Euromontana now a member of the new Steering Committee of the Mountain Partnership [20 / 09 / 2013]
The Mountain Partnership, which secretariat is hosted by FAO, held its 4th Global meeting in Erzurum (Turkey) from 17 to 19 September. On this occasion, a new strategy was discussed and adopted and a new […]
European Mobility Week: Clean air – it’s your move! [20 / 09 / 2013]
Between the 16th and the 20th of September, different activities have been developed in more than 2,000 cities of 43 countries, with the aim of creating a more sustainable mobility culture. These activities are promoted […]
The CAP Direct Payments of 2013 will be given in advance [13 / 09 / 2013]
The European Commission proposal of giving 50% of the farmers’ direct payments of 2013 in advance has been approved by the Member States. This percentage may be increased to up to 80% for specific beef […]
The Alpine convention published its report on sustainable tourism [13 / 09 / 2013]
Sustainable tourism in the Alps The Alpine Convention published the 4th Report on the state of the Alps, which is about sustainable tourism. Recommendations from our 2011 conference on sustainable tourism in mountain areas in […]
The 4th Newsletter of Move on Green is on-line [13 / 09 / 2013]
In this 4th edition, partners from Move on Green present the results of their seminar in Greece and report on the progress of their work. Download it here
Move on Green publishes its good practice guide [2 / 09 / 2013]
51 good practices for an improved mobility in rural areas After more than a year of work, the MOG partnership has just finalised its good practice guide, available, in English, on-line on the new page […]
Youngagement: a successful concept in Sweden [13 / 08 / 2013]
This is a successful concept that was initiated by two youth organisations,”We are young” and “U-land” within the Swedish Rural Network. It has been implemented and further developed in 6 different places in Sweden and […]
Workshop school of Paleontological Restoration in Teruel [12 / 08 / 2013]
Dinopolis Foundation (Teruel, Spain) has developed the initiative of training curators and restorers to work in the Dinopolis sites and other entities with Paleontology as subject. The course aims to compensate for the lack of […]
Tourism Industry College in Dalarna [1 / 08 / 2013]
The region of Dalarna (Sweden) created the Tourism Industry College (TIC) in order to give students the right skills for a future career in the tourism industry; both directly after high school and through further […]
Conference: “Digital Agenda for Europe: what role for regions and cities?” [30 / 07 / 2013]
The Committee of the Regions organised the fifth of its series of seven events on flagships initiatives related to EU 2020 strategies. The event took place on July 2nd in Brussels and was themed around […]
The European Parliament agrees on the cohesion package [29 / 07 / 2013]
An agreement has been found at Parliament level on the regulations for the future cohesion policy on July 10th. The official vote should be organised in plenary in October. See the press release from the […]
Mountain products : Euromontana, Bavaria and South Tyrol join forces [29 / 07 / 2013]
Following the overall insatisfaction on the draft delegated act on mountain products currently being prepared by European Commission, Euromontana, Bavaria and South Tyrol have joined forces. Initially promoting different positions, they joined to prepare a […]
Recommendations for the regions to build a successful innovation policy for the next programming period [19 / 07 / 2013]
The ‘Knowledge, Innovation, Territory’ of the ESPON has drawn several policy recommendation based in the territorial patterns and thematic focus of each region, giving specific advice for every kind of region. The report doubts about […]
EIP seminar: Programming Innovation in Rural Development [18 / 07 / 2013]
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, […]
Call for partners for a project of town twinning [17 / 07 / 2013]
The Coopération Bancaire pour l’Europe – GEIE (Groupement Européen d’intérêt économique) is looking for partners (cities in mountain areas from any European country apart from Italy) to submit a project proposal under the measure 1.2 […]