The European Commission presented its Communication on “Harnessing talent in Europe’s regions”. Released on 17 January, the text proposes measures to address the lack of workforce and skilled employees, a trend that is affecting many mountainous regions that are ageing and depopulating.
The International Mountain Day 2022, celebrated on 11 December, focused on women. Euromontana and the MOVING project published this booklet on mountain women to mark the occasion.
This policy brief for Euromontana members presents the European Commission's annual work programme for 2023 and outlines the key actions and legislation of interest to mountain areas, as well as their respective timetables.
Euromontana contributed to the European Commission's public consultation on the brain drain and how to mitigate the challenges of demographic decline using the instruments and funds of Cohesion Policy.
In order to encourage municipalities to act in support of young people and for the attractiveness of the territory, a label aims to recognise the efforts of these municipalities and to give them a positive and attractive image towards new inhabitants.
This multi-annual initiative aimed at facilitating the return of young Aragonese who have left the territory due to the lack of jobs.
In 2022, 10 years after its first survey, Euromontana publishes a new Europe-wide report on mountain youth. The report brings the voice of 1134 young mountain people aged 18-29 from 18 EU and non-EU countries.
To encourage young people to stay and live-in rural areas, the « Stay in the countryside – it pays off » campaign was carried out in 2018 in the four mountainous regions of Małopolskie, Świętokrzyskie and Podkarpackie and Lubelskie.
This policy brief for Euromontana members examines policies that can help regions tackle depopulation while avoiding the effects of seasonal overtourism