8 / 05 / 2019
Transhumance as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage?
The wide range of practices, know-hows, skills, ethnographic elements, toponyms, festivals, gastronomy, and events linked to transhumance, together with its socio-environmental benefits, has prompted Italy, Austria and Greece to present Transhumance as a candidate for […]
Read more...19 / 04 / 2019
Innovation and agriculture in 2019 and beyond
On Thursday 7 March 2019, the 13th meeting of the EIP-AGRI sub-group on innovation for agricultural productivity and sustainability was held in Brussels. This meeting was an opportunity to take stock of past activities and […]
Read more...18 / 04 / 2019
Inspiring rural networking
On April 11 and 12, 2019, ENRD organised in Brussels an event NetworX – inspiring rural Europe event. Euromontana actively participated to those two inspiring days of rural networking. Networking to “de-Brusselize” rural development […]
Read more...3 / 04 / 2019
How can rural be inspirational? Choose your favourite project now
The Rural Inspiration Awards recognise inspiring initiatives funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) that demonstrate the contribution of rural development policy towards a more competitive, sustainable and inclusive rural Europe. The […]
Read more...29 / 03 / 2019
The EU ready to legislate on a worldwide protection of Geographical Indications?
On March 14, 2019, the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission reached a political agreement on the rules that lay down how the EU will operate as a member of the Geneva Act. […]
Read more...19 / 03 / 2019
How to drive rural and mountain areas towards sustainability?
Last March 14, 2019, Euromontana participated to the joint conference of the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Rural Parliament “Making rural areas the engines of a sustainable Europe”. The event aimed at […]
Read more...8 / 03 / 2019
The green architecture of the CAP: challenges and threats for mountain areas
A CAP reform usually means a reform of the green architecture of the CAP and the post-2020 reform is no exception. Even more so, as one of the general objectives for the next CAP is […]
Read more...19 / 02 / 2019
Enhancing the cultural heritage of mountain areas: a new booklet of good practices
Inspired by the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, the Schignano Workshop (Province of Como, Italy) and from the XI European Mountain Convention, ERSAF (the Lombardy regional body for agricultural and forestry services) published a […]
Read more...6 / 02 / 2019
Advanced International Course on Social Innovation in Rural Areas
A one-week training course will be organised in the framework of the H2020 EU-funded project Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas (SIMRA) at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ-CIHEAM) on 18-22 November 2019 to […]
Read more...6 / 02 / 2019
How is the LEADER approach applied in the Western Balkan countries?
Find out how the LEADER approach is applied in Western Balkan countries in a recent publication produced by the Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group in South Eastern Europe (SWG): “From a local initiative to […]
Read more...5 / 02 / 2019
Implementation of the EU optional quality term “mountain product”: where do we stand in the different Member States?
Rewarding 15 years of Euromontana commitment to the topic of mountain products, the use of the optional quality term (OQT) “mountain product” was protected in November 2012 by the European Union with the (EU) regulation […]
Read more...15 / 01 / 2019
The Committee of the Regions calls for strong rural development to overcome the challenges face by territories
The Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted an opinion on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on 5 December 2018 in which it emphasised the need for a fairer, more sustainable and more inclusive CAP. According […]
Read more...17 / 12 / 2018
Interview of the month: Meeting Windy K. Moe from the Eastern Norway Research Institute
Windy K. Moe is a mountain farmer as well as the person in charge of communication for the Eastern Norway Research Institute, one of Euromontana’s members. In this interview, we will learn more about how […]
Read more...14 / 12 / 2018
Internship opportunity – Pastoralism – March 2019
Euromontana is recruiting an intern to work on pastoralism, starting in March 2019. Position: Intern Study Officer You will be under the responsibility of the Project Officer of Euromontana and your responsibilities will include: […]
Read more...11 / 12 / 2018
Sign the AlpFoodway project’s petition to support the nomination of Alpine food heritage on the UNESCO’s Intangible Heritage list
In October 2018, the AlpFoodway project officially initiated the process for inscribing Alpine food heritage on the UNESCO Intangible Heritage List. The project partners hope that this inscription will be the end result of this […]
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