Erasmus+ : a wealth of opportunities for mountain education and youth [24 / 01 / 2014]
With a budget of 14.7 billion, Erasmus+ is the new EU programme that brings together 7 existing EU programmes in the fields of education, training and youth, which are: the Lifelong Learning Programme (Erasmus, Leonardo […]
EIP seminar: Programming Innovation in Rural Development [20 / 01 / 2014]
The 26th and 27th of June the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability of the European Commission organised a seminar on Programming Innovation in Rural Development. This seminar took place in Madrid, […]
MOG Study visit: Vidzeme Planning Region visited Partner 8 Burgenland on November 26th 2013 [15 / 01 / 2014]
Context: Five external stakeholders from Vidzeme Planning Region (Partner 11) together with two project partners visited Burgenland (Austria) to learn more about the “Dorfbus Kleinmürbisch-Inzenhof-Tschanigraben-Grossmürbsich-Neustift bei Güssing” (To know more on this Good Practice, please […]
New Operational Programme for INTERREG EUROPE is published: public consultation is open [10 / 01 / 2014]
New Operational Programme for INTERREG EUROPE The new draft of the Operational Programme (OP) for the interregional cooperation programme: INTERREG EUROPE has just been published on 10th January 2014. This programme aims to enable exchange […]
MOG Study visit: Hungarian experts visited Mielec (Poland) on 5th December 2013 [10 / 01 / 2014]
Context On 5th December 2013, Podkarpackie region (P12) hosted West Pannon (P10) in Mielec (Poland). The Hungarian “transfer team” was composed of 2 representatives of WEST PANNON Nonprofit LTD and 2 representatives of GYSEV (the […]
Hill Farm Apprentice Scheme [9 / 01 / 2014]
Organisation and project idea The Farmer Network is a not-profit organisation set up by farmers in the North West of the United Kingdom. This Farmer network works in a variety of ways to improve the […]
MOG: Study Visit at partner 10 West-Pannon on 27th November 2013 in Sopron (Hungary) [7 / 01 / 2014]
Context: The bilateral meeting between Podkarpackie Region (PL) and Nyugat-Pannon Nonprofit Ltd. (HU) took place on 27th November 2013, in Sopron (Hungary), in the headquarters building of GySEV Railways Company. The Polish partner intends […]
Accessible Tourism: how making mountainous destinations accessible for all? [3 / 01 / 2014]
EDEN (European Destinations of Excellence) awarded, in December 2013, the most accessible touristic destinations. Among them, several were in mountainous regions. This article aims at identifying the good practices, already implemented in mountains, which could […]
CAP basic regulations have been published [3 / 01 / 2014]
DG AGRI has published the main regulations of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on December 20. The new CAP will be determined primarily by four regulations: – Rural Development (1305/2013) – Horizontal issues (1306/2013) […]
The macro-regional strategy for the Alps officially approved [20 / 12 / 2013]
The meeting room of the Permanent representation of France to the EU was full on 17th December in the evening. The Alpine convention, under Italian presidency, together with France and the Alpine Space programme were […]
Innovating in communicating European funds [20 / 12 / 2013]
The European Commission stimulating creativity of communicators The European Commission assembled above 600 people in Brussels from 9 to 10 December to stimulate the creativity of people in charge of Communication on European structural and […]
Erasmus +: Call for projects on Structured Dialogue on Youth [20 / 12 / 2013]
Meetings between young people and decision-makers in the field of youth The EU has published a call for projects concerning Structured Dialogue in its new Erasmus+ programme. Erasmus+ is the EU programme in the fields […]
The FAO called for a dialogue on family farming in Europe and Central Asia [20 / 12 / 2013]
The FAO invited on 11 and 12th of December around one hundred experts to have a dialogue on family farming, in preparation of the International Year of Family Farming launched officially on 22 November 2013 […]
Which EU funding opportunities for Tourism in the next programming period? [20 / 12 / 2013]
The Secretariat of Euromontana attended the Euromeeting 2013 on “Tourism 2014-2020 for a sustainable growth”, co-organised by Necstour network on 13th December 2013 in Brussels. The meeting gave the occasion to have an overview of […]
Your voice in Europe: two new open consultations on tourism [19 / 12 / 2013]
The European Commission has launched two new open consultations on tourism: – Consultation on the European Tourism of the Future. The main objectives of this consultation are better identifying the key challenges and opportunities for […]
