Call for experts for 3 new EIP AGRI Focus Groups – Deadline 11th July, 2016 [14 / 06 / 2016]
EIP‑AGRI has opened a call for experts for 3 new Focus Groups on: Robust and resilient dairy production systems Agroforestry: introducing woody vegetation into specialised crop and livestock systems Diseases and pests in viticulture Experts […]
How does the CAP take into account the production of public goods in agriculture? [6 / 06 / 2016]
Whereas there is a broad discussion about the renewal of agricultural production and the adaptation of public support, the co-editors of the book are intended to feed the discussion of what underlies this concept of […]
ENRD Seminar “Forging the Links – Connecting RDP Support to the Food & Drink Supply Chain” [31 / 05 / 2016]
On the 26th May 2016, a seminar was held by the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) on the links between RDP (Rural Development Programme) Support and the Food & Drink Supply Chain in Brussels […]
Research Assistant position available at Perth College UHI, Scotland [30 / 05 / 2016]
Our member, the Centre for Mountain Studies of the Perth College UHI (University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland) is looking for a Research Assistant for one year to work, among other things, on the […]
Mountains for Europe‘s Future, an event to put mountains on the agenda of Horizon 2020 [20 / 05 / 2016]
As part of the initiative ‘Mountains for Europe’s Future: Putting Mountains on the Agenda of Horizon 2020’, the CH-AT Alliance organised a conference in Brussels on Monday 25 April 2016. The initiative gathers researchers from […]
Towards an EU agenda for Mountainous regions: adoption of the Iotova report by the European Parliament [16 / 05 / 2016]
Following a debate at the European Parliament with EU Commissioner Vella, the own initiative report written by MEP Iotova on “cohesion policy in mountainous regions of the EU” has been largely adopted by the European […]
Looking back at the call for proposals 2016 of the new promotion policy: feedback from our member the CNIEL [13 / 05 / 2016]
From 4th February to 28st April 2016, DG Agri opened a call for proposals to finance information and promotion campaigns in the agricultural sector. 2016 was the first year of implementation of the new promotion […]
Guide for EU funding on tourism [12 / 05 / 2016]
The third version of the “Guide on EU funding for the tourism sector 2014-2020” is now available. It comes with updated hyperlinks, new information on financial instruments (including European Structural and Investment Funds) and additional […]
EIP-AGRI Workshop on ‘New value chains from multifunctional forests’ [2 / 05 / 2016]
The EIP-AGRI Network is organising a workshop on new value chains from multifunctional forests for foresters, farmers, advisers, researchers and entrepreneurs. It will take place in the second week of November 2016 in Vienna, Austria. […]
Profitability of permanent grassland: findings of the EIP-AGRI Focus Group have been published [2 / 05 / 2016]
In May 2014, EIP-AGRI launched the Focus Group ‘Profitability of permanent grassland’. It aimed to assess how to manage permanent grassland in a way that combined profitability, carbon sequestration and biodiversity. “Any management action in […]
A web portal listing mountain huts [25 / 04 / 2016]
Context The website www.rifugi-bivacchi.com aims to group in the same on line resource the complete list of all mountain refuges (including bivouac shelters) of the Alps, the Apennines and the mountain regions of Sardinia, Sicily […]
Towards a SUDOE focus group at Euromontana [20 / 04 / 2016]
Several organisations, including many members of Euromontana, met in Teruel (Spain) on 22 and 23 February 2016 to improve their collaboration on the topic of circular economy. This initiative has led to the creation of […]
Presentation of the Bresso report on the EUSALP strategy [20 / 04 / 2016]
MEP Mercedes Bresso has presented her own initiative report on the EUSALP (macro-alpine) strategy at the Delegation of the Lombardy Region in Brussels on the 18th April 2016, before its official presentation to the REGI […]
SIMRA (Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas) has just started [14 / 04 / 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 […]
Are the CAP Greening measures well adapted to permanent pastures? [6 / 04 / 2016]
The European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism (EFNCP) released some country reports on application of the new “green” CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) to permanent pastures in 6 Member States (Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Ireland, Spain […]
