Responsible tourism and MED-sea socio-cultural heritage

[Mário Aguilar]

Qualitividade Consulting Group has more than 20 years of experience working with European Funds and Programmes. In Portugal we work with more than 150 Public Entities, as Municipalities and National Institutions. We are working with some Algarve Municipalities for Interreg projects, including one Interreg MED project.
The Interreg MED project has the objective to protect and to promote traditional social-cultural authenticity of local communities and socio-cultural heritage related to the sea (such as traditional fishing activities, fresh fish markets, handicraft products, …). Due to several pressures, such as economic development and mass tourism, the cultural heritage is being lost. Responsible tourism must be a key driver to preserve cultural heritage, by means of promoting historical / cultural values and reducing or better managing the impact of activities on local culture, simultaneously, responsible tourism will provide social economic benefits for local communities. On the other hand, socio-cultural heritage may lead to tourism product diversification and to fight seasonality.
The project outputs would include, at least, a “Responsible tourism and MED-sea socio-cultural heritage” base study, a SWOT analysis and an action plan to enhance responsible tourism and to protect socio-cultural heritage related to the sea.
We are looking for partners to work with us on this project; leadership may be discussed.

[Trini Manrique de Lara VilchezParticipant]

We consider that your project idea could be interesting for us. We would be grateful if you will send us some more information about it and the possibility of taking part on it.

We are the “Diputación de Granada” (County Council of Granada) that is the Local Government of the Province of Granada (Andalusia, Spain). Our institution represents 171 municipalities. This is a Local Public Administration with its own competencies and competencies delegated by the Autonomous Region.

Many of our municipalities have less of 5.000 inhabitants so the biggest part of our province has a rural character. Our territory has an important geographical diversity: from the highest mountain of the Iberian Peninsula with an important sky resort to a subtropical coast. We have many cultural heritage resources and a very high surface with legal protection. It makes rural tourism one of the main keys for our socioeconomic development.

I write you from the Delegation of Employment and Sustainable Development of the “Diputación de Granada”. The main points of our work program are: 1) European Programs for economic promotion; 2) Strategic planning programme of the provincial territory 2) Self-employment and company consolidation; 3) Training for Employment. 4) Promotion of Rural Development 5) Support programme for the modernisation and quality of local public services 6) Social Responsibility Programme

We have great experience in the implementation of projects funded by European programmes. We could maybe highlight the following projects because of their special connection with yours:
– CesR: Support local rural entities to promote job mutualism in services sector linked to tourism and social services (INTERREG IV C)
– TOURAGE: Promote senior tourism as a tool to promote employment and development of rural areas (INTERREG IV C)
– CULTURMED: Promote natural, cultural, historical and landscape heritage of Alpujarra area to support the declaration of this territory as part of World Heritage (POCTEFEX, Spain – Morocco)
– ETNOMED: Increase the potential of common ethnographic heritage in the province of Granada and Northern Morocco (POCTEFEX, Spain – Morocco)

In case you consider we can collaborate or you need to ask for more information about us, here below you can find my contact data:
Trinidad Manrique de Lara Vílchez
DELEGATION OF AND EMPLOYMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
DIPUTACIÓN DE GRANADA (SPAIN)
Tel.: +34 958 804947
Fax: +34 958 805825
Mail: trinim@dipgra.es
Web: http://www.dipgra.es

[ATF STUDIO]

Dear Mario,
ATF Studio, a small VET based in Sicily is very interested in developing together your project idea under the Interreg MED Programme.
We have been working on the issue of sustainable tourism for many years, in particular designing and delivering training development projects of varying size and complexity to local SME’s, being tourism one of the main asset of the Region.
So, should you like some more information regarding our organization in order to decide if we can be a suitable parter, please do not hesitate to contact me on the following e-mail address:
valentina.curcuruto@atfstudio.it

Best Regards
Valentina

[ElmarktParticipant]

Dear Mario,

I represent a consulting company from Slovenia. We manage EU projects for different public entities from Slovenia and Croatia (municipalities, regions, universities, museums, hospitals, public companies,…) mostly from coastal areas and islands, so they would be perfect for the proposed project. From Slovenia I can propose the Municipality of Piran, and from Croatia the Region of Istria, both with extended experience in managing EU project. Our company will also take care of the activities regarding the application, so we guarantee maximum cooperation.

Plese contact me:
Bostjan Lavric
Elmarkt d.o.o.
bostjan@elmarkt.si

[Simona]

Dear Mario,

I express interest to your proposal on behalf of the Municipality of Cervia, I therefore ask to get more details about it if possible. Please write to melchiorris@comunecervia.it.

The Municipality of Cervia is an important tourism area located on the Emilia-Romagna coast (North-East Italy). The coastal strip, is characterized by a high urbanization index and by predominantly touristic activities. Being a famous touristic resort, Municipality of Cervia counts every year about 4 million days of presence, mainly concentrated during the summertime seaside season.
Being a coastal city, it has very deep traditions with regard fishing and saltpan activities. In fact it is also very well known as an ancient salt town. Even if salt production does not represent the most important source of income for the town, the saltpans of Cervia play a fundamental role in the development of the naturalistic, historical and cultural tourism both at local and national level. The Saltpan of Cervia, is part of the Po Delta Park, is a Site of community importance (D.M. 65/00), a Ramsar zone for the protection of wild birds (D.M. 13/7/81), and Natural reserve for animals (D.M. 31/1/79).
Since few years the Administration is working on the development of an eco-museum by exployting Structural Funds and EU funded projects. The eco-museum is the expression of interrelation between populations & their territories and represents a great potential. It focusses on the identity of a place, largely based on local participation, stimulating the dialogue on issues related to management of conflicting usage interests, preservation, and enhancement for economic, social and cultural activities.
Besides the local authorities’ typical functions, Cervia has always paid attention towards the sustainable development, considering it in its wider meaning (economical, environmental and social). It is very active in policies safeguarding and valorising the the historical-cultural heritage, the environment and its natural resources.
Since 2006 a “European Office” has been established to provide the municipality’s services/sectors with assistance in EU projects’ development & accounting, so it has gained a sound experience in the field of EU funded projects development and implementation.

Thank you for the attention.
Best wishes

Simona Melchiorri
EU Policies Office
Municipality of Cervia
melchiorris@comunecervia.it

[Yiannis Charalambous]

Dear Mr Aquilar,
I am writing to you in order to position our interest to participate in your’s ” Responsible tourism and MED-sea socio-cultural heritage “ project proposal, with our company OMAS Cyprus Ltd, an Innovation, Technology and Management Consulting company, located in Nicosia, Cyprus.
OMAS is providing Strategy Design and Tourism Planning Services to Cyprus Tourism Organization and Troodos Routes Development Organization. Our company has also developed a Customer Relationship Management & Business Intelligence System for the Association of Cyprus Tourism Enterprises and Cyprus Hotel Association.
OMAS is also providing Strategy Implementation, Training, Performance management and Benchmarking Services, as a Technical Consultant to the Public Sector and the Municipalities in Cyprus, through Cyprus Academy of Public Administration and Local Authorities.
Our attempt is to support tour operators and tourism enterprises to collaborate with local authorities in order to design and implement an integrated Strategy for the collaboration and mutual development of Tourism activities together with the country’s heritage (Archeological, cultural, natural etc.), as well as other industries and turn their visit of the tourists into an unforgettable experience.
We could invite Hotel Association and/or 1-2 Municipalities with Coastal areas or more to participate, who have already express their interest to participate, depending on the proposal’s needs.
I remain at your disposal for any further info and/or clarification you may need.
Best Regards
___________________________________________________________________________
Yiannis Charalambous
Managing Partner
OMAS CYPRUS LTD
T: +357 22 011 149 | F: +357 22 768 405 | Mbl: +357 99 636 505 |
e-mail : Yiannis.Charalambous@omascyprus.com, http://www.omascyprus.com , Skype Name:ych.itmc

[Zannet SakerParticipant]

Dear Mr Aquilar,
I represent the Municipality of Alimos, in Attica region, Greece. We have seen your proposal on MED Community partner search and we strongly believe that we could find a common ground to work on a MED project.

Attached you will find a brief presentation of the Municipality along with some general information.

If you are interested, please do not hesitate to contact me, in order to understand if a partnership is possible.
We remain at your disposal for any further information or declaration you may need.

Sincerely,
Zannet Saker
Email: z.saker@mck.gr

Attachments:

1. Municipality-of-Alimos5.pdf

[Stella Zountsa]

Dear Mr Aquilar,

We would like to express our warm interest regarding your proposal presented above. We are a a consulting company from Greece with various clients from the Northern Regions (municipalities, regional and local authorities, universities, museums, NGOs, public companies,chambers), so some of them would fit perfect for the proposed project. Finally, I would like to mention that we would like to gather more information concerning the project idea, such as main objectives, main activities, the estimated overall budget etc. Also, we would be really grateful if you concider us partners.

I hope to have news from you soon,

Kind Reagrds,

Zountsa Stella

[euromedheritageagencyParticipant]

Dear Mr Mario Aguilar
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
Fiscal code 93069360753
VAT number 03774820751

[Despoina Panagiotopoulou]

Dear Mr.Aguilar,

I am representing a Greek NGO based in Thessaloniki with vast experiense in the implementation of EU Projects and also experiensed in the implementation of MED Projects (Partner in project SMILIES).

We have an extensive network of Municipalities and Regions especially in the North Aegean area which we are interested in participating in your project proposal.

Tourism sector is very crucial for Island Municipalities and especially for Greek Island Municipalities as their GDP based by 80% in some cases, in Tourism sector’s activities and in tourism economy.

If you are interested in engaged in your consortium an island municipality please contact me for further discussion to the following:

Despoina Panagiotopoulou
Tel: 0030 2310 403371
mail to: despoina@gnosianaptixiaki.gr

[Parco Minerario dell’Isola d’Elba]

Dear Mr. Aguilar,

The Parco Minerario of Elba Isle in Rio Marina, is a public owned company, whose mission is the environment re-qualification, valorization and promotion of the Eastern Elba mining sites no longer in use.
Elba Isle is one of the main tourist location at international level and the Parco Minerario, the most famous Italian mining site, attracts thousands of tourists every year, especially during spring and summer (during these seasons in Rio Marina, where the park is located, tourist numbers correspond to 11000 people, being 2000 its natives).
The Parco Minerario museum, opened in 2001 in part with ERDF funds, is located inside the old mining Direction building. Starting from the museum, it’s possible to visit all the main mining areas by trekking, bicycle and train. Parco Minerario is used to offer visitors and tourists open-air activities with the support of environmental tour guides for spreading the knowledge of the natural, geological and mineral peculiarities of this area. Moreover, an open air theatre, realized in an old mine basin, hosts more than 700 people. The Parco Minerario intends to convert in tourist attraction those areas exploited for the iron excavation, since the Etruscan period, offering us samples of mineral of extraordinary beauty and interest from the scientific point of view, that today we can admire in the most prestigious museums all over the world.
Furthermore, the Municipality of Rio Marina is recognized by the brand “La Costa che Brilla”, evoking the brilliance of the minerals powder scattered on all the routes of the little town which is the only one location on the whole Isle where it’s possible to appreciate those typical gastronomic specialities belonging to the mining tradition.
In this context, the Parco Minerario of Elba Isle, is interested in putting itself at disposal of other partners in order to exchange experiences and ideas, aiming at planning and testing models of re-qualification and communication of the Mediterranean cultural heritage.

Parco Minerario is interested in being partner in future Med projects aiming at exchange experiences as example of reconversion process to be implemented at European level.

Please let us know in case you’re interested in involving us in your project idea.

Contact details:
Ilaria Orazzini
europrogettazione@bs-europa.eu
Phone number: +393492139511

[mdemetzouParticipant]

Dir Sirs,
I represent the municipality of Agios Nikolaos, which is a city in the island of Crete (South-East Greece). In the region of Agios Nikolaos and in particular near the village of Elounda (10 km. from the town of Agios Nikolaos), are located “Saltpans”, a salt production site in earlier times. The area of “Saltpans” is today a unique wetland and a potential ecotourism area. Their use for salt production began during the middle Byzantine period, was extended by the Venetians and functioned during the Ottoman period and until the decade of 1970.
The economy of Elounda depends mainly on tourism, and the area is dominated with big hotel units of high quality. Nowadays, there is a growing interest in promoting alternative forms of tourism such as ecotourism, cultural tourism, etc. since the area combines a wonderful landscape (wetland) with traditional functions (saltpans) and ruins of an ancient civilization (ancient sunken city Olounda)
Main objectives of the project are to:
• promote the restoration, protection, enhancement and exploitation of “Saltpans” through soft interventions and activities in the context of ecotourism.
• improve the attractiveness of the area, while maintaining its environmental potential
• contribute generally to the development process by creating new tourism products, attracting special tourist groups (ornithologists, biologists, environmentalists, students and many others)
• Improve the quality of life of citizens and visitors of the area
• Reduce pollution of the salt lakes and protect the natural environment as well as the local ecosystems of flora and fauna through the identification of their specific characteristics.
• Improve conservation status of indigenous species (birds and fishes), increase their population and improve their coverage as well as the conditions for foraging, resting and nesting.
• Promote environmental awareness and education and attract the visitors’ interest in the local history and tradition through the operation of a thematic salt-museum combining pilot operation of the saltpans for salt production.

We are looking for partners interested in promoting sustainable tourism and environmental education in similar wetlands and we would be glad to hearing from similar administrative structures as well as European organisations active in environmental protection and conservation.

Best regards

Maria Demetzou
Municipality of Agios Nikolaos
Tel. +302841089924
email: mademetzou@gmail.com

[Institute AEIPLOUSParticipant]

Dear Mr Aguilar

on behalf of the Institute for Innovation & Sustainable Development- AEIPLOUS (Greece), I inform you that we are interested to participate in your project idea under the MED Programme. Attached please find a short information regarding our organization.

AEIPLOUS is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, from scientists of all specialties (Engineers, Economists, Lawyers, Professors, etc.) having as a main objective the promotion and achievement of Sustainable & Innovative Development. It is an appropriate organization, sufficient to bring the state-of-the-art achievements to the market, SMEs and civil society. Especially, on the subject of your proposal, I inform you that we have already run relevant projects preservation of cultural heritage, social and open innovation, environment protection, cluster & regional development; please see also http://www.aeiplous.org.

In the case that you think we are fitting in the partnership, please let us know the soonest possible in order to contribute in the proposal preparation.

Kind Regards

Maria Efstathiou
AEIPLOUS – Institute for Innovation & Sustainable Development
Email: mefst@aeiplous.org, info@aeiplous.org
URL: http://www.aeiplous.org
_____________________________________________________
Patras Science Park Building
Stadiou Str., Platani, GR-26504
Patras, GREECE

Attachments:

1. AEIPLOUS-Presentation1.pdf

[Mensura Sušić]

Dear Mr. Aguilar,

I am writting you behalf company VITA Solutions ltd, located in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
VITA Solutions is a private company, part of company VITA ltd, founded in 2004th in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Currently, it has 10 full time employees, engineers and economists, and is recognized as reliable business partner with quality partner network both on local and national level, covering private and public bodies, local and national authorities.

The companies expertise is diverse, with focus on consulting services, programme, training and project management, economic planning, environmental and sustainability consulting, while we have been partner on projects tackling issues of cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

VITA Solution has extensive experience in implementation of international projects such as EUTAC – EU Support for Regional Economic and SME Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina Fund-IV, EURELSMED, USAID/ FIRMA project and many more; while our clients include organizations and companies such as UNDP B&H, World Vision B&H, GIZ, Arcellor Mittal etc.

Our focus in this programme are Priority Axis 1, where we wish to take part and contribute to projects aiming to enhance SME sector through research, development and educational activities, as well as IT research programs.

Since our team has extensive experience in project proposal writing and PCM in general, we are available for cooperation and support with complete application process.
Please do let us know if you would need a partner from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and feel free to contact us via e – mail : vita@bih.net.ba

M.Eng. Mensura Sušić
Executive Director
__________________________________________________________________

VITA Solutions BH
MCC Školska 10, Zenica 72 000
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Phone: +387 32 200 150
Fax: +387 32 200 151
Mobile phone: +387 61 193 040

Skype: vita.bih
http://www.vitasolutions.ba
http://www.vita.ba

[Mauro CaliseParticipant]

Dear,

I am writing on behalf of an Italian regional authority, Molise region, which is interested in participating in the next Med call. The topic of sustainable tourism is of great importance to our administration.
In fact the region is actively engaged in developing programs that include tourism as a driver of growth of the local economy. In particular our office provides guidance, coordination and incentive measures in the field of regional tourist policy and planning and coordination of promotional tourist activities carried out by local tourism department and SMEs.

In order to achieve a number of facilities and services that could constitute the essential support for tourism enhancement, the regional office plans and coordinates tourism initiatives, implement interventions about rural tourism and hospitality promotion, create link among tourist, cultural and gastronomic activities; implements connections among marketing programs and promotion of regional tourist resources in Italy and abroad.

In case you can be interested in the partnership do not hesitate to contact me.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Mauro Calise

cooperazioneeuropea@molise.regione.it
http://www.regione.molise.it
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/23/travel/molise-italy/

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