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 […]
How to finance local development strategies 2014-2020? [14 / 11 / 2013]
The LEADER sub-committee of the European NEtwork for Rural development was meeting on 11-12 november 2013 in Brussels to take stock on LEADER implementation in the current programming period, where 2400 LAGs have been created, […]
Good Practice of the Week: Courses on efficient driving of vehicles – Province of Teruel, Spain [13 / 11 / 2013]
Economic and social development has generated a considerable increase in car use, including in mountain areas. This is associated with an increase in pollution and traffic congestion. These courses aim to reduce these negative impacts […]
FREE: translating EU priorities into energy opportunities for Rural Regions in 2014 – 2020 [8 / 11 / 2013]
The FREE (Future of Rural Energy in Europe) initiative organized a breakfast briefing with Prof. Danuta Hübner, MEP, Chair of the Committee on Regional Development and former European Commissioner for Regional Policy, on 5th November […]
Rural innovation on the move! [25 / 10 / 2013]
On October 2nd 2013 the ERIAFF Network organised the European Conference “European Regions for Innovation in Agriculture, Food and Forestry: Rural innovation on the move!”. The event intended to promote regional best practices and visions […]
“La Biopanetteria”: reintroducing cereals in high-mountain territories [25 / 10 / 2013]
In the Valley of Aosta in Italy, the “La Biopanetteria” project around a bakery with the goal of creating a sole transformation chain has been successfully implemented. The transformation chain goes from growing cereals to […]
European Innovation Partnership on Water and the road to Horizon 2020 [24 / 10 / 2013]
During the Open Days event, a specific workshop was dedicated to the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Water (please click here to see EIP on water’s website)on 9th October 2013. Robert Schroeder from DG Environment […]
Youth employment: experiences of delivering youth guarantee schemes [18 / 10 / 2013]
“The Open Days: European regions and cities taking off for 2020”, took place in Brussels between the 7th and the 10th of October 2013. During these days different workshops were organized by the European Commission […]
Smart Work Version 2.0 in Rural Europe: micropols of the digital economy in non-metropolitan and peripherial regions [18 / 10 / 2013]
During the Open Days event, on 8th October 2013, in Brussels, two projects “Micropol” and “Engage”, funded by Interreg IV C programme, gave practical examples on how ICT and digital economy could be used to […]
