Carpathians Connects

Programme 2014 - 2020 Interreg IPA CBC Romania - Serbia

Date of latest update: 2023-06-21

Description

Description (EN):

Project is contributing to sustainable use of natural and cultural resources in mountain region of programme area. These Southern Carpathians Mountains (spread in Caras-Severin and Mehedinti counties in Romania and Bor district in Serbia) are attracting more and more visitors and at this moment there are no comprehensive framework and guidelines of sustainable tourism development. People living in Caras-Severin and Mehedinty counties as well as in Bor district are aware of great tourism potentials Carpathian Mountains has. As mountainous area, this region is fully related to the Carpathians, its resources and its particularities. Carpathians natural and cultural values can be harmed by uncontrolled development of tourism, thus making tourism development unsustainable and short-term business activity. This will lead to unsustainable usage of natural and cultural resources and will harm income generators of business sector in the region. Development of sustainable mountain tourism with cross-border approach will empower stakeholders in tourism and environmental sectors and provide long-lasting tourism product based on smart usage of heritage making RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area unique mountain destination. Tourism industry is economic activity which generates significant amounts of profits. Thus, stakeholders are sensitive and proactive when new ideas on tourism business appear. Project is establishing cross-border sustainable tourism product which will ensure long-lasting tourism activities, with minimized chances for fast destruction of key attractors (natural and cultural heritage) of the area. Local tourism business is still not well prepared for upcoming sustainable tourism activities and there is a need to get closer to these initiatives – its particularities and possibilities for diversification of the offer. The overall project objective is to support development of local tourism businesses and sustainable use of natural and cultural heritage by providing framework, guidelines and trainings for new touristic product of cross-border mountain tourism. Projects target groups are: Business sector dealing with tourism in RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area, Public authority representatives, Institutions and organisations operating in the field of environment and tourism, Professionals dealing with sustainable tourism and related sectors, Inhabitants of the cross-border area with age between 20-59 years. Project results are: increased capacities for development of sustainable mountain tourism in RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area amnog stakeholders by: 1) Training on introducing sustainable mountain tourism in RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area; 2) Training on identification of cross-border projects on sustainable mountain tourism in RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area. Introduced cross-border sustainable mountain tourism as a new touristic product contributing to sustainable use of natural resources in RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area by: 1) Elaboration of Research „State of the art of mountain tourism in RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area“; 2) Elaboration of „Study on development of sustainable mountain tourism in RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area”; 3) Elaboration of Manual „Identifying cross-border projects on sustainable mountain tourism initiatives“Established cross-border partnership for exchange of practises and for implementation of joint initiatives by “Stakeholder’s cross-border network on Mountain tourism development”.

Achievements (EN):

The project contributed to the sustainable use of natural and cultural resources in the mountain region of the cross-border area. The Southern Carpathians Mountains (spread in Caras-Severin and Mehedinti counties in Romania and Bor district in Serbia) are attracting more and more visitors and a comprehensive framework and guidelines of sustainable tourism development was needed. People living in Caras-Severin and Mehedinty counties as well as in Bor district are aware of the great tourism potential the Carpathian Mountains have. As mountainous area, this region is fully related to the Carpathians, its resources and its particularities. Carpathians` natural and cultural values can be harmed by uncontrolled development of tourism, thus making tourism development unsustainable and a short-term business activity. This will lead to unsustainable usage of natural and cultural resources and will harm income generators of the business sector in the region. Development of sustainable mountain tourism with a cross-border approach empowered stakeholders in tourism and environmental sectors and provided long-lasting tourism products based on smart usage of heritage, making the Romania-Serbia Carpathian cross-border area a unique mountain destination. The tourism industry generates significant amounts of profits. Thus, stakeholders are sensitive and proactive when new ideas on tourism business appear. The project established a cross-border sustainable tourism product that will ensure long-lasting tourism activities, with minimized chances for fast destruction of key attractors (natural and cultural heritage) of the area. Projects target groups were: business sector dealing with tourism in the Romania-Serbia Carpathian cross-border area, public authority representatives, institutions and organisations operating in the field of environment and tourism, professionals dealing with sustainable tourism and related sectors, inhabitants of the cross-border area with ages between 20-59 years. Results achieved: Increased capacities for development of sustainable mountain tourism in Romania-Serbia Carpathian cross-border area among stakeholders by: 1) Training on introducing sustainable mountain tourism in RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area - performed; 2) Training on identification of cross-border projects on sustainable mountain tourism in Romania-Serbia Carpathian cross-border area - performed. Introduced cross-border sustainable mountain tourism as a new touristic product contributing to sustainable use of natural resources in Romania-Serbia Carpathian cross-border area by: 1) Elaboration of Research „State of the art of mountain tourism in Romania-Serbia Carpathian cross-border area”; 2) Elaboration of „Study on development of sustainable mountain tourism in Romania-Serbia Carpathian cross-border area”; 3) Elaboration of Manual „Identifying cross-border projects on sustainable mountain tourism initiatives”, 4) Established cross-border partnership for exchange of practises and for implementation of joint initiatives by “Stakeholder’s cross-border network on Mountain tourism development”. All materials are published on the project website: http://www.carpathiansconnects.com/

Website: http://www.romania-serbia.net/

Expected Results (EN): PA4-RI1 Number of tourists arrivals in the eligible area. Flows of visitors in the area for all forms of tourism activities and cross border networks.

Expected Outputs (EN):

Project will strongly contribute to programme result indicator: “New “touristic products” created as a result of programme actions in the field of promotion and information on integrated touristic networks in the CBC area”, since it will: - increase capacities for development of sustainable mountain tourism in RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area amnog stakeholders by:1) Training on introducing sustainable mountain tourism in RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area; 2) Training on identification of cross-border projects on sustainable mountain tourism in RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area. - Introduce cross-border sustainable mountain tourism as a new touristic product contributing to sustainable use of natural resources in RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area by: 1) Elaboration of Research „State of the art of mountain tourism in RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area“.; 2) Elaboration of „Study on development of sustainable mountain tourism in RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area”; 3) Elaboration of of Manual „Identifying cross-border projects on sustainable mountain tourism initiatives“ - Establishment of cross-border partnership for exchange of practises and for implementation of joint initiatives by Establishment of “Stakeholder’s cross-border network on Mountain tourism development”

Thematic information

Tourism

Specific Objective:

Developing the local tourism economy based on the improvement of quality of tourism services, a sustainable use of the natural and cultural heritage, the creation of capacities and skills for high quality tourism services, the design of innovative products in cross border networks and partnerships, the improvement of Accessibility and sustainability of tourist infrastructures

Thematic Priority: (d) Encouraging tourism and cultural and natural heritage

Partners (2)

Lead Partner: Regionalna agencija za razvoj istočne Srbije

Address: Trg oslobodjenja 1Zaječar, Serbia

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 129 286.50

IPA2 budget: EUR 109 893.52

Asociaţia Română penru Transfer Tehnologic şi Inovare – Filiala Mehedinti

Name: Asociaţia Română penru Transfer Tehnologic şi Inovare – Filiala Mehedinti

Address: Alion nr. 74 Bl. 1, Ap.3Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 97 461.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 82 841.85

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Summary

Project name (EN): Carpathians Connects

Project acronym: Carpathians Connects

Project start date: 2017-07-13

Project end date: 2019-01-12

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 226 747.50

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 192 735.38

Co-financing sources:

IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 192 735.38.

Documents

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Studies / surveys

Study on the development of sustainable mountain tourism in RO-SER Carpathian cross-border area

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://www.carpathiansconnects.com/

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-02-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Reports

Research report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.carpathiansconnects.com/

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-01-12

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Manual pentru identificarea proiectelor transfrontaliere privind intiativele turismului montan durabil

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.carpathiansconnects.com/

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-01-12

Languages: ro

Attachment file: Download

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 Interreg IPA CBC Romania - Serbia

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-06-15

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78 / 78 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

208 / 208 (100%)

Notes on the data

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