Lights On!

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

Description

Description (EN):

Estonian and Finnish culture have been in a constant interaction since prehistoric time. There are historical key sites on both sides of the gulf, from where the areas have been reigned or the control of them have been contested. At present many of these sites are undeveloped and unknown as tourist attractions. The Lights On! sites have a high potential to become attractive tourist destinations. Besides being spectacular, they are full with exciting stories of political intrigues and life in the shadow of power, their joint storyline. The Lights On! project will design and package 8 historical sites into attractive and sustainable tourist attractions, by improving visitor experience, on-site services, creating joint marketing tools and developing new creative products. The project will also bring lighting to part of the sites for improved visitor experience and prolonging the tourism season. New products, innovative ways of on-site interpretation and gamification will make them more attractive and raise awareness of the sites. Infrastructure will be developed for improving visitor experience and also to improve sustainability by e.g. protecting vulnerable areas from visitor flows. Crossborder cooperation of educational institutes brings in new kind of expertise in cultural management and creative entrepreneurship. New products will be developed in cooperation with local entrepreneurs by using innovative service designing concepts. Creating attractive new products and new marketing tools will increase visitor numbers on sites, attract new visitor groups and attract visitors to move between the sites. When local communities start benefitting from the sites and participate in project events their awareness of the historical and natural values will rise. The project will enlighten the history of the North-Eastern Baltic Sea but this joint storyline needs cross-border cooperation if the complete story is going to be told.

Expected Results (EN): R2.1. More sustainable joint natural and cultural heritage based tourist attractions

Expected Outputs (EN):

Developing joint marketing for the network of historically high value attractions- New concrete joint marketing tools that will increase awareness of the attraction network and attract new visitor groups- Joint marketing tools and join products for increasing inter-site traveling by visitors - Improved cross-border cooperation and exchange of ideas between both managers (MH, RMK) and education institutes (Humak, Viljandi) as well as operators (enterprises, societies)- A joint history is brought into light for the customers and local communities.- Tourist entrepreneurs cooperating inter-site and interregionally- Increased social and economical benefits from the attractions.Creating new joint tourist products- A joint history is brought into light for the customers and local communities.- New concept of producing and designing by local operators- Tourist entrepreneurs cooperating inter-site and interregionally- Lightning as a part of the visitor experience is realized in part of the sites. - Principles of sustainable tourism to historical destinations- Improved on-site visitor experience, new services and events, improved presentation of the sites, sustainable visitor facilities and infrastructure. - Improved cross-border cooperation and exchange of ideas between both managers (MH, RMK) and education institutes (Humak, Viljandi) as well as operators (enterprises, societies)Designing attractions and improving visitor experience- Joint appearance and design of visitor infrastructure that will increase the interregionsl attractiveness of the networks.- Improved on-site visitor experience, new services and events, improved presentation of the sites, sustainable visitor facilities and infrastructure. - MH and RMK have developed new sustainable ways of managing visitor flow at cultural heritage and biologically high value sites together with the local communities- Improved cross-border cooperation and exchange of ideas between both managers (MH, RMK)

Themes

Cultural heritage and arts Tourism

Specific Objective: Natural and cultural resources developed into sustainable tourist attractions

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06c) Conserving, protecting, promoting and developing natural and cultural heritage

Partners

Lead Partner (EN): Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland

Lead Partner: Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland

Department: Parks & Wildlife Finland, Southern Finland

Address: Vernissakatu 4, 1301 Vantaa, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.metsa.fi

Total budget: EUR 818 009.00

ERDF budget: EUR 613 506.75

University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy

Name: Tartu Ülikooli Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia

Department: Department of culture education

Address: Posti 1, 71004 Viljandi, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.kultuur.ut.ee/et

Total budget: EUR 105 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 89 250.00

Humak- Finnish University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Name: Suomen Humanistinen Ammattikorkeakoulu

Department: Department of cultural Management

Address: Ilkantie 4, 400 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.humak.fi/

Total budget: EUR 337 660.00

ERDF budget: EUR 253 245.00

State Forest Management Centre

Name: Riigimetsa Majandamise Keskus

Department: Loodushoiuosakond (Management of the natural environment)

Address: Toompuiestee 24, 10149 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.rmk.ee/et

Total budget: EUR 601 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 510 850.00

Summary

Project name (EN): Lights On!

Project acronym: LightsOn!

Period: 2014-2020

Date of latest update: 2020-12-14

Website: http://centralbaltic.eu/

Project start date: 2015-09-01

Project end date: 2019-02-28

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 861 669.00

European Union funding: EUR 1 466 851.75

Co-financing sources: ERDF

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Websites / webtools / webforums / cooperative platforms

Link to Presentation and final report of the project

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Website / webtool / webforum / cooperative platform

Data source: http://www.metsa.fi/web/en/lightson

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://prezi.com/view/lUrcU38HGMyB3lK1QaoM/?fbclid=IwAR2XXmo7f4YFAtcNom9_q_rEm_jWa1jJGFPy5JNIvnYCGco1Ma32g6lM9Tc

Videos / films

Reflection Of History

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.metsa.fi/web/en/lightson

Publication date: 2020-01-30

Document date: 2017-10-01

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University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy

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Humak- Finnish University of Applied Sciences and Arts

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Riiklik Metsamajandamise Keskus (RMK)

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Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

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