“Sustainable Agriculture Models for the Romanian Mountain Area” Project co-funded by a grant of Switzerland through the Swiss Contribution to the Enlarged European Union, under the Swiss – Romanian Cooperation Programme. Project partners:  SAB Switzerland (www.sab.ch), “Dorna” Mountain Farmers Federation (www.famdorna.ro), Open Fields Foundation (Former HEIFER Romania – www.openfields.ro), RoMontana (www.romontana.org) Overall budget: 1.512.349 CHF Implementation period: 2014 – 2016 Project’s goal: Developing agricultural models in the mountain area of Romania by integrating traditional activities into the modern economic system. Outcome 1: The production factors of the traditional production system are strengthened Pasture management improving measures are created Six modern sheepshelter models built and operational in the test areas Outcome 2: The market opportunities of traditional products are improved Product specification and technical assistance for 3 clusters of products are finalized Marketing study is developed Branding kit for mountain products developed and implemented Local, regional and national events to promote traditional products are realized Campaign for local products consumption is realised towards different target groups Outcome 3: The competences of producers to diversify and modernize their production are improved New Curricula for shepherds, sheepfoldmasters and farmer organisations developed and implemented.… Citește articolul

Implementation period: 2013 – 2015 Total budget: 533.307 EUR “Innovation in Rural Tourism – InRuTou” was a project implemented by RoMontana Association in partnership with IMC University of Applied Sciences from Krems (Austria), UNEP Vienna – Interim Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention (Austria), EURAC – European Academy (Bolzano, Italy), SCIENTER (Italy), SEED (Switzerland), University of Bournemouth (UK), Ekopsychology (Poland) and Green Dossier (Ukraine). The project was funded by European Commission through a grant within the Lifelong Learning Programme. The project aimed for developing and testing a set of innovative tools and models to facilitate the sustainable development of rural tourism in mountain regions, by consulting target communities and training selected opinion leaders as multipliers in the community, becoming trainers for local tourism operators with varying degrees of experience and education, thus enhancing planning in the rural tourism.… Citește articolul

          Implementation period: 2014 – 2016 Total budget: 174.178 EUR RoMontana Association together with Junior Achievement Romania and Ungt Entreprenørskap Sogn og Fjordane were  partners in “Greenovation Challenge: forming competences for innovation in sustainable development for youth”, a project coordinated by Junior Achievement Romania and implemented during 2014-2016. This bilateral Romania-Norway ecological education project, funded by EEA Grants 2009-2014, through the NGO Fund in Romania, involved over 50 teachers and 950 high school students from mountain areas. The Greenovation Challenge project aims to develop young people’s skills for innovation in sustainable development and provides a unique learning experience by: Development and testing during courses of a module of practical educational activities, learning by doing, on environmental issues (Eco-nomia module), conducted by teachers who benefited of free training and educational materials; Students’ participation in activities of civic culture and real community involvement by communicating with local authorities and competing with innovative solutions to the problems of sustainable development in mountain areas (the competition had several stages: local, national, international); Involving students in bilateral educational events where Romanian students will collaborate with those from Norway to generate solutions for the indentified concrete problems.… Citește articolul

Cross-border cooperation project “ECO-CARPATHIANS – Development of Eco-Business in the Carpathian Border, A Chance for Better Economic Competitiveness”, MIS ETC 1603, was: – realized by the Municipal Public Association “Business Center” (Cernăuţi), – in collaboration with: Association for Economic and Regional Development – ADER (Suceava, Romania), National Association for Rural Rural Development “ROMONTANA” (Vatra Dornei, Romania) and International Small and Medium Business Association “Small Euro Business” (Balti, Republic of Moldova). The project was run during the period 2013-2015 under the Joint Operational Program “Romania – Ukraine – Republic of Moldova 2007-2013” (the EU grant under the ECO-CARPATI – Eco-Business Development in the Carpathian Border, a chance for better economic competitiveness “, MIS code ETC 1603, and represents EUR 715,510.25, equivalent in hryvnia – 7.866.605,89).… Citește articolul

Project implemented by Euromontana (Association of Mountainous Regions in Europe) and funded by the French Ministry of Agriculture, finalized in April 2012. The main objective of the project was to identify and analyze positive and sustainable practices in wood extraction and use and organizing (formal forestry, federation, unions, associations, or informal) forest supply chains in the areas (from raw material to finished products), in European mountain forests, with sufficient harvesting potential. Romontana supported the project by identifying and collecting examples of good practices in Romania. The Study can be downloaded here (clik). … Citește articolul