European Innovation Partnership on Water and the road to Horizon 2020 [24 / 10 / 2013]
During the Open Days event, a specific workshop was dedicated to the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Water (please click here to see EIP on water’s website)on 9th October 2013. Robert Schroeder from DG Environment […]
Youth employment: experiences of delivering youth guarantee schemes [18 / 10 / 2013]
“The Open Days: European regions and cities taking off for 2020”, took place in Brussels between the 7th and the 10th of October 2013. During these days different workshops were organized by the European Commission […]
Smart Work Version 2.0 in Rural Europe: micropols of the digital economy in non-metropolitan and peripherial regions [18 / 10 / 2013]
During the Open Days event, on 8th October 2013, in Brussels, two projects “Micropol” and “Engage”, funded by Interreg IV C programme, gave practical examples on how ICT and digital economy could be used to […]
CAP communication campaign: “Taking care of our roots” [17 / 10 / 2013]
The European Commission has launched a communication campaign aimed at raising awareness of the importance of agriculture in our daily lives and the role that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) plays in supporting it. Under […]
Short presentation on Horizon 2020 and possibilites of funding for Euromontana members [17 / 10 / 2013]
H2020 is the new funding programme for 2014-2020 for research and innovation: it gathers the previous FP7, the innovation activities of the former CIP (Competitiveness and Innovation Programme) and the European Initiative for Technologies (EIT).
How to increase the uptake of ICTs by the tourism industry in rural and mountain areas? [11 / 10 / 2013]
DANTE project organised its mid-term conference on Wednesday 2nd October 2013 in Turin (Italy). Our lead partner, Province of Turin, welcomed DANTE partners and tourism operators, coming from all over Europe, to discuss how to […]
CIRCLE-2 MOUNT: Climate change impacts and response options in mountainous areas [11 / 10 / 2013]
CIRCLE-2 MOUNT is a geographic group under the ERA-NET CIRCLE 2, a network whose aim is to coordinate national research programs in Europe on the impact and adaptation to climate change. The CIRCLE-2 MOUNT works […]
INTERREG Europe or the 5th generation of EU interregional cooperation programmes [10 / 10 / 2013]
During the mid-term conference of the DANTE project, held in Torino (Italy) on 2nd October 2013, Elena Ferrario, project Officer INTERREG IV C from the Joint Technical Secretariat, gave an overview of the next EU […]
Which is the future of mountain dairy production after 2015? [10 / 10 / 2013]
The so called „Milk Package” was published in 2012 with the aim of boosting in a sustainable way the negotiation power of producers of milk and dairy products. Various regulations have entered into force since […]
A first common meeting between Euromontana and Green Mountain partners [30 / 09 / 2013]
Euromontana was invited by INTERREG IVB Green Mountain partners to participate in their networking meeting in Budapest on 24th of September. The aim was to discuss potential cooperation for the future and especially the idea […]
CAP political agreement on last remaining points [30 / 09 / 2013]
The European Parliament, the EU Council of Ministers and the European Commission reached a political agreement last Tuesday, 24th of September 2013, on the few issues on CAP reform that remained outstanding from the 26th […]
Training for sustainable tourism in Europe: what’s new? [20 / 09 / 2013]
PM4ESD: a new methodology, 100 people qualified The T4EST – Training for European sustainable tourism project, financed by the life long learning programme of the European Union, organised its closing event on 19th of September […]
Euromontana now a member of the new Steering Committee of the Mountain Partnership [20 / 09 / 2013]
The Mountain Partnership, which secretariat is hosted by FAO, held its 4th Global meeting in Erzurum (Turkey) from 17 to 19 September. On this occasion, a new strategy was discussed and adopted and a new […]
European Mobility Week: Clean air – it’s your move! [20 / 09 / 2013]
Between the 16th and the 20th of September, different activities have been developed in more than 2,000 cities of 43 countries, with the aim of creating a more sustainable mobility culture. These activities are promoted […]
The CAP Direct Payments of 2013 will be given in advance [13 / 09 / 2013]
The European Commission proposal of giving 50% of the farmers’ direct payments of 2013 in advance has been approved by the Member States. This percentage may be increased to up to 80% for specific beef […]
