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27 / 03 / 2023

Euromontana welcomes the opinion of the European Committee of the Regions on harnessing talent in Europe’s regions

Tailor-made policies are needed to tackle brain drain and depopulation, stressed the European Committee of the Regions in a recent opinion adopted on 16 March. The opinion follows the publication by the European Commission of […]

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14 / 11 / 2022

YESpecialists: boosting entrepreneurship education for youth employment in the mountains

Many rural and mountainous areas face the outmigration of young people, who leave to seek employment in urban areas. In order to face the employment challenge and to improve the image of mountain work, the […]

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7 / 07 / 2022

Training unaccompanied minors to mountain jobs for a future in the Pyrenees

The Pyrenees are experiencing various socio-demographic trends in the mountains, including an ageing population, an exodus of young people and an increase in the number of unaccompanied minors. By offering training in traditional mountain sectors, […]

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28 / 06 / 2022

How can Cohesion Policy help tackling brain drain in rural and mountainous areas?

On 21st June 2022, Euromontana co-organised with the RUMRA & Smart Villages intergroup the event โ€œRural brain drain: How can the Cohesion Policy help reverse the trend?โ€. Hosted by the Member of the European Parliament […]

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23 / 06 / 2022

Euromontana shares recommendations to tackle brain drain in mountain areas

In the framework of the European Year of Youth, the European Commission is currently working on a Communication on brain drain and how to mitigate challenges associated with population decline ย using the tools and funds […]

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17 / 05 / 2022

“Mountain municipality – Youth, our future”: a label to encourage mountain municipalities to act for youth

Youth migration is a major issue for many mountain areas; due to the lack of satisfying socio-economic opportunities or of territorial attractiveness, many villages are faced with the departure of younger generations. This demographic decline […]

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31 / 03 / 2022

Return of Young People to Aragon: supporting access to employment in mountain regions

The lack of qualified and diversified jobs affects the attractiveness of some mountain areas. The recent Euromontana report on mountain youth shows that, on a European scale, access to education and employment are the two […]

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24 / 01 / 2022

Being young in a mountain area: Euromontanaโ€™s report is out!

Euromontana, the European Association of Mountain areas, releases a new European wide report on mountain youth, 10 years after its first survey. Carried out with the support of Euromontana members and in collaboration with Educโ€™Alpes […]

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13 / 01 / 2022

Find out how Cohesion Policy improved the daily life of mountain citizens since 2014

Montana174 is a 12-month large communication campaign on the Cohesion Policy in mountain areas, funded by the European Commission โ€“ DG REGIO, and coordinated by Euromontana. Montana174 explains in simple and concise terms how the […]

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25 / 11 / 2021

Romanian mountains must do their best to remain attractive to young people, says our Vice-President Radu-Adrian Rey

Euromontana’s Vice President, Radu-Adrian Rey, was invited on 12th November 2021 for an interview by the national radio channel Radio Romania Antena Satelor to present some key findings of Euromontanaโ€™s survey on mountain youth. After […]

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18 / 11 / 2021

What sustainable jobs for young people in the mountains?

The Erasmus+ project “Youth4EmblematicMountains”, which follows the Interreg Med project EMbleMatiC, recently organised the ยซ train the trainers ยป series of webinars to reflect on innovative education tools for mountain youth and investigate their aspirations […]

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16 / 11 / 2021

2022 work programme of the European Commission: what policies for the mountains next year?

What European policy action will impact the mountains in 2022? Euromontana analysed the European Commissionโ€™s annual work programme for the year to come. From the European Green Deal to digitalisation of transports, mitigation of the […]

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15 / 11 / 2021

The European Rural Observatory must support the analysis of post-COVID-19 ruralisation trends argues Euromontana

How to encourage generation renewal, young people to stay, newcomers to settle? Which barriers do they face and how policies can help to overcome them? These were the questions raised during the conference of the […]

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10 / 11 / 2021

2022 will be the European Year of Youth

Announced last September by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, the European institutions want to make 2022 the European Year of Youth and the official proposal is published. By doing so, the […]

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8 / 11 / 2021

โ€œStay in the countryside – it pays offโ€: showing young people the opportunities in Polish mountainous regions

Many young people leave mountain regions because they see few opportunities on the labour market and have no prospects for the future. In four Polish mountainous regions, a campaign was conducted to inform young people […]

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โ„๏ธ Winter may seem to have arrived, but climate change is shortening the season and making snowfall less reliable...leaving mountain resorts with a stark choice: close or adapt?โ›ฐ๏ธ Head to Austria to discover how the Sankt Corona ski resort has responded to this challenge and turned a climate risk into a regional asset, as part of the Interreg Alpine Space - TranStat project: www.euromontana.org/sankt-coronas-response-to-climate-change-diversifying-tourism-for-a-resilient...๐Ÿ‘‰ Explore our good practices database: www.euromontana.org/good-practices-database/ Photo credits ยฉ Wexl Arena St. Corona am Wechsel ... See MoreSee Less
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4 weeks ago

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๐ŸŽ„๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐’” ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ๐ŸŽ… After a year full of events, encounters, political challenges and new collaborations, it is time for the secretariat to take a short break. We will meet again soon in 2026 to continue our actions and make the voice of mountain areas heard by the EU! ๐Ÿ”๏ธ But in the meantime, let's take a step back and look at the year 2025 before it comes to an end!This year, together we: ๐Ÿ“ƒ celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Krakow Declaration, which paved the way for the creation of our network, and renewed our commitment to mountain areas ๐Ÿ”— www.euromontana.org/thirty-years-on-calling-for-a-stronger-european-commitments-to-its-mountains/ ๐Ÿค launched an Alliance for European Mountains, between elected representatives of the European Committee of the Regions and the European Parliament ๐Ÿ”—https://www.euromontana.org/press-release-alliance-for-european-mountains-launched-mountains-need-europe-and-europe-needs-mountains/ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ collaborated on more than seven European research projects with our members and other partners all over Europe๐ŸงŠ highlighted water-related challenges during this International Year of Glacier Preservation (hashtag#IYGP2025)๐Ÿ”— www.euromontana.org/european-manifesto-for-a-governance-of-glaciers-and-connected-resources/๐Ÿ‘‹ welcomed new members, including from Montenegro and Italy๐ŸŒฑ visited initiatives across Europe promoting resilience in our mountain territories, through research projects or by hosting our board of directors in Trento (Cooperazione Trentina) and Krakow (Maล‚opolska)โ€ข and much more!Thank you to all our partners, members and friends of Euromontana for this wonderful year! ... See MoreSee Less
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โฎ๏ธ Last week, on 11 December, we celebrated International Mountain Day, established in 2002 by the United Nations to remind us of the role mountains play in many aspects of sustainable living ๐ŸŒฑ On this occasion, we were featured in an article by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office with the European Union alongside other EU regions, sharing our vision of what mountains mean to their people, cultures, and economies ๐Ÿ”๏ธ ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Our "voices form a vivid mosaicโ€”a portrait of landscapes that shape identity, heritage, and sustainable futures."Have a look ๐Ÿ‘‰https://www.fao.org/brussels/news/news-detail/international-mountain-day--voices-from-the-peaks/en ... See MoreSee Less
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๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŒพ We are currently attending the EU Agri-Food Days, organised by the European Commission and DG AGRI, which are taking place in Brussels over the course of three days!We heard from the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commissioner for Food and Agriculture, Christophe Hansen, and attended numerous high-level political sessions with stakeholders in the sector ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ The agenda included discussions on achieving a robust and contemporary CAP to ensure food security across the EU, establishing fair remuneration schemes within the food chain, and fostering a resilient agri-food sector ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŒพ ๐ŸŒฑ Euromontana will continue to play an active role in promoting a future CAP that benefits those most in need and supports the territorial development of rural areas in the face of climate change and generational renewal challenges ๐Ÿ”๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Read our policy position on generational renewal within the CAP and our other contributions to the next European budget: www.euromontana.org/meeting-the-challenges-of-generational-renewal-shaping-the-future-of-mountain... EU Food & Farming ... See MoreSee Less
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๐ŸงŠ Glaciers matter for water, food and livelihoods in mountains and beyond. This is what we are highlighting this year on 11 December, International Mountain Day.Every year, this day provides an opportunity to emphasise the crucial importance of these areas in terms of natural resources, biodiversity, identity, cultural heritage, ways of life, and more resilient models. However, all of this is under threat from climate change, poorly targeted funding and negative perceptions of pastoral professions.Today, we are putting the spotlight on these endangered ice giants throughout our mountain ranges!Did you know that: ๐Ÿ’งThe Alps alone provide 40% of Europe's fresh water?๐Ÿ’กGlacier retreat will reduce hydroelectric energy production by an average of 10% in the Alps and by up to 35% by 2070 compared to today?๐ŸŒฑ68% of irrigated agricultural land in the plains depends directly on water runoff from the mountains? โ›ฐ๏ธBy 2034 the Pyrenees will be ice-free?๐Ÿ“ขAn appropriate governance of glacier is needed to counteract the rapid changes!๐ŸงŠ By signing the manifesto for better European governance of glaciers alongside 80 other organisations, we are calling for immediate and targeted political responses to the economic, social and environmental impacts of climate change.Have a look ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.euromontana.org/european-manifesto-for-a-governance-of-glaciers-and-connected-resources/ #IMD2025 #InternationalMountainDay #MountainsMatterMountain Partnership ... See MoreSee Less
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