The European Union joins the international act on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications [16 / 10 / 2019]
EU institutions officially approved the accession of the European Union to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement, a multilateral treaty for the protection of geographical indications managed by the World Intellectual Property Organisation. An […]
A new SIMRA brochure of inspiring examples of social innovation in forestry now available! [10 / 10 / 2019]
A new SIMRA brochure “From science to social innovation: connecting forests and people” aims at showcasing the diversity of social innovations based upon case studies associated with forestry. These results are extracted from the 2019 […]
Towards a macroregional strategy for the Carpathians [9 / 10 / 2019]
Euromontana participated in a public hearing on 10th September 2019 to share comments on the own initiative report on “the macroregional strategy for the Carpathian region”, prepared by Mr Wladyslaw Ortyl, member of the Committee […]
The European Commission launches a new webpage focused on mountain areas [7 / 10 / 2019]
The European Commission’s DG REGIO has recently created a new webpage dedicated to mountain areas, islands and sparsely populated areas. With at least 15 Member States facing one or several of these specificities, it is […]
How can you help promote rural social innovation in Horizon Europe? [3 / 10 / 2019]
Horizon Europe is the follow-up of the Horizon 2020 research programme for the next European programming period 2021-2027. The European Commission has started to prepare for the programme’s implementation, including through a co-constructed approach. The […]
Revitalising rural areas thanks to villages’ bistros: a practice guide from Massif Central [1 / 10 / 2019]
In rural areas, in particular in the most remote ones, bistros and cafes are places for local communities to meet but most of them also provide services and organise cultural events. The French government announced […]
The UN adopts a report on the sustainable development of mountain areas [27 / 09 / 2019]
Following the adoption in December 2016 of a resolution on sustainable development in mountain areas by the United Nations, a report on the state of play was presented during the UN’s 74th session of the […]
Interview of the month: meeting with Anna Maria Urbaniak-Brekke, from the Western Research Norway Institute (Norway) [24 / 09 / 2019]
The Western Research Norway Institute is an international research foundation created in 1985. Based in Sogndal, it carries out research mainly in the academic fields of social studies, natural sciences, technology and humanities. To better […]
Euromontana supports the creation of the intergroup “SMART Villages for Rural Communities: Sparsely populated, Mountainous And Rural Territories” [23 / 09 / 2019]
Euromontana supports the establishment of a new intergroup at the European Parliament, SMART Villages for Rural Communities: Sparsely populated, Mountainous And Rural Territories. Focused on the rural development of mountainous, rural and sparsely populated territories, […]
Join Euromontana at the 2019 European Rural Parliament for vibrant rural mountainous areas! [18 / 09 / 2019]
Euromontana will participate in the 2019 edition of the European Rural Parliament, organised in the mountainous region of Asturias, Spain, from November 6 to 9. The event will be the opportunity to reflect on the […]
SILVER SMEs organises its second international conference on the Silver Economy! [17 / 09 / 2019]
SILVER SMEs invites you to its second international conference “Business Opportunities linked to Fragile & Vulnerable Ageing Population“, taking place in Zielona Gora, Poland, on October 24 2019! SILVER SMEs is an Interreg Europe project […]
The Desafio programme: a “rural Erasmus” to fight depopulation in rural and mountain areas [12 / 09 / 2019]
Desafio is a rural internship programme aiming at revitalising rural and mountainous areas by improving their attractiveness among students. Created in 2018 by the Chair on Depopulation and Creativity of the University of Zaragoza, Spain, […]
Mountain areas, a chance of innovation for Horizon Europe [11 / 09 / 2019]
Mountain areas are facing different specific issues, from remoteness and accessibility to rapidly changing climate conditions. Mountains are however also offering various innovation opportunities, due to the natural and social specificities of these areas. Mountains […]
Mountain researchers: the Mountain Research Initiative needs you! [10 / 09 / 2019]
The Mountain Research Initiative has developed since 2001 an Expert Database, enabling researchers around the world to connect and come with new valuable research projects for our mountain areas. Considering the past growing research community […]
Join us at 2019 the Regions’ Week! [5 / 09 / 2019]
During this year’s edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities, taking place in Brussels, from the 7th to the 10th of October 2019, Euromontana will participate to two workshops to reflect on […]
