Awards for tourism projects in the mountains of the Rhône-Alpes region [27 / 03 / 2015]
Background: Rhône-Alpes is a mountainous region in the South of France, which is characterised by two features. On the one hand, it is an attractive region in terms of innovation. Despite the crisis, half of […]
A public consultation on the 2011 White Paper on transport is open [26 / 03 / 2015]
The European Commission has opened a public consultation on the Mid-term revision of the 2011 White Paper on transport. This consultation is addressed to citizens, companies, public authorities, academia, associations and other stakeholders who have […]
The Rural, Mountainous and Remote Areas (RUMRA) Intergroup has been officially launched [24 / 03 / 2015]
Euromontana attended on 12th March 2015 in Strasbourg the meeting where the Rural, Mountainous and Remote Areas (RUMRA) Intergroup was officially launched by Mercedes Bresso, MEP and Chair of the Intergroup. This event marked an […]
Call for experts for two new EIP-AGRI Focus Groups [24 / 03 / 2015]
The European Commission is launching a call for experts for two new EIP-AGRI Focus Groups (European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability). Please, click here to access the article (members only).
The Province of Styria, an example of innovative and sustainable growth based on clean technologies [13 / 03 / 2015]
In the framework of the European Entrepreneurial Region Award initiative, launched by the Committee of the Regions, the Province of Styria (Austria) was elected in 2013 as one of the three European Entrepreneurial Regions. The […]
Interested to follow a Master’s Degree in Development and Conservation of mountain food chains? [11 / 03 / 2015]
The Università degli Studi di Milano (member of Euromontana) has extended the deadline for enrolment in the Master’s Degree in Development and Conservation of mountain food chains to 20th March, 2015. The Course will be […]
Euromontana participated to a public hearing on transport [10 / 03 / 2015]
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has organised a public hearing on 6th March 2015 to hear stakeholders’ feedback on its draft position paper. Indeed, the European Parliament has asked the EESC to submit […]
Call for farmers and farm advisors on organic production [9 / 03 / 2015]
The European Commission is looking for organic farmers and organic farm advisors who are interested in participating in the conference on ‘Organic production, Research and Innovation: setting priorities for the future’ in Milan. Please, click […]
How to face unemployment at regional level? [6 / 03 / 2015]
Euromontana attended the 5th Annual Meeting of the European Grouping Territorial Cohesion Platform (EGTC) of the Committee of the Regions, held in Brussels on the 3rd March 2015.During this event, the main theme discussed was […]
Forests, more than a large amount of trees [27 / 02 / 2015]
In the North West part of Spain, in the region of Galicia, common forest lands are owned and managed by the people living in nearby hamlets. Special laws make sure that all the profit they […]
Two new funding opportunities will soon be available for investments in energy efficiency and the conservation of natural capital [27 / 02 / 2015]
The Private Finance for Energy Efficiency (P4FEE) and Natural Capital Financial Facility (NCFF) are two new funding opportunities, developed in the framework of the Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE Programme). They aim […]
Euromontana is going to work on PEGASUS, a new project on public Ecosystem Goods and Services [26 / 02 / 2015]
PEGASUS is a new European project on “Public Ecosystem Goods And Services from land management – Unlocking the Synergies”, coordinated by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (UK). From 1st March 2015 and for the […]
Do you want to know more about mountain products? [25 / 02 / 2015]
In the framework of the “A new CAP: mountains of opportunities” project, Euromontana is going to produce a database of mountain supply chains actors with all stakeholders who are interested to be involved in future […]
Euromontana met the European Commissioner for regional policy, Corina Creţu. [20 / 02 / 2015]
On last Friday, 13th February, Euromontana, together with other Representatives from the Regional Offices in Brussels met the European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Corina Creţu. The Commissioner presented the state of play of the adoption […]
Presentations of the Rural Network Assembly are now available [19 / 02 / 2015]
As we published on the piece of news on 2nd February 2015, the EU Rural Networks’ Assembly officially launched its 1st meeting on 26th January 2015 gathering 196 governmental, non-governmental, local and innovation stakeholders. Euromontana […]