How to reach farmers in disseminating Rural Development: A Good Example from Emilia-Romagna [25 / 02 / 2014]
The Challenge The regional government of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy realised that the knowledge dissemination in rural development has been under-performing in the region so far and has wanted to improve this situation. […]
Erasmus + Sport: a new programme to encourage physical activity [25 / 02 / 2014]
On 4th February 2014, the Erasmus+ Sport info day took place in Brussels, organised by the European Commission and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). The new programme on Sport aims at tackling […]
EUROMONTANA and GREEN MOUNTAIN launch the SEE Focus Group [25 / 02 / 2014]
Euromontana and Green Mountain signed on 20th of February the Memorandum of Understanding for the creation of a Focus Group on Sustainable Mountain Development in South-Eastern Europe (SEE Focus Group). The official launch took place […]
FREE Solutions Video Contest – the Competition is now open! [14 / 02 / 2014]
Do you live in a remote or rural area? Or a small town in the European countryside? Do you have a specific way of dealing with your energy concerns? The FREE initiative has launched its […]
European Tourism Indicators System (ETIS): involve mountains in the second pilot phase [13 / 02 / 2014]
ETIS is the European Tourism Indicators System for Sustainable Management at Destination Level. It is a set of 27 core and 40 optional indicators to evaluate and monitor the progress towards a more sustainable management […]
Energy efficiency: a new EU Communication and a new public consultation [13 / 02 / 2014]
The European Commission has just launched a new public consultation on “Progress towards the 2020 energy efficiency objective and a 2030 energy efficiency policy framework“. This consultation is open up to 28/04/2014. For more information […]
Interreg Europe: first consultation of stakeholders on the new Operational Programme [7 / 02 / 2014]
On 5th February 2014, Euromontana participated to a first stakeholders’ consultation on the new programme INTERREG EUROPE. Over 60 representatives of regions, other European networks and the European Commission met the Joint Technical Secretariat […]
Euromontana recruits a new Director [3 / 02 / 2014]
After close to six years leading Euromontana secretariat, Alexia Rouby will most certainly move to other functions from May 2014 onwards. Euromontana is looking for a new talented person to replace her at the position […]
Improve your transport offer with a better coordination of Transports Authorities [2 / 02 / 2014]
In the Auvergne region (France), there are 13 Authorities organising transport (AOT), each of them covering different territories with possible overlaps. Since 2008, a process to better coordinate the 13 AOTs has been implemented to […]
Proceedings of Birdlife’s Alpine rural development conference are online [30 / 01 / 2014]
The conference ‘Rural development: A critical opportunity for people and biodiversity’ took place in Turin (Italy) on the 6th of November 2013. It was organised by BirdLife Europe together with LIPU (BirdLife in Italy) and […]
MOG: Austrian partners visited narrow-gauge railway in Vidzeme Planning Region on 18th December 2013 [29 / 01 / 2014]
On 18th December 2013 Move on green project partners from Burgenland (Austria) visited Vidzemes Planning Region (VPR) to get acquainted with VPR’s good practice – narrow-gauge railway Banitis (you can have access to the full […]
MOG: The Provincial Government of Teruel is transferring Good Practices! [29 / 01 / 2014]
Provincial Government of Teruel made a bilateral visit in Hungary, on 30th October 2013 to learn more about the Good Practices developed by partner 7 Central Transdanubian Region Innovation Agency (CTRIA). The interest was focused […]
Manifesto for the High Speed Broadband in rural areas is officially launched [29 / 01 / 2014]
On 22nd January 2014, the ENGAGE manifesto for High Speed Broadband in rural areas was officially launched in Brussels. This INTERREG projects aims to raise awareness about the crucial need of having high speed broadband, […]
Key elements on Interreg Europe: be ready to submit your proposal [24 / 01 / 2014]
At the beginning of October 2013, we have published an article about “INTERREG Europe or the 5th generation of EU interregional cooperation programmes” to present the first elements on the new Interreg Europe Programme. In […]
Charlemagne Youth Prize 2014: promote Europe among the young! [24 / 01 / 2014]
Every year the European Charlemagne Youth Prize is awarded to projects undertaken by young people that foster understanding, promote the development of a shared sense of European identity, and offer practical examples of Europeans living […]
