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New European Environmental Agency report: “Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2016” [23 / 02 / 2017]

The 4th edition of the European Environment Agency’s report on “Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe” was published in January 2017. This report, which is published every 4 years, is an indicator-based assessment of […]

Social innovation in mountain territories: insights from the conference “Mountain regions, territories of innovation” [10 / 02 / 2017]

“Mountain regions, territories of innovation” was the title of an international conference held on January 11-13, 2017 in Grenoble, France. The conference was organised by Labex Item, the platform for mountain research and territorial action […]

Euromontana has launched a new Facebook Page for the European Charter for Mountain Quality Food Products! [9 / 02 / 2017]

Euromontana is working hard to collect signatures for the European Charter for Mountain Quality Food Products. We recently created a Facebook page about the Charter. The page contains a link to sign the Charter and […]

A new platform to invest in broadband infrastructure is launched: the new Connecting Europe Broadband Fund [7 / 02 / 2017]

It has been one year since the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) took the plunge by opening new funding opportunities for digital projects across under-served areas -mostly rural- of the European Union along with […]

Sign the 2016 European Charter for Mountain Quality Food Products [7 / 02 / 2017]

The 2016 European Charter for Mountain Quality Food Products Euromontana is delighted to present the 2016 European Charter for Mountain Quality Food Products. The Charter is the next step in over fifteen years of work by […]

The European Commission publishes first report on the implementation of EU macro-regional strategies [6 / 02 / 2017]

The European Commission has published its first report on the implementation of the EU’s four macro-regional strategies. The report assesses the progress of the implementation of the strategies, presents the main results of the strategies’ […]

Euromontana is looking for a Junior Communication and Information Officer [3 / 02 / 2017]

The Euromontana network seeks to reinforce the monitoring and communication function in order to develop the animation of its network and the audience of its work. For this purpose, we are looking for a Junior […]

Implement the Cork Declaration: Solutions for and from mountain areas [2 / 02 / 2017]

On the 6th September 2016, DG AGRI presented the Cork Declaration “A better life in rural areas”. The discussions organised with the stakeholders during this 2-day conference fed the final declaration in a bottom-up approach. […]

CAP Consultation has just been launched [2 / 02 / 2017]

The CAP consultation has just been launched today. This is the occasion to share our views on agriculture and rural development and explain the contribution of mountain areas. Thus, if you are interested to be […]

The need for a White Paper on Rurality: a new brochure of the CoR has been published [31 / 01 / 2017]

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has published a Brochure entitled “The need for a White Paper on Rurality: from a local and regional perspective, For a European rural Agenda after 2020”. In this […]

Mountain food product labelling in Europe, a glimpse of the LabEX ITEM symposium [30 / 01 / 2017]

From the 11th to the 13th January 2017, the international symposium “Mountain regions, territories of innovation” was held in Grenoble, France. It has been organised by the LabEX ITEM (Innovation and Mountain Territories), a multi-disciplinary […]

Share your opinion on Business Support Ecosystem [27 / 01 / 2017]

What makes a perfect Business Support Ecosystem? What are the most important services in various phases of business growth? How do you see an effective support system for entrepreneurship? The TRINNO project is conducting an […]

Mountains in the Sustainable Development Goals 2015-2030 [27 / 01 / 2017]

17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for the 2015-2030 period were adopted during the UN’s General Assembly in September 2015 and were implemented on January 1st, 2016. Mountains are explicitly mentioned several times in this Agenda […]

Article – Promotion Programme for Agricultural Products 2017 [26 / 01 / 2017]

On November 9th, 2016, the European Commission adopted the 2017 promotion programme for agricultural products of the European Union. The budget was increased from 111 million euros in 2016 to 128.5 million Euros in 2017. […]

Launch of the 2017 call for proposals for the promotion of agricultural products [26 / 01 / 2017]

On January 12th, 2017, the European Commission published its 2017 call for proposals and new programme guidelines for the Promotion of Agricultural Products. The deadline to submit applications is April 20th, 2017. You can find […]

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Today, members of the Rural Pact Coordination Group (RPCG) meet online to discuss: • The forthcoming RPCG Declaration on the future of EU rural policy, which addresses the open questions in the @European Commission’s ‘key achievements and ways forward’ report;• RPCG members’ position papers on the future of Europe’s rural areas;• RPCG members’ role in the Rural Pact Conference of April 2025;• Members’ actions to date & the Rural Pact Support Office 2025 work programme.More information at: bit.ly/4fwtjnS#RuralPact #RuralVisionEU ... See MoreSee Less
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📢 #CallForProposals: you can now submit proposals for the #InternationalMountainConference!The international conference dedicated to #MountainResearch is taking place from 14-18 September 2025 in #Innsbruck. It is being organised by the Research Area “Mountain Regions” at the Universität Innsbruck ⛰️🇦🇹📝 The #IMC is currently looking for proposals focusing on scientific research in #MountainRegions around the world. There are six formats to choose from, including plenary sessions and workshops - find out more and submit your proposal by 28 November: loom.ly/ntncy_M ... See MoreSee Less
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We're at the #Gismart project Kick Off meeting in Paris today to share guidelines on communication, dissemination and exploitation of results 💡For the next two days, we will discuss the following steps to assess the sustainability of geographical indications all over Europe, including in the mountains ⛰️🌱🚜👩‍🌾 How to transition to more sustainable diet systems ? 🌱 How to implement the Farm to Fork Strategy?🥩🧀 how to develop a methodology to assess economic, social, environnemental dimensions of GIs sustainability?Pleased to be working on this key topic with INRAE and to continue collaboration with AREPO! More info on GI-SMART 🔗 www.euromontana.org/gi-smart/ ... See MoreSee Less
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🌄 A week ago, we were opening the #MountainConvention2024 in the stunning Catalan Pyrenees! 🏔️✨ 250 mountain stakeholders came together in Puigcerdà to shape the #MountainEconomies of tomorrow! 💬 In the face of socio-economic, environmental, and demographic transitions, our economies must become 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 than ever! 💪🌱From fair remuneration of farmers & ecosystem services, to funding for the transition of mountain resorts, circular economy development for wool and wood products, support for entrepreneurship and interesting public procurement or taxes systems ... all a huge thank you to everyone for your energy and ideas! 🙌 These will be captured in the 𝐏𝐮𝐢𝐠𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚̀ 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, which will be presented on 11 December on International Mountain Day 📜🏔️🔜 Presentations and materials will soon be available! A special thank you to our co-organisers Territori. Generalitat de Catalunya. and CREAF, as well as our supporters Ajuntament de Puigcerdà , #NEMOR Network for European Mountain Research, European Rural Pact 🙏 ... See MoreSee Less
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