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Mountain Products Column in the Huffington Post [23 / 08 / 2016]

Honey, high quality leather products, milk and cheese, and wild peas. In the Monti Sibillini Park, a member of Euromontana, as in other mountainous regions across Europe, entrepreneurs are producing high quality food and high […]

Participate in the Reading Mountains Festival of the Alpine Convention [22 / 08 / 2016]

  The Reading Mountains Festival Based on the success of the 1st edition, the Alpine Convention is organizing the Reading Mountains festival again this year and we invite you to participate! The “Reading Mountains” festival is […]

The 2016 International Mountain Film Competition [1 / 08 / 2016]

Are you interested in making a short film about mountains? Then apply for the 2016 International Mountain Film Competition promoted by The Mountain Research Centre (CIMO), the School of Agriculture (ESA) of the Polytechnic Institute […]

Ordering local food through social networks [14 / 07 / 2016]

14.07.2016 Social networks are becoming more and more popular, but did you know that you can even use them to order local, fresh fruit and vegetables? It has become possible thanks to a network of […]

Tips and tricks from the Horizon 2020 InfoDay 2016 on the Societal Challenge 2 [13 / 07 / 2016]

In the frame of the Horizon 2020 Info Week, Euromontana participated in the InfoDay on the Societal Challenge 2 on the 28th June 2016. At this occasion, the European Commission presented the H2020 2016-2017 Work […]

Visit our brand new website for the SILVER TOURISM project! [13 / 07 / 2016]

Euromontana participates in a new Erasmus + project called “Silver Tourism” for 2 years. This project aims to provide the necessary training for the tourism sector to take advantage of the opportunities created by the […]

Registrations for the Open days are now open ! [12 / 07 / 2016]

Previously called “Open Days”, the 2016 European Week for Regions and Cities will take place on 10- 13 October 2016 in Brussels. Under the headline ‘Regions and cities for sustainable and inclusive growth’, the programme […]

Smart and innovative rural regions [12 / 07 / 2016]

Inspired by the European focus on smart regions, 2 members of Euromontana: Lars Hustveit (Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality, Norway) and Gianluca Lentini (Poliedra – Politecnico di Milano, Italy) have written an article that highlights the dimension […]

CoR has published a draft opinion about Services of General Economic Interest [12 / 07 / 2016]

The Committee of the Regions (CoR) will soon adopt an “own-initiative opinion” on State Aid and Services of General Interest (SGEIs). The draft is supposed to be adopted this autumn 2016. Indeed, due to the […]

Study and model Europe’s forests using the now publicly available EFISCEN forest inventory data and model [7 / 07 / 2016]

Alterra and the European Forest Institute have made publicly available their twenty-year-old European Forest Information Scenario Model (EFISCEN). The model contains a database of forest inventory data from 32 European countries. The database includes information […]

Visit our brand new website for the SIMRA project! [7 / 07 / 2016]

The new Horizon 2020 project SIMRA (Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas) has officially started on the 1st April 2016 for four years. The project aims to categorise and understand social innovation in different settings […]

ENRD Seminar “Changing our Mindsets – Seizing Opportunities in the Green Economy” [6 / 07 / 2016]

On the 1st July 2016, the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) hosted a European Seminar on “Changing our Mindsets – Seizing Opportunities in the Green Economy” in Brussels. The event brought together managing authorities […]

Friends of EUSALP – EUSALP and the Juncker Plan: EFSI Investment Platforms to foster growth in Europe [28 / 06 / 2016]

On June 22, 2016, the Friends of EUSALP held a meeting on investments and growth in the Alpine Region. The objective of the meeting was to discuss the Juncker Plan and the European Fund for […]

How can irrigation and soil fertility be improved while also reducing the environmental impact of farming? The use of no-till methods [28 / 06 / 2016]

Context: In 2002, Nuno Marques, a Portuguese farmer of beef, cereals, and forestry, in collaboration with the Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM), young graduates, and irrigation and veterinarian services began a project […]

SIMRA (Social Innovation In Marginalised Rural Areas) has kicked off [20 / 06 / 2016]

Scientists from across Europe and the wider Mediterranean area met at the James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen (Scotland) at the end of May 2016 to mark the start of a 4-year project addressing some of the […]

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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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