OECD presents a balanced vision and rich recommendations on rural-urban partnerships [6 / 12 / 2013]
OECD assembled 200 specially invited guests in Bologna on 23-25 October, including Euromontana, to present the results of two years of work on rural-urban partnerships. Based on 11 case studies taken from different areas of […]
Call for creation of new Action Groups for EIP on Water: ADRAT is looking for partners [6 / 12 / 2013]
The European Innovation Partnership on Water is looking for new Action Groups. Action Groups (AGs) are at the core of European Innovation Partnership on Water (EIP W) and operate as voluntary multi-stakeholder groups; these are […]
Actors of the French mountain pig value chain are fighting for recognition [6 / 12 / 2013]
Endangered by orientations taken by European institutions regarding the optional quality term ‘mountain product’, actors of the mountain pig supply chain in France organised on November 15th a press conference aiming at alerting media on […]
Towards successful Operational Groups: recommendations for authorities [6 / 12 / 2013]
The European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) published on September 2013 a document called “EIP Operational Groups: lessons and recommendations from 2007-2013 Rural Development Programmes” in the framework of the end of the Phase 2 […]
Kaunertal Valley: a mountain area awarded for its accessible tourism [6 / 12 / 2013]
EDEN (European Destinations of Excellence) awarded, in November 2013, Kaunertal, a small valley, close to Tyrol in Austria for its accessible tourism. Indeed, for over 30 years, Kaunertal has renovated its facilities in order to […]
MOG Study visit: Brandenburg’s experts visited Burgenland on 24th October 2013 [6 / 12 / 2013]
Context: Four experts from Partner 13 Brandenburg visited Burgenland (Austria) to learn more about the “Dorfbus Kleinmürbisch-Inzenhof-Tschanigraben-Grossmürbsich-Neustift bei Güssing” (To know more on this Good Practice, please have a look on our MOG website: GP […]
Europe 2020 Conference: Innovation Union [5 / 12 / 2013]
Based on a broad concept of innovation and over 30 activities, the Innovation Union flagship initiative commits the EU to increase investment in research to 3% of GDP by 2020. Studies indicate that such investment […]
INTERREG IVC capitalisation workshop on eco-innovation [2 / 12 / 2013]
The Thematic INTERREG IVC Capitalisation initiative is an approach that focuses on collecting, analysing and disseminating the thematic knowledge gained from projects working on the same topic. For this purpose, the INTERREG IVC secretariat has […]
Sustainable Energy Europe & ManagEnergy Awards 2014 [25 / 11 / 2013]
The European Commission invites all sustainable energy actors to submit their projects for the 2014 edition of the Sustainable Energy Europe Awards and the ManagEnergy Award. You can apply here.
Towards Successful Innovation Brokerage [22 / 11 / 2013]
The European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) published on September 2013 a document called ”Successful innovation brokerage” in the framework of the end of the Phase 2 of the Focus Group on Knowledge Transfer and […]
Think European, act local: the role of regions in the EU youth strategy [21 / 11 / 2013]
The 12 of November 2013, the conference “Think European – act local: the role of federal states and regions in the EU youth strategy” to talk about the EU youth strategy was developed by the […]
Good Practice of the Week: Discobus in Burgenland [19 / 11 / 2013]
In rural and mountain areas for young people who have no access to a private car, going out at weekends is a problem. Until the start of the “Discobus” parents either had to worry about […]
A new European strategy for forestry [19 / 11 / 2013]
The European Commission has published a new communication “A new EU Forest Strategy: for forests and the forest-based sector” on 20th September 2013. This strategy underlines the importance of forestry for rural development, environment and […]
Changing regions: INTERREG IVC good practices closer [15 / 11 / 2013]
As Elena Ferrario presented in the Euromontana General Assembly the 6th of November 2013, The INTERREG IVC secretariat has launched a new webpage where the good practices of INTERREG IVC can be seen, not only […]
All Europe shall live! Rural movements meeting in European Rural Parliament [14 / 11 / 2013]
Over 150 people from rural movements and rural networks of Europe (EU and beyond) met on 13th november 2013 in the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels. Participants had been selected through a process […]