Welcome policy in Limousin region [21 / 02 / 2013]
How to make one region more attractive? How to ensure a good welcome to new inhabitants? Limousin region, France has been one of the firsts to work on territorial marketing and has ameliorated its image […]
Heads of State agree to shrink EU budget by 3.5% [14 / 02 / 2013]
EU Heads of State have – finally – found an agreement on friday 8th february 2013 on the multi-annual financial framework. The total budget for the period 2014-2020 is evaluated (in constant 2011 prices) to […]
Mountain food supply chains in Europe: a descriptive picture [14 / 02 / 2013]
The study « Labelling of agriculture and food products of mountain farming », carried out for DG AGRI by the Joint Research Centre (IPTS) with contributions from several experts including ISARA, Euromontana and UHI has been […]
The study on labelling of mountain agricultural and food products has been published [5 / 02 / 2013]
The study “labelling of agricultural and food products of mountain farming”, carried out by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (IPTS), was published on February 1st, 2013. This research project on mountain food supply chains […]
Key factors for innovativeness of mountain destinations [5 / 02 / 2013]
DANTE partners have meet last 23-24 January in Ljubljana, Slovenia, for a very interesting seminar “Key factors for innovativeness of mountain destinations”. For those who are new to the project activities, Dante stands for Digital […]
Boosting the cultural sector by introducing ICTs in Cultural Tourism Development Plans [5 / 02 / 2013]
How to inform better the potential visitors about the cultural offer of one area? The region Podbeskidzie, Poland, member of the DANTE partnership, has found a solution! The initiative focuses on the promotion of the […]
The European Parliament AGRI Committee has voted on the CAP [30 / 01 / 2013]
The AGRI committee of the European Parliament has voted on January 23 and 24 2013 on the 8000 amendments initially submitted. The last months have been particularly occupied in trying to reach compromise to elaborate […]
Focus on women innovation in Buskerud, Norway [29 / 01 / 2013]
A focus will be made every week on one initiative developed by partners of INTERREG IVC Euromontana is involved in & having achieved positive results on the field. We start with a good practice from […]
Soon ski stations labelized “Flocon vert” in France [16 / 01 / 2013]
A sustainability component in the activity of ski stations? Yes, this is possible thanks to the certification “Flocon Vert” (Green Snowflake) developed by the French Association Mountain Riders. Flocon Vert is a label certifying the […]
Commissioner Ciolos and Alpine regions agree on the importance of supporting mountain farming [14 / 01 / 2013]
Main European decision-makers in the field of the CAP, including Commissioner Ciolos and the president of the European Parliament AGRI Committee Mr De Castro assembled on January 9th at the invitation of South Tyrol MEP […]
ENRD launches the work on rural youth [14 / 01 / 2013]
ENRD, the European Network for Rural Development, is preparing the launch of the work on the theme of rural youth and young farmers. The objective of this work is the identification of good practices & […]
The new regulation protecting mountain products entered into force [14 / 01 / 2013]
Regulation 1151/2012, expected for so long by representatives from mountains of Europe (and the world!) had been officially published on December 14th 2012 and entered into force on 3rd January 2013. Its article 31 introduces […]
