The Silvaprotect-CH project [12 / 03 / 2013]
The SilvaProtect-CH project has been launched by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) to define which forests have a protective function. Furthermore the computerized geo-information data used in the project have allowed defining […]
Enhance employment in agriculture for a more sustainable Europe [11 / 03 / 2013]
On 27 February, CEJA (the European Council of Young Farmers) organized a round table in Brussels with the aim of debating ways of enhancing young people’s involvement in agriculture and secure sustainable food production in […]
Increasing the presence of tourists in remoted villages [8 / 03 / 2013]
In the municipality of Ornica, in Lombardy region (Italy), the administration has invited residents to register their homes in a local hotel chain, created with this opportunity. Following this initiative, the municipality was able to […]
A roadmap on ICT for energy efficiency in rural areas [8 / 03 / 2013]
EUROMONTANA participated on tuesday 5th of March to IREEN workshop on ICT road map for energy efficient rural neighbourhoods. IREEN stands for ICT ROadmap for Energy Efficient Neighbourhoods.IREEN is a research project funded by the […]
ENRD organised a meeting on environmental services [8 / 03 / 2013]
The European network for rural development assembled monday 4th of March its members to discuss the conception of rural development measures likely to contribute to a better delivery of environmental services. Recalling the main outputs […]
Mountland: a research project for the mountain regions [8 / 03 / 2013]
The research project “Mountland” evaluates the effects of the global warming on the agriculture and the silviculture of the mountain regions. This study covers three Swiss regions located in the cantons of Vaud, Valais and Grisons. […]
Europe in 2020 will also be rural [7 / 03 / 2013]
The Europe 2020 Strategy is the framework within which Member States and the European Commission have committed their first negotiations to conclude the Partnerships Contracts that largely determine the implementation of the future 2014-2020 programming. […]
New report of the Committee of regions: Closing the Innovation Divide [1 / 03 / 2013]
At the request of the Irish presidency, the Committee of the Regions is drawing up concrete proposals on how to increase European innovativeness and close innovation gaps. The objective under this mandate is to submit […]
Meat products: 5.2 billion € of output for mountain farms [1 / 03 / 2013]
Thanks to the DG AGRI study « Labelling of agriculture and food products of mountain farming », this week Euromontana focuses on mountain meat products key facts and figures. The overall supply chain dimension of cattle, […]
Extremadura Vista: Axis network camera to promote the regional heritage [1 / 03 / 2013]
In the region of Extremadura, Spain, the governement has installed some 129 cameras around the most interesting places, which offer a real time images of the regional heritage, be it cultural, natural or historic. The […]
The advisory group on quality discussed mountain products and short supply chains [28 / 02 / 2013]
The advisory group on quality met on February 19th. The agenda was centred on the implementation of the new quality package, especially regulation 1151/2012 on quality schemes. The group dedicated two hours to the presentation […]
ENRD report on environmental services has been published [22 / 02 / 2013]
The European Network for rural development published the report of its focus group on environmental services, to which Euromontana and its members contributed. Based on a background analysis and on the collection of dozens of […]
Dairy products: the main livestock sector in mountains [22 / 02 / 2013]
The DG AGRI study « Labelling of agriculture and food products of mountain farming », undertaken by the Joint Research Centre, has analysed three main sectors within mountain farming: dairy products, meat products and crops. This […]
Mandate from the Parliament on CAP : mountains preserved? [21 / 02 / 2013]
On 23 and 24 January 2013, Member of Parliament from AGRI committee of the European Parliament adopted their draft mandate for the negotiation with the European Council. The review of adopted amendments allows to list […]
Launch of the ENRD work on rural youth [21 / 02 / 2013]
The 7th of February the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) organised the 1st working session on the theme of youth and young farmers. The meeting represented the occasion to receive information from the European […]
