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EUROMONTANA and GREEN MOUNTAIN launch the SEE Focus Group [25 / 02 / 2014]

Euromontana and Green Mountain signed on 20th of February the Memorandum of Understanding for the creation of a Focus Group on Sustainable Mountain Development in South-Eastern Europe (SEE Focus Group). The official launch took place […]

FREE Solutions Video Contest – the Competition is now open! [14 / 02 / 2014]

Do you live in a remote or rural area? Or a small town in the European countryside? Do you have a specific way of dealing with your energy concerns? The FREE initiative has launched its […]

European Tourism Indicators System (ETIS): involve mountains in the second pilot phase [13 / 02 / 2014]

ETIS is the European Tourism Indicators System for Sustainable Management at Destination Level. It is a set of 27 core and 40 optional indicators to evaluate and monitor the progress towards a more sustainable management […]

Energy efficiency: a new EU Communication and a new public consultation [13 / 02 / 2014]

The European Commission has just launched a new public consultation on “Progress towards the 2020 energy efficiency objective and a 2030 energy efficiency policy framework“. This consultation is open up to 28/04/2014. For more information […]

Interreg Europe: first consultation of stakeholders on the new Operational Programme [7 / 02 / 2014]

  On 5th February 2014, Euromontana participated to a first stakeholders’ consultation on the new programme INTERREG EUROPE. Over 60 representatives of regions, other European networks and the European Commission met the Joint Technical Secretariat […]

Euromontana recruits a new Director [3 / 02 / 2014]

After close to six years leading Euromontana secretariat, Alexia Rouby will most certainly move to other functions from May 2014 onwards. Euromontana is looking for a new talented person to replace her at the position […]

Improve your transport offer with a better coordination of Transports Authorities [2 / 02 / 2014]

In the Auvergne region (France), there are 13 Authorities organising transport (AOT), each of them covering different territories with possible overlaps. Since 2008, a process to better coordinate the 13 AOTs has been implemented to […]

Proceedings of Birdlife’s Alpine rural development conference are online [30 / 01 / 2014]

The conference ‘Rural development: A critical opportunity for people and biodiversity’ took place in Turin (Italy) on the 6th of November 2013. It was organised by BirdLife Europe together with LIPU (BirdLife in Italy) and […]

MOG: Austrian partners visited narrow-gauge railway in Vidzeme Planning Region on 18th December 2013 [29 / 01 / 2014]

On 18th December 2013 Move on green project partners from Burgenland (Austria) visited Vidzemes Planning Region (VPR) to get acquainted with VPR’s good practice – narrow-gauge railway Banitis (you can have access to the full […]

MOG: The Provincial Government of Teruel is transferring Good Practices! [29 / 01 / 2014]

Provincial Government of Teruel made a bilateral visit in Hungary, on 30th October 2013 to learn more about the Good Practices developed by partner 7 Central Transdanubian Region Innovation Agency (CTRIA). The interest was focused […]

Manifesto for the High Speed Broadband in rural areas is officially launched [29 / 01 / 2014]

On 22nd January 2014, the ENGAGE manifesto for High Speed Broadband in rural areas was officially launched in Brussels. This INTERREG projects aims to raise awareness about the crucial need of having high speed broadband, […]

Key elements on Interreg Europe: be ready to submit your proposal [24 / 01 / 2014]

At the beginning of October 2013, we have published an article about “INTERREG Europe or the 5th generation of EU interregional cooperation programmes” to present the first elements on the new Interreg Europe Programme. In […]

Charlemagne Youth Prize 2014: promote Europe among the young! [24 / 01 / 2014]

Every year the European Charlemagne Youth Prize is awarded to projects undertaken by young people that foster understanding, promote the development of a shared sense of European identity, and offer practical examples of Europeans living […]

Erasmus+ : a wealth of opportunities for mountain education and youth [24 / 01 / 2014]

With a budget of 14.7 billion, Erasmus+ is the new EU programme that brings together 7 existing EU programmes in the fields of education, training and youth, which are: the Lifelong Learning Programme (Erasmus, Leonardo […]

EIP seminar: Programming Innovation in Rural Development [20 / 01 / 2014]

The 26th and 27th of June the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability of the European Commission organised a seminar on Programming Innovation in Rural Development. This seminar took place in Madrid, […]

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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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2 weeks ago

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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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