How to encourage generation renewal, young people to stay, newcomers to settle? Which barriers do they face and how policies can help to overcome them? These were the questions raised during the conference of the Horizon 2020 project Ruralization on 8th and 9th November 2021, where Blandine Camus, Communication and Policy Officer, was invited to share Euromontana’s thoughts on the topic.

 Blandine Camus shared with participants the main results of Euromontana’s European mountain youth survey, which shows that lack of skilled and diversified employment, insufficient public transport offer and difficult access to housing are hindering the arrival of young newcomers in mountain areas.