Project title:
Strengthen entrepreneurial skills of Cultural and Creative Industries for the valorization of cultural heritage and the development of sustainable tourism models in the Adriatic-Ionian regions
Source of funding:
INTERREG V-B Adriatic-Ionian ADRION Programme 2014-2020
Project partners:
- Tecnopolis Science and Technology Park, Italy
- Zadar County Rural Development Agency, Croatia
- Friuli Innovazione Research and Technology Transfer, Italy
- Business and Cultural Development Centre, Greece
- RDA Green Karst Ltd., Slovenia
- Development agency Sora, Slovenia
- European Affairs Fund of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia
- City Development Agency Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- IRI CENTAR d.o.o., Croatia
Project duration:
1th February 2020 – 31st July 2022
Project description:
Main objectives:
To strengthen the entrepreneurial skills of Cultural and Creative activities for the enhancement of cultural heritage and the development of sustainable tourism models in the Adriatic-Ionian regions
Specific objectives:
1. To boost entrepreneurial capacity of CCIs in the Adriactic-Ionian
area;
2. To create a CCIs transnational community to support the uptake of new tourism models;
3. To identify new business models for sustainable cultural tourism.
Expected results:
1. Enhancement of the entrepreneurial competencies/skills of CCIs and their increased awareness of the potential added value of hybridization with tourism businesses (at company level);
2. Definition of a transnational framework for multi-level discussion about cultural heritage valorization in the Adriatic-Ionian regions.
Main activities:
1. CCI Entrepreneurial discovery,
2. Adrion Creative Hubs network for Cultural Tourism set up,
3. Transnational action plan to empower CCIs in tourism as growth driver,
4. Management,
5. Communication.
Target groups:
Education/training centre and school, business support organisation, local/regional/national public authority, higher education and research, SME, sectoral agency, general public
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