 / 05 / 2017]
Euromontana participates in a Erasmus + project called “Silver Tourism” which started in October 2015 and will end next October. This project aims to provide the necessary training for the tourism sector to take advantage […]
How to improve energy efficiency in mountain hotels and restaurants? The example of the hotel Cyprianerhof [28 / 04 / 2017]
Every year, mountains receive tens of millions of tourists (more than 150 million in the Alps alone). It is therefore very important that hotel and restaurant owners can implement initiatives to reduce their energy consumption, with a […]
Any examples of Social Innovation to share with us? [28 / 04 / 2017]
The Horizon 2020 project SIMRA (Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas) officially started on April 1st, 2016 and will continue for four years. The project wants to categorise and understand social innovation in different settings […]
The AlpWeek Report questions the link between the Alps and its people [27 / 04 / 2017]
The AlpWeek report was published in April 2017. It summarises the principal elements that were discussed during the AlpWeek event, held in October 2016 in Grassau/Achental in Germany, and it concludes with perspectives for the […]
International symposium on Pyrenean mountain huts [25 / 04 / 2017]
More than 250 French and Spanish actors from the Pyrenees, including Thierry Percie from the ARPE Occitanie (Treasurer of Euromontana), attended the symposium in Bagnères de Luchon on the 1st and 2nd December 2016. The […]
The SIMRA project published its second newsletter! [24 / 04 / 2017]
The second newsletter of the SIMRA project has been published! It provides information on SIMRA’s progress after one year of working on the project; on SIMRA’s first stakeholder workshop in Bratislava, Slovakia, in October 2016; […]
How the EU cohesion policy can help low income and low growth regions ? [21 / 04 / 2017]
The European Commission has published in April 2017 a report on low-income regions. The report identifies “clear paths to support regional growth strategies, with the help of EU funds”. It focuses on 47 lagging regions […]
An EU Action Plan for Smart Villages has been launched by the European Commission [21 / 04 / 2017]
On the 11th of April 2017, the European Commission presented an ‘EU action for Smart Villages’, a document to launch reflections on villages of the future. It announces a series of initiatives within the EU […]
The Cork 2.0 Action Plan released by DG AGRI [20 / 04 / 2017]
The European Commission Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development has recently published the Cork 2.0 Action Plan. This Action Plan outlines planned and completed activities across the EU to implement each of the ten policy […]
Circular Economy in the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Natural Park [20 / 04 / 2017]
The members of Euromontana and the members of the Circular Economy Group of South-West Europe met on April 6th, 2017, in the Pyrenees Ariégeoises Regional Natural Park, in the South-West of France. The day aimed […]
3rd Interreg Alpine Space call is launched [19 / 04 / 2017]
A new Interreg Alpine Space call was recently launched and will close on 28 June 2017, at 02:00 PM. Mid-October, the programme committee will decide which proposals to invite for the second step of the application […]
How the municipality of Alzen quadrupled its population in 40 years [18 / 04 / 2017]
On April 6th, 2017, Euromontana’s team and members of the South-West Europe Circular Economy Group visited Alzen, a village in the Pyrenées Ariégeoises, in the south-west of France. Alzen has managed to become an attractive […]
3rd Interreg Europe call for proposals deadline: June 30th, 2017! [12 / 04 / 2017]
The third Interreg Europe call for proposals opened on 1 March and will close on 30 June 2017. The application pack has been made available online here. The latest updated version of the Interreg’s Europe […]
Progress expected on the implementation of the legislation on the OQT “mountain product” in Italy [3 / 04 / 2017]
On February 24, 2017, Elisabetta Parravicini, Vice-President of Euromontana and President of member organization ERSAF (Ente Regionale per i Servizi all’Agricoltura e alle Foreste), presented Euromontana’s work and future objectives at a meeting on Italian […]
Regional study on the legislation and use of the optional quality term “prodotto di montagna” across Italy [3 / 04 / 2017]
This following study presents the progress of the implementation and use of the optional quality term (OQT) “mountain product” across different regions in Italy. The objective is to provide a general overview of how the […]