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Study “Cohesion in Mountainous Regions of the EU” for the European Parliament [31 / 03 / 2016]

Martin Price, from the Centre for Mountain Studies of the University of the Highlands and Islands and vice-president of Euromontana, edited the report on “Cohesion in Mountainous Regions of the EU”. Andreja Borec, from the […]

Don’t miss the chance: the second call for Interreg Europe will be launched soon [30 / 03 / 2016]

The second call of Interreg Europe will open from 5 April till 13 May 2016 (for detailed information, please click here). 64 projects out of the 261 proposals have been funded during the first call […]

Tolmin: “Alpine town of the year 2016” [24 / 03 / 2016]

By receiving the title of “Alpine town of the year 2016”, Tolmin (Slovenia) joined a respected community of 17 title holders and became the third Slovenian town holding this title (after Maribor in 2000 and […]

Branding mountain products, a taste of Norwegian Mountains [21 / 03 / 2016]

In 2015, at the IX European Mountain Convention of Bilbao, Marit Blomlie from the Valdres Region Park presented the example of branding of typical products from the mountainous region of Valdres. Valdres is the main area […]

Two funding opportunities in forest and water management [21 / 03 / 2016]

ERANET SUMFOREST call ‘Sustainable forests for the society of the future’ The ERANET SUMFOREST has announced that it will publish a new call on 21 March 2016, with pre-registration of project proposals on the platform […]

Financing the promotion of your mountain products: call opened by DG Agri [14 / 03 / 2016]

With the Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 that entered into force on the 1st December 2015, the European Union (EU) renewed its promotion policy for agricultural products. This new policy has the ambition of being more […]

Opening of the Mountain Economy Center – CE-MONT in Vatra Dornei, Romania [10 / 03 / 2016]

On 9 December 2015 it was inaugurated in Vatra Dornei, Romania the Mountain Economy Center- CE-MONT. CE-MONT is the only research center for the mountain economy in the South East Europe. Its aim is to […]

Implementation of the EU optional quality term ‘mountain product’: where do we stand in the different Member States? [10 / 03 / 2016]

Rewarding 15 years of Euromontana commitment on the topic of mountain products, the use of the optional quality term (OQT) ‘mountain product’ was protected in November 2012 by the European Union with the (EU) regulation […]

How the lowlands have conditioned Italian growth [10 / 03 / 2016]

The European Research Centre (CER) and tsm – Trentino School of Management elaborated a study that analyses how altitude has influenced the regional development in Italy. La montagna perduta. Come la pianura ha condizionato lo […]

4th meeting of the Subgroup on innovation of the EIP AGRI [9 / 03 / 2016]

On 18th February 2016, Euromontana participated in the 4th meeting of the Subgroup on Innovation of the EIP-AGRI that took place in Brussels. The Subgroup, where Euromontana has a seat for the current programming period, […]

What is the opinion of farmers in the Biellese Alps on the optional quality term ‘mountain product’? [3 / 03 / 2016]

Alessandro Bonadonna, Assistant Professor of the Department of Management of the University of Turin, studied the opinions of farmers in the Biellese Alps on the optional quality term ‘mountain product’. To have access to the […]

How can the implementation of LEADER and Community-Led Local Development be improved? [25 / 02 / 2016]

On the 16th February 2016, the third meeting of the Rural Networks’ Permanent Subgroup on LEADER and Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) took place in Brussels. The aim of this meeting was to pursue the discussion […]

PEGASUS: how can we encourage the provision of ecosystem services in mountain areas? [23 / 02 / 2016]

The research project PEGASUS, on which Euromontana is involved, is about to start its action research in 32 territorial cases studies all over Europe, representing different situations for farming and forestry systems. Thanks to these […]

Forest Innovation workshop: how to enhance innovation in forest management throughout the Operational Groups [22 / 02 / 2016]

Euromontana was one of the ogranisers of the second edition of the Forrest Innovation workshop.  The event “Inform-Prioritize-Collaborate: Cooperation of Regions on Innovation in Forest Management, Use of Wood and Forest-related Services” took place on […]

Demographic changes in the Alps: presentation of the 5° Report on the State of the Alps [16 / 02 / 2016]

The Italian Delegation of the Alpine Convention presented the 5° report on demographic changes in the Alps during a conference in Brussels on the 10th February 2016. All in all, the resident population as a […]

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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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