Welcome to Euromontana’s mountain good practices database!
Here you will find a range of past and ongoing initiatives that are inspiring to drive change in the mountains! The database includes practices from all over Europe, covering a wide range of topics and using a variety of funding instruments. If you are leading sustainable development in your mountain community, you can also submit your own good practice! For any questions or requests, please contact communication@euromontana.org.
Orexa has made energy an essential part of its local development strategy to ensure its own energy sovereignty. The energy community has smartly combined legal and technical solutions to ensure local production and consumption of energy.
Local Gastronomic Points were created in 2019 by the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, with the aim of promoting rural tourism and regional gastronomy as part of the country’s cultural heritage.
To encourage young people to stay and live-in rural areas, the « Stay in the countryside – it pays off » campaign was carried out in 2018 in the four mountainous regions of Małopolskie, Świętokrzyskie and Podkarpackie and Lubelskie.
ODISSEU is a programme which aims at facilitating the return of young people to rural areas through employment. This programme of the Catalan region runs awareness raising, training and networking activities with rural companies in order to counterbalance the depopulation and masculinization of the region’s rural territories.
In the prealpine area of Piccole Dolomiti, chestnut trees are part of the local heritage but have lost their traditional role for the local economy over the past 50 years. Foresters want to restore the regional wood value-chain by using wood waste to produce locally made wood charcoal.
To encourage the multiplication of cafes and pubs acting as multiservices points and community places, IPAMAC produced a practice guide to help in all steps of a business creation.