Western Norway Research Institute is engaged by Sogn og Fjordane County to participate on the third thematic seminar: Defence and management of the fargile rural areas, landscapes and natural resources in mountains" in the Interreg IIIC project Euromountains.net at Aix-les-Bains, Frankrike, 5-6 December 2006. WNRI is expected to prepare and lead the one of the workshops at the seminar, and report afterwards.