GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE EUROMONTANA ASSOCIATION IN ITALY
In the Region of Calabria in the Sila National Park “Biosphere Reserve” of Unesco, the annual meeting of the European network Euromontana was scheduled for October 25-27, on the theme: smart mountains. In this assembly, which had the objective of how to make our regions more attractive and future-oriented, good practices from various regions of Europe were presented. The Biosphere reserve of Asterousia had an active participation in the work of the assembly, represented by the president of TEDA (Local Committee for Management of Asterousia), Mrs Vrentzou Theano.
In the framework of the assembly, apart from the presentation of good practices and the workshops, organized during the visits to the National Park, the 150 participants (representatives from 50 different regions of Europe) were given the opportunity to see the excellent way of utilizing the natural wealth of the region (Unesco Sila Biosphere Reserves), the absolute respect for the monument of nature by both the operators and the residents of the area.
The excellently accessible road network on the mountain (with absolute respect for the environment), the very well organized rural tourism, the agritourism, the farms that can be visited (with the production of high quality products, PDO and PGI), enable the residents of the area to have a decent income all year round.
Very important was the speech of the representative of the European Commission, who, referring to “smart villages”, emphasized that powerful tools for the development of mountainous areas will be both the leader program and the program for “smart villages »
We thank all the executives of the European Euromontana network for the excellent organization and especially the president of the European Euromontana network Mr. Huanan Guttiere.
