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Implementation of the EU optional quality term “mountain product”: where do we stand in the different Member States?
Rewarding 15 years of Euromontana commitment to the topic of mountain products, the use of the optional quality term (OQT) “mountain product” was protected in November 2012 by the European Union with the (EU) regulation No 1151/2012. Following that, the European Commission adopted the delegated act (EU) No 665/2014 in...
European Union
2017 - Euromontana
Blog article
Acting big for rural development and action plan for the implementation of Cork 2.0
Six months after the Cork 2.0 event and the publication of the Declaration “A better life in rural areas”, Copa and Cogeca (farmers and agri-cooperatives), CEJA (young farmers) and CEPF (forest owners) organised a joint event in Brussels, on March 22nd, 2017. The event, entitled “Cork 2.0 Declaration – Acting...
2017 - Euromontana
Blog article
Conference “How to better valorise mountain food products?”
The EU mountain products legislation is alive, now it is time for producers and Member States to really seize this opportunity to give more added value to mountain areas. On 18th October 2017, around 100 mountain actors from all over Europe took part in a conference on “How to better...
European Union
2017 - Euromontana
Policy brief/paper
The need for a White Paper on Rurality: a new brochure of the CoR has been published
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has published a Brochure entitled “The need for a White Paper on Rurality: from a local and regional perspective, For a European rural Agenda after 2020”.
In this brochure, representatives of the CoR, members of the European Parliament and 3 organisations from the Civil...
2017 - European Committee of the Regions
Newsletter
“Farm-Success” Project
Recently, the Farm-Success project partners have been gathering case studies from their countries as examples of best practices related to succession processes in European family farms.
European Union
2017 - Farm-Success
Blog article
CHAFEA launches new web portal for the promotion of EU agricultural products
A new web portal for the promotion of EU agricultural products is now available via the CHAFEA web site. The portal is mean to help organizations find funding, partners, and information on how to enter new export markets.
Importantly, the portal also contains an eligibility checker where organizations can check whether...
European Union
2017 - Euromontana
Video
Tutorial 1 - How to influence the EU decision-making process
Discover how to influence the decision-making process and how the Low Impact Fishers of Europe can help you reach your goals!
European Union
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Report
Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in the European Union
This report provides an overview of the main characteristics and structure of the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and its developments in the last 25 years.
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the primary agricultural policy instrument of the European Union. This report focuses on the new features and institutional context...
European Union
2017 - OECD
Blog article
Organic farming: progress in EU seeds and agricultural biodiversity
Legislative discussions around the new regulation on organic farming have been going on for almost two and a half years. A record in the history of the European Union. The 18th and very long trilogue of 28 June 2017 ended the negotiations between the European institutions, in a context of...
European Union
2017 - EurActiv
Fact sheet
Agri ReCAP 2017 - The yearly review of Copa Cogeca Secretariat work
The yearly review of Copa Cogeca Secretariat work for 2017. You can scroll through the document and check the various topics that interest you. For all the main position papers, events etc we have included links to various documents and websites.
Belgium
2017 - COPA COGECA
Report
Labelling mountain food products in Europe: beyond the simple quality distinction, an opportunity to join forces and build resilient food systems
Agriculture in European mountain areas plays a key role for society. Farming activities protect landscapes and provide society with vital ecosystem services and agriculture is an integrated part of the livelihood of mountain communities. However, mountain farming is not sufficiently competitive and resilient in the current socio-economic context. Mountain food...
European Union
2017 - Euromontana
Project
Modernisation of Planika Dairy
Mlekarna Planika (Planika dairy) implemented a step by step technical and technological modernisation that effectively transformed it from a milk powder producer to one of the leading producers of high quality fresh milk and cheese in Slovenia. The modernisation was carried out on a step by step approach as in...
Slovenia
2017 - European Network for rural Development
Video
Tutorial 2 - The Common Fisheries Policy
Discover the set of rules established to manage European fisheries and how LIFE can make your voice heard!
European Union
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Blog article
Fruit and vegetables: Producer organisations
The EU fruit and vegetable regime supports operational programmes implemented by recognised producer organisations (POs), by making a funding contribution to the programmes' operational funds.Recognition of interbranch organisations (IBOs) is favoured where they proof to be sufficiently representative of the various occupational categories of the fruit and vegetables sector and they carry out practical...
European Union
2017 - European Commission
Video
Tutorial 3 - The Advisory Councils
The place to be to provide a real and concrete input to european and national policies, with the support of LIFE!
European Union
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Video
Concours Vidéo EAThink - 2017
Spots-vidéos reçus lors du concours national de vidéo "Cuisine et Interdépendance" organisé dans le cadre du projet EAThink, par le Réseau International Urgenci.
Action réalisée avec le soutien de l'Union européenne, la Région Normandie, l'Académie de Caen et la Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer.
France
2017 - EAThink
Video
Ballyhenry Angus Organic Farm on Ear to the Ground
A short movie about angus organic farm - Full Story
2017 - National Rural Network - Ireland
Blog article
Rural Greece, Social Economy & Pathways Out of Crisis
With the looming context of the fourth Greek bailout, the European Rural Sustainability Gathering 2017 kicked off in in Karditsa, Greece. The event saw the social economy, cooperatives and grassroots initiatives take centre stage, as tools and approaches to address the crisis. The location displayed the best of progressive rural...
Greece
2017 - ARC 2020
Video
Tutorial 4 - How to access funding for your ideas
Funding opportunities, EMFF, CLLD: transform your ideas into projets, LIFE will support you throughout the whole process!
European Union
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Event
16th Meeting of the Stakeholder Group for the cross-border region of “Drina-Sava”
The sixteenth meeting of the Stakeholder Group for the cross-border region of “Drina-Sava” was organized on the 2nd March in the City Hall Nijemci in Nijemci, Croatia.
Croatia
2017 - Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group in South Eastern Europe
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