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.
Demography
“Stay in the countryside – it pays off” campaign for youth
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.
Between depopulation and massification: how to promote sustainable development?
This policy brief for Euromontana members examines policies that can help regions tackle depopulation while avoiding the effects of seasonal overtourism
Ageing in mountain areas – Contributions of Euromontana for the Green Paper on Ageing
Given the importance of the ageing challenge for most mountain areas, Euromontana recently participated to the European Commission’s consultation on the Green Paper on Ageing to provide recommendations on how to adapt measures at national, regional and local levels.
ODISSEU Rural internships to boost youth employment
ODISSEU is a programme which aims at facilitating the return of young people to rural areas through employment. This programme of the Catalan region runs awareness raising, training and networking activities with rural companies in order to counterbalance the depopulation and masculinization of the region’s rural territories.
The Desafio programme: a “rural Erasmus” to fight depopulation in rural and mountain areas
Desafio is a rural internship programme aiming at revitalising rural and mountainous areas by improving their attractiveness among students. Created in 2018 by the Chair on Depopulation and Creativity of the University of Zaragoza, Spain, the programme connects rural public and private organisations willing to train young people
Improving the attractiveness of mountain areas for young generations
The VIII European Mountain Convention resulted in the adoption of the Chambéry Declaration on youth, which sets out Euromontana's position on the attractiveness of mountain areas to young people