To tackle the challenges of access to administrative services for isolated rural mountainous residents, the Intermunicipal Community of Terras de Trás-os-Montes created in 2018 itinerant services points.
Territorial cohesion
Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas: an achievement for the mountains?
This policy brief for Euromontana members takes a detailed look at the measures proposed in the new EU flagship initiative for rural Europe: the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas
Between depopulation and massification: how to promote sustainable development?
This policy brief for Euromontana members examines policies that can help regions tackle depopulation while avoiding the effects of seasonal overtourism
Sankt Veit’s low carbon daily mobility strategy
To decrease car dependency, a tailored made low-carbon transport strategy targeting the daily mobility of workers was implemented in Sankt Veit im Pongau.
Recovery and Resilience plans: real opportunities for mountains?
This policy brief for Euromontana members introduces the European instruments for post-COVID recovery and the opportunities - but also the risks - they present for mountain areas
Cozzano’s ambition to become a positive energy village
Cozzano has embarked on its energy transition by investing in sustainable production, with the ultimate aim of becoming a positive energy village.
Cozzano: a sustainable Smart Village
Cozzano is a community of 270 inhabitants located in the high valley of Taravo in southern Corsica. By using connected devices and collecting environmental data, Smart Paesi’s partners want to increase the climate and energy resilience of the village.
Towards a Long-Term Vision for Mountains’ Rural Areas – Euromontana’s vision
Euromontana has been closely involved in the consultation process of the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas. This position paper presents the main recommendations of Euromontana for an efficient implementation.
The EU Strategy for a Sustainable and Smart Mobility: bringing mountain territories into the transition
In the framework of the EU Green Deal, the European Commission announced the adoption of a new Strategy for Sustainable and Smart Mobility to help reducing transport-related greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2050.