The merger is designed to co-ordinate the actions of the three organisations more effectively and to develop joint strategies to take more effective action on behalf of sustainable development in European mountain regions. The organisations are to co-operate at three levels, with the AEM operating at the political level, Euromontana at the implementation level, and the EMF at the information level. Joint meetings will be held twice a year to improve communications between the organisations.
Sources: www.mtnforum.org/europe/emf/reportmeet082003 (en);