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Enhance employment in agriculture for a more sustainable Europe [11 / 03 / 2013]

On 27 February, CEJA (the European Council of Young Farmers) organized a round table in Brussels with the aim of debating ways of enhancing young people’s involvement in agriculture and secure sustainable food production in […]

Increasing the presence of tourists in remoted villages [8 / 03 / 2013]

In the municipality of Ornica, in Lombardy region (Italy), the administration has invited residents to register their homes in a local hotel chain, created with this opportunity. Following this initiative, the municipality was able to […]

A roadmap on ICT for energy efficiency in rural areas [8 / 03 / 2013]

EUROMONTANA participated on tuesday 5th of March to IREEN workshop on ICT road map for energy efficient rural neighbourhoods. IREEN stands for ICT ROadmap for Energy Efficient Neighbourhoods.IREEN is a research project funded by the […]

ENRD organised a meeting on environmental services [8 / 03 / 2013]

The European network for rural development assembled monday 4th of March its members to discuss the conception of rural development measures likely to contribute to a better delivery of environmental services. Recalling the main outputs […]

Mountland: a research project for the mountain regions [8 / 03 / 2013]

The research project “Mountland” evaluates the effects of the global warming on the agriculture and the silviculture of the mountain regions. This study covers three Swiss regions located in the cantons of Vaud, Valais and Grisons. […]

Europe in 2020 will also be rural [7 / 03 / 2013]

The Europe 2020 Strategy is the framework within which Member States and the European Commission have committed their first negotiations to conclude the Partnerships Contracts that largely determine the implementation of the future 2014-2020 programming. […]

New report of the Committee of regions: Closing the Innovation Divide [1 / 03 / 2013]

At the request of the Irish presidency, the Committee of the Regions is drawing up concrete proposals on how to increase European innovativeness and close innovation gaps. The objective under this mandate is to submit […]

Meat products: 5.2 billion € of output for mountain farms [1 / 03 / 2013]

Thanks to the DG AGRI study « Labelling of agriculture and food products of mountain farming », this week Euromontana focuses on mountain meat products key facts and figures. The overall supply chain dimension of cattle, […]

Extremadura Vista: Axis network camera to promote the regional heritage [1 / 03 / 2013]

In the region of Extremadura, Spain, the governement has installed some 129 cameras around the most interesting places, which offer a real time images of the regional heritage, be it cultural, natural or historic. The […]

The advisory group on quality discussed mountain products and short supply chains [28 / 02 / 2013]

The advisory group on quality met on February 19th. The agenda was centred on the implementation of the new quality package, especially regulation 1151/2012 on quality schemes. The group dedicated two hours to the presentation […]

ENRD report on environmental services has been published [22 / 02 / 2013]

The European Network for rural development published the report of its focus group on environmental services, to which Euromontana and its members contributed. Based on a background analysis and on the collection of dozens of […]

Dairy products: the main livestock sector in mountains [22 / 02 / 2013]

The DG AGRI study « Labelling of agriculture and food products of mountain farming », undertaken by the Joint Research Centre, has analysed three main sectors within mountain farming: dairy products, meat products and crops. This […]

Mandate from the Parliament on CAP : mountains preserved? [21 / 02 / 2013]

On 23 and 24 January 2013, Member of Parliament from AGRI committee of the European Parliament adopted their draft mandate for the negotiation with the European Council. The review of adopted amendments allows to list […]

Launch of the ENRD work on rural youth [21 / 02 / 2013]

The 7th of February the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) organised the 1st working session on the theme of youth and young farmers. The meeting represented the occasion to receive information from the European […]

Welcome policy in Limousin region [21 / 02 / 2013]

How to make one region more attractive? How to ensure a good welcome to new inhabitants? Limousin region, France has been one of the firsts to work on territorial marketing and has ameliorated its image […]

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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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