Routes and Trails

[Pyrrhus MercourisParticipant]

In spite of the natural beauty and rich culture and heritage of the Mediterranean, we have stagnant economies with high unemployment, coupled with environmental degradation. The challenge is to reverse the economic decline by stimulating and sustaining economic development by making ethical use of the natural and cultural heritage with tourism. This project will harness the potential of tourist routes and heritage trails as an innovative to reverse the process of decline. Regions will enhance the spatial plans to better manage these routes and trails, coupled with guidelines to assist planners to evaluate applications for tourist development. Outputs would include more comprehensive spatial plans that better integrate the tourist sector for blue and green growth, but also assist spatial planners to improve their ability to carryout development control. The common problems in the MED are best dealt with across borders with common solutions…

[Emanuele]

Dear Pyrrhus

good afternoon.

I work in the Water/Hydraulic section of the Department of
Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering of
Politecnico di Torino (Turin, Italy).

We are a university, so a public body; we can perform
research activity on a lot of issues, giving an added value to
the project (a scientific value), but for these Interreg
projects it is not advisable for us to be the coordinator.

Anyway, we would be very happy in working in the MED framework. I see that you would like to work in culture and tourism, economic development, etc. Therefore, a quite specific field which we are dealing with and that may be useful for you is energy production by water wheels, those located in ancient water mills. They are a way for producing energy, but simultaneously they can promote the eco-tourism and the valorization of the cultural heritage.

If you are interested, please don’esitate to contact me,
in order to understand if a partnership is possible (it
depends mainly on our expected work, topic of the project,
etc.). We are “open” to any idea, but, obviously, before making a partnership we will evaluate in detail our interest and expertise on the topic of the proposal.

Please, contact me by e-mail if you are interested. emanuele.quaranta@polito.it

Thank you
Best regards

[Trini Manrique de Lara VilchezParticipant]

Dear Phyrrus,

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 linked to its environmental value. 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) 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

[Tea Podobnik]

Your project idea is very interesting for the Municipality of Nova Gorica. We would appreciate if you could send us some more information.
The Municipality of Nova Gorica is situated in the western part of Slovenia, adjacent to the border with Italy. With its 32000 inhabitants it is one of the largest municipalities in Slovenia and the largest municipality and the administrative centre of the region of Goriška.
The Administration of the Municipality of Nova Gorica is divided into 5 departments, covering different areas of work. Tourism is treated in the Department for economy. The Municipality of Nova Gorica devotes to tourism significant financial resources.
Being a young city (constructed after the 2nd world war) our identity and tourism are still to be developed but we have a great potential: strategic position (proximity of the border, sea, mountains, airports, Venice…), cultural heritage (1st and 2nd world war), beautiful nature… You can find more information on our Municipality and its tourism here http://www.novagorica-turizem.com/eng/.
The city of Nova Gorica is surrounded by two very different, but both still picturesque rural areas: The Valley of Vipava and Trnovsko Banjška plateau. The Valley of Vipava is a rural area with the strong tradition of fruit and vine production, enology as well as local gastronomy. Recently the area has developed also as a tourist destination. On the other hand the Trnovsko Banjška plateau is a green oasis with fresh air and large woods dedicated to hiking, cycling, paragliding and enjoying the nature.

Just like other similar destinations, we are lacking a joint promotion stategy and an economic evaluation of tourist resources. For this reason we find your project idea very interesting and would be glad if you accept our Municipality as a partner.
In case we become a part of your consortium we guarantee a good professional support as all projects and investments are lead by competent and credible employees.

In case of any further questions please do not hesitate to ask. We look forward to hearing from you.

[preuropeus]

Dear Collegue,
We write you from Consell de Mallorca-Environment -EU project Unit (Spain) We are a supra municipal public authority of Mallorca island (56 municipalities). We design and manage cultural and natural routes in our rural and mountain areas as a sustainable tourism products. We are responsibles fou the “Dry Stone Route”- in Serra de tramuntana. Unesco Site.

We have a long experience in European projects. We have been involved in several projects concerning cultural and sustainable tourism and heritage. Interreg III-IVC- Interreg Sudoe- Culture..
I would appreciate if you can send me some more information on the project.
Thank you very much

[Stella Zountsa]

Dear Pyrrhus,

A Greek Municipality is interested in your project idea, We have a long experience in European projects. We have been involved in several projects concerning cultural and tourism etc and heritage.Please inform us about the partnership availability and if it is possible to send me more info about the project.

Kind Regards,

Zountsa Stella

[Gal GenoveseParticipant]

Dear Pyrrhus,

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

[ADF AlParticipant]

Dear Pyrrhus,

Albanian Development Fund (ADF) is a public agency whose mission is programming and implementing Regional Development Plans and Projects. ADF is a governmental instrument to ensure the implementation of public infrastructure and economic development investments in the Albanian territory at local and regional level.

ADF is governed by a Board of Trustees, whose members are Ministers from the line ministries as well as mayors of representative LGUs. The Board is chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister. ADF main offices are located in Tirana with 9 local offices in the other regions, covering all the territory of Albania with a staff of 80 employees. For more details you may refer to the ADF website: http://www.albaniandf.org.

ADF plans and implements direct investments financed from public funds and other International Financial Institutions such as World Bank, EU, EIB, CEB, EBRD, KfW etc.In addition ADF has accumulated a solid expertise in managing CBC projects in partnership with important institutions in the neighbouring countries.

In frame of MED first call for proposals, ADF is looking for strategic partners to cooperate in projects related to the support of Sustainable Tourism, Urban Transport, Efficient Buildings, Biodiversity Protection.

We have consulted your proposal and find it interesting to cooperate further. If you are interested we can exchange more information on the following email address ggjoncaj@albaniandf.org.

Best regards

[Yiannis Charalambous]

Dear Pyrrhus,

I am writing to you in order to position our interest to participate in your’s “Routes and Trails” 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 Cyprus Hotel Association.
Our attempt is to support tour operators and tourism accommodation enterprises to collaborate with local authorities in order to design and provide specific Routes for country’s heritage (Archeological, cultural, natural etc.) and turn their visit into an unforgettable experience.

In case of collaboration we could also invite the Hotel Association or Troodos Routes or a Municipality or more 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

[Stella Astirakaki I Wines of Crete]

Dear Pyrrhus,

Your project idea seems really interesting for our entity!

Wines of Crete” is a non-profit organization (located in the biggest island of Greece, Crete), since 2006, which represents approximately the 90% of Cretan wineries. At the moment, there are 31 Wineries all over Crete that are listed as members.

Main Goals: Expand and promote our wine quality, our 11 indigenous varieties, the Winetourism in Crete by any effective means, under generic and horizontal actions for all of our winery-members.

We are willing to create potential tourist routes and heritage trails, including winery visits, in which winemaking in Crete and Greece is shown up until the beggining of times! Therefore, our archaeological sites and history in Crete are strongly bonded with our culture.

Please let us know if you re interested in further analysis of our strategic policies, we would love to become partners into your project.

At you disposal
Stella Astirakaki
Project Manager

Wines of Crete
Archimidous 1 & Ikarou st.
716 01 Nea Alikarnassos, Herakleion, Crete
T: +30 2810 300 688
Url: http://www.winesofcrete.gr | info@winesofcrete.gr

[Vesna DjukanovicParticipant]

Dear Sir,

Novi Grad Municipality (Bosna and Herzegovina) is municipality that carefully plans its development and the development of tourism is one of our main strategic goals. Otherwise, we have a lot of local attractions, like our typical boat of Una River (length of 6 meters, has two chambers -ie, can not sink). We have 180 registered boats, and we respect it like one of symbols of our local community. At the other side, we also have a National Monument at our territory: An old City Hall, which is completely restored through the project “ Preservation of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Cultural Heritage”, which is cofinanced by European funds- IPA National Programme 2010. The City Hall in Novi Grad is one of the most important and valuable historic buildings of the entire Bosna and Herzegovina. It was erected in 1892 on the bank of the Una by the bridge that now constitutes the border crossing between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia. It was built of cut stone in the neo-Moorish style.

According to that, we are very interested in your project idea. We have a long experience in different projects in touristic, agricultural, environmental, local development and the other fields.

If you choose us as a partner for the project, you will have a responsible and professional partner with whom you can achieve the common goals of sustainable economic development.

According to above mentioned, we invite you to consider the possibility of cooperation with Novi Grad Municipality. In the case of interest, we kindly ask you to contact us in order to undertake the further steps related to our future and hopefully successful cooperation.

Please find enclosed more information about our Municipality.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon,

Sincerely yours,

VESNA ĐUKANOVIĆ, Bachelor of Geography and Tourism
Independent Expert Assistant for Tourism

Novi Grad Municipality

Address: Petra Kočića 2, 79220 Novi Grad
TEL: 052/753-505
FAX: 052/751-555
E-MAIL: vesna.djukanovic@opstina-novigrad.com
WEB: http://www.opstina-novigrad.com

Attachments:

1. general-information6.pdf

[InaParticipant]

Dear Pyrrhus,

Your idea attracted the attention of the Project Team at the Municipality of Durres. As citizens of a very strategic destination both in terms of tourism development and ancient heritage we take pride from Egnatia with Durres being the starting point of this very important ancient route.
It has been the focus of Durres Municipality to utilize the potentials of this legacy to the benefit of sustainable tourism development.

Please consider our support in your initiative.

Durres Municipality has 220 administrative staff. Beside an competent administration Durres Municipality has own project team of internal and external experts that have made this institution play an important role in structuring sustainable Policies in terms of tourism development. Durres Municipality has the required capacities to manage the projects funded by the EU Financial Instruments.
The Municipality has enough experience into the culture heritage preservation for a sustainable tourism development with a list of successfully implemented national and international initiatives over the course of the years.
Recently the territorial reform undertaken by GOA has contributed towards the enlargement of the territorial coverage of the Municipality on one hand and the empowerment of its administrative capacities on the other.

Please contact us for further information:

Aida Nelaj
Ina Xhakoni
Project Development Team
Economic and Tourism Development Policy Sector
Durrës Municipality, Albania
E. aidanelaj@yahoo.com
M. +355692103820
S. aida.nelaj

[Parco Minerario dell’Isola d’Elba]

Dear

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 years. Its 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.
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

[Qualitividade]

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 have an extensive network of Municipalities in the Interreg MED programme area.
We identify the opportunity for Portuguese Municipality(ies) to join your project. In fact some of them would fit perfectly in the project. You can expect responsible and proactive partners.
Please let us know if you are looking for a Portuguese partner to engage in your project.

Mário Aguilar
E-mail to: qualitividade.mta@gmail.com

[Paolo]

Dear Phyrrus, we are already partners in a project with ERFC (Onmest II). Besides this project we have a great experience in the themes of your project idea and are fortunate to live in an area rich in culture (there are many UNESCO sites), history, sea and unique natural landscapes. If you want we can contact and deepen. see you soon. Paolo

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