The Region has allocated a budget of €12.15 million to boost and promote development in rural areas and mountainous regions. Two development contracts from the Plan Interrégional État-Région 2015-2020 have been signed in order to enhance resources and biodiversity in the Massif Central and the Pyrénées. Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée is working alongside other regions bordering these mountains in order to ensure their preservation and protection.
The EU is actively engaged in the development of mountainous regions, and has put forward two specially-adapted programmes for the Massif Central and the Pyrénées: these involve increasing tourism opportunities, promoting natural heritage, the prevention of natural risks and pastoralism.
The Region aims to develop these rural areas to their full potential. A specific policy for rural towns has been implemented in order to enhance the appeal of these “isolated” areas.