My Heritage, my Future

[City of Kastela]

Town Kastela is place with rich history and great number of protected cultural objects( castles, houses, urban regions) situated on the coast of the Kastelas bay in the lenght of 17 km. The town consists of 7 settlements, every settlement is based around historical city centre. Unfortunately many of these castles are in bad shape as a result of weather and clime impacts, illegal upbringing, lack of maintenance and no management plan. As a result we have many unique and picturesque ruins situated near the beaches. These castles and houses should be renovated and revitalized so that further devastation is prevented and cultural heritage is protected for the next generation.
Project acitivities – Create the database of castles, palaces and houses according to their legal owners, sate of devastation and level of existing documentation, prepare local public strategy for renovation, create management plan in tourist activities for protected objects in local property, prepare guidelines to avoid further devastation rise awareness of local citizens toward the local history and its impact .

[Paraskevi Moraitou]

Dear Sirs, I represent the municipality of Rhodes
The island of Rhodes/ Greece is situated at the SE of the Aegean Sea. The island occupies an area of approximately 1,400 square kilometers and has an actual population of 116.000 people. Rhodes Municipality refers to the whole island.
The city of Rhodes has a history of 2400 years. The different people who settled in the island left their mark in all aspects of the island’s culture: art, language, architecture. The Medieval city of Rhodes, built by the Knights of St. John, is one of the best preserved Medieval Cities in Europe and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988.
Due to intense pirate activity and the activities of the Knights of St John, the island has a remarkable number of castles and fortresses of which many have survived. Apart from the medieval castles, there are other castle ruins dating back to Prehistoric, Classical and Hellenistic times. Many important traditional and industrial buildings are situated in the rural area of the island.
Rhodes is a popular international “Sea-Sun-Sand” tourist destination and a mass seasonal tourism model is applied on the island for several decades. That form of tourism is currently acknowledged to be environmentally damaging and leading into socio-cultural delegation of the area. It is within the Municipality’s strategy to develop alternative forms of tourism while capitalizing the comparative advantages of the island (natural and cultural recourses).
We think that your project proposal is very interesting and we would like to know more about it.
Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards

Paraskevi MORAITOU

Municipality of Rhodes
Planning & Development Dep.
Eleftherias Sq.
85100 Rhodes
tel. +30 2241043086
fax +30 2241043081
email: pmoraitou@rhodes.gr

[Marco PisuParticipant]

Dear sirs,

I represent ‘Paesaggi Connessi’, an Italian association active in networking among places characterised by cultural, historical and archaeological heritages and in creating links between art, innovation and tourism.
The association is interested in your project. Its members and its partners are artists, architects, experts in cultural projects and in tourism development.
We may even integrate the proposal with an artistic project based on the integration between ICT, art and local historical identities.
Paesaggi connessi is located in Sardinia, where are important prehistoric, Nuragic, Punic, Roman, middle age heritages etc. We may involve Sardinian municipalities, public entities and innovative ICT firms that may work on ICT Instruments.
Please, may you communicate your email address?
Thank you
Kind regards
Marco Pisu
pisu.progetti@gmail.com
+39 366 7151138

[CarlosFrancoParticipant]

I work for SARGA is a public company with more than 1.200 workers, belonged by Government of Aragon (Northeastern of Spain). More information: http://www.sarga.es/doc/sarga_english.pdf We are responsible for the practical implementation of policies in sustainable development and agri-environment field, and therefore we are involved in designing and delivering these policies, hence our capacity to implement improved techniques.

In recent years, SARGA has acquired great experience in Smart cities in rural areas because we are in charge of the management of the Sustainable Rural Development Programme, with a total amount of investment is approximately EUR 50 million. These projects include rural tourism promotion (based in heritage& cultural tourism), entrepreneur women, local development or sustainable energies.
You can find a lot information about our rich historical and cultural heritage. As the capital of the Aragonese Kingdom (the Mediterranean sea and half of Spain) Zaragoza and Aragón have rich heritage:
http://www.patrimonioculturaldearagon.es/patrimonio-mundial
http://www.castillodeloarre.es/vistas/01.aspx?id=5
http://www.monasteriosanjuan.com/monasterio-san-juan-de-la-pena.php
http://www.zaragoza.es/ciudad/turismo/es/que-visitar/detalle_Monumento?id=7
http://www.villadeainsa.com/ainsa-sobrarbe/ainsa-villa-ainsa
http://www.sosdelreycatolico.com/

SARGA has experience as responsible of the education and environmental awareness, which includes the management of the 17 Interpretation Centers, the design and publication of informative and educational material for the Centers, as well as any other proceedings related to environmental education, the planning and management of the network through the development of management plans and strategies for Protected Natural Areas (spatial planning, public use, conservation …) and the socioeconomic revitalization of the territory included in the Aragon Natural Network harnessing its environmental values.
Also, SARGA has long and successful experiences of European Union funding projects in fields such as environment, empower entrepreneurship in rural areas, open data, sustainable rural development Projects, regional smart strategy, energy efficiency, capacity building, women entrepreneur, biomass, Clean Energies, R+D+I Projects…
Also we are running several UE Projects in environment, innovation and smart energy efficiency field:
• HOMER Project (MED Program) http://homerproject.eu/project HOMER is the strategic MED project that focuses on the theme of Open Data, a world-wide policy aiming at making available and exploitable Public Sector Information (PSI). Governments are increasingly recognising the benefits of making their data open and reusable. The first is transparency: simply opening PSI, citizens can be better informed and participate in the decision making process. The second is linked to the economic value of PSI, whose wider re-use is considered a primary content resource for the development of digital markets
• MED MAIN Project (MED Program) http://www.med-main.eu/ It is aimed at disseminating countermeasures to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, that is the strong rise of temperatures that occurs in the urban areas with respect to the surrounding countryside due to absorption of solar radiation by the building and pavement surfaces. Very effective countermeasures to the UHI effect are given by cool roofs and cool pavements, that is the wide range of technological solutions that are characterized by high and certified capacity to reflect solar radiation.
• STEP Project. (Interreg IVC) Improving Communities’ Sustainable Energy Policy Tools. The project foster local level policies supporting energy efficiency and energy self-sufficiency derived from national/regional policies. http://www.steproject.eu
• LIFE+ POWER Project. Demonstration and quantifying of the potential energy savings derived from both, the efficient water management and the generation of models to scale through renewable energy-based devices applied to water pumping systems and the subsequent quantifying of the reduction of emissions to the atmosphere are sought. http://www.lifepowerproject.eu/
• We have a Department for Biomass promotion, thanks to our participation in Woode3 Project (Interreg MED Program http://www.woode3.eu ) and developing Environmental Management Plan for SMEs.

Also as references as reliable partners:
1. We received two awards from the European Commission as best of the best in the management of 2 Life+ projects.
a. ESWAMAR Project, (SARGA was the Project Coordinator) http://www.life-eswamar.eu/Comun/Upload/VerAdjuntoContenidos.aspx?IdAdjunto=4066
b. POWER Project, (SARGA is partner). Last 24 April 2015 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/news/newsarchive2015/april/index.htm#best
2. Aragon has received an award for best open data portal, developed in collaboration with the HOMER Project (MED Programme) and the 19 project partners have chosen Aragon as the most active project partner. http://homerproject.eu/

For all the above, we would like you to consider our candidacy to participate in your project and contact me in order to have more information and contributing to the proposal writing.
Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,
Carlos Franco
cfranco@sarga.es

[Vasilis Mitsios]

Dear sir/madam,
We are very interested in your project idea. Please contact us at international@essenceconsulting.gr so that we can further discuss about the proposal and partnership.
Best regards

Vasilis Mitsios

[Development Agency GAL Genovese]

Dear sir,
the Development Agency GAL Genovese is really interested in your project idea.
Our Agency has a long experience in different European projects (Interreg, MED, Alpine Space, Central Europe, ENPI CBC MED, Life) in local development and tourist field.
We would like to be taken into consideration for a possible partnership. In case you think our engagement would be useful or need some more detailed information about us, please let us know.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Best regards,

Annalisa Cevasco

[Ana Moreno Bejarano]

Dear Sirs, I represent the Provincial Council of Granada.

With regards of your project proposal, the province of Granada has an important heritage of Coastal watchtowers (XVI century) located in coastal cliffs and muslim castles distributed throughout our coastal municipalities (Salobreña, Almuñecar, La Herradura, Castell de Ferro……).

The coastal watchtowers are a military buildings built in the sixteenth century, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain to defend the territory against attacks of Berebere pirates. Most of these watchtowers have been restored, but there has not been a tourist use of such significant heritage.

In addition, the coastal Muslims castles disseminates around de Granada Coast municipalities have different levels of conservation and uses that it could be very interesting to incorporate in your project proposal.

Dont hesitate to contact us for futher information. My contact details are:

Ana Moreno Bejarano
European Projects Office
Department of Employ and Provincial Development
Granada County Council
Address: Edificio CIE – Diputación
Avenida de Andalucía s/n
18015 Granada
Spain
Phone. + 34 958 804911
Fax. + 34 958 805825
amoreno@dipgra.es
http://www.dipgra.es

[Loreta Barbetti]

Dear Mister, Madame,
I’m contacting you on behalf of Osimo Municipality which is intersted in becoming partner of your project idea.
The Municipality of Osimo is located on the middle East of Italy (Marche region), near the Adriatic Sea coast, with a population of over 30.000 inhabitants.
The municipality is strongly engaged in the improvement of its policies, in order to promote the local cultural heritage and the city as tourist destination.
Do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail (l.barbetti@t33.it) if Osimo City should be a desiderable partner for you.

Regards

Loreta Barbetti

[Mário Aguilar]

Dear Sirs,

We work as a consulting company with several Municipalities in Portugal. In particular, we work with Municipalities in the Algarve, the southern coast of Portugal. The cultural heritage of the Algarve is very rich: from castles to coastal watchtowers and lighthouses; from art to language; from nature to architecture.
Taking into account the project’s objectives we identify opportunities to join your project. In fact, the future of sustainable and responsible tourisme also relays on the preservation of culture heritage richness.
We would like to know from you if you are looking for a Portuguese municipality as a partner for your project. If that’s the case, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Best regards,

Mário Aguilar

[Eldina Cosatovic, mag]

Dear all,

I have seen your project proposal and I think that it is a very promising idea. If you still have a missing part of a puzzle by partners, we will be glad to cover the Carniola (Gorenjska) region in Slovenia.
I’m writing you from Development agency for Upper Gorenjska – Razvojna agencija Zgornje Gorenjske (RAGOR) is non-profit public institution. It was established on the basis of equal partnership by municipalities Bohinj, Jesenice, Kranjska Gora, Radovljica and Žirovnica, in the year 2000. Along with two other sub regional development agencies, RAGOR is part of Gorenjska Regional Development Agency.

The region is placed in one of the NUTS 2: SI02 – Western Slovenia NUTS 3: 09 – Gorenjska.

Let me just give you short note what we are doing:
Presentation of the organization
RAGOR organizes its work and has responsibilities in the field of human resources, SME’s, tourism, and rural, spatial, environmental and infrastructure development for 8 municipalities. Our municipalities have also some castels in bad shape and also some of the historical hauses should be renoveted. So this project should be the right one also for us.

Mission of RAGOR is to coordinate and foster overall development of the Upper Gorenjska sub region. Since its establishment, RAGOR implemented more than 70 projects, financed by the European and national resources.

Upper Gorenjska is an area of 1.171 square kilometres, consists of eight municipalities and has approximately 66.300 inhabitants. It is located in the NW part of Slovenia, borders to Austria and Italy.

I hope we will be interested partner for your project.

In case you need any further information, do not hesitate to contact me.

Have a nice day,

Eldina Čosatović, Master of Business Studies
Project manager
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Razvojna agencija Zgornje Gorenjske / Development agency for Upper Gorenjska
Europe Direct Gorenjska
Vstopna točka VEM / One stop shop
Spodnji Plavž 24 e
4270 JESENICE
+386 (0)4 5813 419
e-mail: dina@ragor.si

[Mário Aguilar]

Dear Sirs,

We work as a consulting company with several Municipalities in Portugal. In particular, we work with Municipalities in the Algarve, the southern coast of Portugal. The cultural heritage of the Algarve is very rich: from castles to coastal watchtowers and lighthouses; from art to language; from nature to architecture.
Taking into account the project’s objectives we identify opportunities to join your project. In fact, the future of sustainable and responsible tourisme also relays on the preservation of culture heritage richness.
We would like to know from you if you are looking for a Portuguese municipality as a partner for your project. If that’s the case, please don’t hesitate to contact us (m.aguilar@mail.telepac.pt).

Best regards,

Mário Aguilar

P.S. I noticed that in my former e-mail I did’t mentioned my contacts. My excuses.

[Francesca La Greca]

Dear Sirs,
I write on behalf of the cultural association “Amici di Castelli Aperti”,

this cultural association “Amici di Castelli Aperti” with the Local Tourist Agency of Biella promotes visits to castles, gardens, palaces, houses and towns in Piedmont and Liguria within “Castelli Aperti Festival” (www.castelliaperti.it).
Piedmont and Liguria have an ancient system of fortification dating to the X-XII century present on the territory. This heritage is represented by large castles that have undergone several transformations over the centuries, but also an extensive network of castles now reduced to ruins especially in the Alps and Apennines climbing over the two Regions.
The wealth of remains and ruins, sometimes with the only survivor tower, is a heritage of great charm. The idea of mapping the castles aimed at the creation of itineraries by car, walking or with other means is therefore a matter of great interest. This is combined with the importance of the identification of a number of ‘best practices’ for promoting the heritage of the ruins and the remains with a focus on new technologies and social communication.

We think that your project proposal is very interesting and we would like you to consider our candidacy to participate in your project.

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best regards

Franca Mollo
info@castelliaperti.it
Francesca La Greca
progettieuropei@vassallo-delfino.it

[IBAM-CNRParticipant]

Dear Sirs,

The Institute for Archaeological and Monumental Heritage of the National Research Council (IBAM-CNR, Italy) is very interested in your project idea and we would like to explore the opportunity of collaborating together.

IBAM-CNR is an interdisciplinary scientific centre with high expertise and specialized skills concerning the study of technologies used for:
– managing cultural information systems,
– cataloguing methods for the study of tangible and intangible archaeological heritage,
– developing embedded laboratories on bio archaeology, archaeometry and communication,
– using the latest information technologies employed for 3D reconstructions, augmented reality and web dissemination.
Enclosed you will find additional information on the Institute, its aim and focus, current activities and previous projects.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you. Best regards,

Attachments:

1. MED_IBAM_Profile5.pdf

[UES]

Dear Sir/MAdam,

The University of East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, is interested in partnering with you in this project proposal. For all further details in regards to proposal development please contact us at the following e-mail address: jana.carkadzic@ues.rs.ba at your earliest convenience.

Regards,
Jana Carkadzic

[euromedheritageagencyParticipant]

Dear Sir
I am Fabio Montefrancesco and I am contacting you on behalf of Euromediterranean Cultural Heritage Agency, an Italian no-profit organization focused on Research, Project Management and Transfer Innovation in the field of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation.
We have found your partner request and want to establish a first contact to express our interest in collaborating jointly on this call. Tourism is a crucial sector for Italy, and for this reason we are very motivated to submit a proposal where can have such a strong added value.
The Euromed Agency works with organizations, institutions and individuals to solicit public and private actions in support of permanent policies which lead to the enhancement and protection of cultural heritage. The Agency is a member of Anna Lindh Foundation Italian Network, an international organization that promotes cooperation in the fields of culture, education, science and communication.
The Agency is now a reference point for the development and management of high-profile educational and scientific projects and initiatives, aiming at supporting the development of a training system capable of intercepting innovative knowledge and promoting, at the same time, cultural and social growth processes, capable to meet job market demands.
In ten years of activity the Agency has presented and taken part into many granted projects such as, (INTERREG CADSES, CULTURE 2000, LIFELONG LEARNING, EUROPAID, MED, IPA), national and regional (POR) programmes, all focused on the protection, restoration, preservation, and promotion of the Euro-Mediterranean culture in which we have ensured a professional involvement by bringing an important added value to the project in different areas:
– Project Management support, in order to submit a well prepared and exhaustive Application Form;
– Dissemination and Exploitation of project results.
– Pilot testing through its established links to several Italian Local Councils and National Authorities;
– Research, thanks to the number of research projects as well as an extensive network of researchers;

Please take a look to our website http://www.agenziaeuromed.it if you wish to find a more detailed description of our activities and past projects, including those related to tourism, and do not hesitate to contact me for any additional information.

I look forward to hearing from you very soon to start our collaboration.
Beste Regards
Fabio

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Dott. Fabio Montefrancesco
Responsabile
Rapporti Istituzionali e Fund Raising

Ex Conservatorio Sant’Anna – Via G. Libertini, 1
73100 Lecce – ITALY
phone +39.0832.682552-554 – fax +39.0832.682553
http://www.agenziaeuromed.it – f.montefrancesco@agenziaeuromed.it
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