Neve Diversa: how mountain tourism can adapt to climate change? [19 / 05 / 2021]
A comprehensive report on winter tourism adaptation to climate change in Italy The Alpine ranges have warmed twice as much as the global average between the end of the 19th and the start of the […]
How to fund citizen engagement in mountains? The future of the “Europe for Citizens” programme in 2021-2027 [18 / 05 / 2021]
In the 2014-2020 period, the Europe for Citizens programme financed over 2,500 projects on citizen engagement, participation and understanding of EU history, values, and diversity with a total portfolio of approximately € 187 million. In […]
Get inspired by SILVER SMEs’ results factsheet! [12 / 05 / 2021]
Our Interreg Europe SILVER SMEs project will soon celebrate its third year of activity and publishes its results factsheet presenting the main outcomes of the project. Why SILVER SMEs? By 2070, 30% of Europe’s […]
Smart Villages: join the new SmartAlps network! [11 / 05 / 2021]
The Interreg Alpine Space project SMARTVillages held its final conference on the 29th April 2021. From 2018 to 2021, this project contributed to the development of the Smart Villages concept and to its adaptation to […]
Interview of the month: meeting with Rosa Amorós i Capdevila, Secretary General of the Pyrenean Cooperation Community [10 / 05 / 2021]
Created in 1983, the Pyrenean Cooperation Community (CTP) is a cross-border cooperation territory with seven members. Today, they include more than 23 million inhabitants. Since 2019, and until November 2021, the rotating Presidency of the […]
Ageing in rural Europe: relive SILVER SMEs conference! [6 / 05 / 2021]
Euromontana and the Province of Teruel co-organised SILVER SMEs’ online mid-term conference on “Challenges and solutions to cope with ageing in rural Europe: the role of the Silver Economy” on the 21st April 2021. By […]
Is the new Erasmus+ programme closer to mountains? [5 / 05 / 2021]
On 25th March 2021, the Guide of the 2021-2027 Erasmus+ programme and the first call for the year 2021 have both been published. The new Erasmus+ programme will bring some relevant changes with respect to […]
The Rural Civic Service to involve youth in local development [4 / 05 / 2021]
The Rural Erasmus created by InSite aims to support project leaders in villages, to promote the vitality and creativity of rural areas and to enable young people aged 16 to 26 to get involved in […]
Pastoral schools on the rise: Italy welcomes the “Scuola Nazionale di Pastorizia” [30 / 04 / 2021]
Transferring pastoral knowledge to preserve vibrant rural areas Over millennia, pastoral societies have accumulated knowledge and skills on how to successfully manage pastoral systems. Their work contributes to maintain vibrant rural areas, benefitting the rural […]
Rural mobility: a need for debate and policy action at EU level [28 / 04 / 2021]
By Andrea Lorenzini, SMARTA project Throughout rural Europe, most people have little or no choice about how they travel. Their only choice is whether they can travel at all. Almost all travel is made by […]
Revision of the Promotion Policy for Agricultural products: get involved to maintain the opportunity for mountain products! [27 / 04 / 2021]
The EU Promotion Policy, that promotes agricultural products within and outside the European Union, is being revised with the objective to make it more sustainable. The Promotion Policy is an opportunity to publicise the unique […]
Climate adaptation for SMEs: registrations open for our third Smart mountains webinar! [26 / 04 / 2021]
Euromontana organises its third webinar of the Smart mountains series on “Climate adaptation: what opportunities for mountain businesses?” on 27th May 2021 from 14.00 to 15.45 via the Zoom platform and in English. Registrations […]
Heavy centralisation risks shifting new Common Agricultural Policy away from citizens and business needs [26 / 04 / 2021]
CoR press release 23/04/2021 As the discussions on the role of regions in the future CAP enter the trilogue phase, the European Committee of the Regions ask the Council and the Commission to fall in […]
Interreg Europe 2021-2027: what changes compared to 2014-2020? [22 / 04 / 2021]
Interreg Europe is the EU’s programme for interregional cooperation which supports experience sharing, policy learning and capacity building for regional actors across all Europe. The fourth draft of the 2021-2027 Interreg Europe’s programme has been […]
Sankt Veit low carbon daily mobility strategy [21 / 04 / 2021]
Sankt Veit im Pongau, Austria, is a village counting around 3,700 people. To decrease car dependency in the area and decongest roads, regional stakeholders designed and implemented a tailored made low-carbon transport strategy targeting the […]
