The European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 has been launched [18 / 12 / 2017]
The European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 took off. The start of the year was marked by the European Culture Forum, a biennial flagship event on cultural cooperation that took place in Milan on 7-8 […]
Give your view on the EU’s Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change! [15 / 12 / 2017]
The European Commission is undertaking an evaluation of the EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change to assess its implementation and performance, compared to what was expected at the time the Strategy was adopted in […]
Euromontana in the new issue of Rural Connections! [14 / 12 / 2017]
The Horizon 2020 PEGASUS project was featured in the latest edition of the Rural Connections magazine, published by the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD). As a PEGASUS partner and a representative of mountain stakeholders, […]
Climate change adaptation in the Carpathian Mountains [14 / 12 / 2017]
The Carpathian Convention recently published a report entitled “Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Carpathian mountains”. The study report presents the trends and scenarios of climate change in the Carpathians, the key risks for […]
Tips for writing proposals from Horizon 2020 Infodays [12 / 12 / 2017]
The Horizon 2020 work programme (for the 2018-2020 period) was adopted at the end of October (available here). The four cross-cutting focus areas for all Horizon 2020 calls are: implementing the Paris Agreement, digitisation, circular […]
Still wondering what social innovation in rural areas looks like? Check out our new brochure! [8 / 12 / 2017]
This new SIMRA brochure aims at showcasing the diversity of social innovations in rural areas of Europe and the Mediterranean regions. A sneak peek of what you will find in this brochure includes revitalisation plans […]
Interview of the month: Meeting with Ana Savšek from Heart of Slovenia (Slovenia) [7 / 12 / 2017]
Heart of Slovenia is a development center, established in 2000. It works like a local development agency connecting several municipalities in the central part of Slovenia and covering the area east from Ljubljana. The municipalities […]
An online market to connect small farmers with urban consumers [5 / 12 / 2017]
Adelaide.Farm is a project that built up an online market for small farmers to connect with the urban consumers in south Portugal. Through the website, the consumers can buy products (from a responsible agriculture) and […]
Social Innovation to foster the inclusion of refugees in rural areas [1 / 12 / 2017]
On the 16 and 17 November 2017, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organised an event on “Social Innovation for refugee inclusion”, including one session on the integration of refugees in small and rural […]
EU funded research on way to decoding success of Social Innovation in marginalised rural areas [30 / 11 / 2017]
SIMRA – a European Cooperative Research project funded by the H2020 EU Framework Programme is making its first advances in identifying key success criteria and good practice examples for social innovation in some of the […]
The CAP communication “the Future of Food and Farming” has been released ! [30 / 11 / 2017]
As expected, the new CAP communication entitled “The Future of Food Farming” was adopted by the European Commission and officially presented on Wednesday 29th November 2017 during a press conference in Brussels with Phil Hogan, Commissioner […]
The Reading mountains Festival celebrates Alpine literature [29 / 11 / 2017]
The Alpine Convention organises the third edition of the Reading mountain Festival. The event organised on the 11th December, the International Mountain Day, is the occasion to celebrate Alpine literature, languages and culture and to […]
Wifi4EU Initiative: implement wireless access points in your municipality [21 / 11 / 2017]
The European Commission has launched a new initiative to install wireless access points in centers of public life, like parks, town squares, public buildings, public libraries, hospitals, museums. The first call for proposals will be […]
How to facilitate the collection of used edible oils in mountain areas [20 / 11 / 2017]
The collection of food waste, including food oils, remains a major challenge for mountain areas. The project “La Baraque à Huile” is a solution for collecting edible oils in the French Alps. The project has […]
New call for proposals – CAP information campaign [15 / 11 / 2017]
The new call for proposals funding information measures on CAP was published. The proposal for information measures shall illustrate how the CAP contributes towards the delivery of the Commission’s political priorities. The deadline for submission […]
