Sustainable management and promotion of common cultural heritage

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Adriatic - Ionian

Date of latest update: 2025-10-15

Description

Description (EN):

Overall objective of SMART Heritage is the promotion, valorisation and protection of cultural heritage in Adriatic and Ionic regions, in particular by raising tourism attractiveness and reducing tourism seasonality of project area consisting in Zadar County (Croatia), Gerace (Italy), Forlì (Italy), Mostar (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Chalkìs (Greece) and Albania. Milestone output is the creation of CULTURAL ROUTE “SMART HERITAGE”: a networking structure based on a series of conditions for adhesion, opened not only to partner regions but enlarged to entire ADRION area. Conditions set will be prerequisites to let the route become recognised by the European Council, for its high cultural heritage and tourism value. This route will be a new cultural tourism attraction which will be launched on international tourism markets by positioning the Adriatic and Ionian region as a unique cultural tourism destination and product. Therefore, transnational cooperation and packaging of innovative transnational tourism offers will represent crucial elements of this route and will enhance tourist attractiveness of the region and determine tourism seasonality prolongation. Other project output is the realisation of regional Action Plans and a Sustainability Plan, which will permit the transferability and the mid-term sustainability of project results, tools and deliverables. An important activity carried out by the project is the mapping of cultural heritage attractions in partners’ regions and the digitalisation of cultural heritage. Through pilot projects, common cultural heritage will be presented in innovative, digital, multimedia way, exciting to tourists and local inhabitants, e.g. by creating holograms, 3D images, Smart Heritage Film, etc., leading to improved touristic supply, higher attractiveness of regions and, consequently, to prolongation of tourism season. A work group for creative and innovative tourism will define new souvenirs based on cultural heritage, that will determine higher attractiveness of common cultural heritage. Stakeholders in cultural tourism will be strongly empowered through this project by training and networking based on the realisation of a transnational cluster and the organisation of stakeholders training workshops. The realisation of a Transnational innovative web platform which will connect and present common cultural heritage assets, will strongly contribute to knowledge transfer among all project partners. Platform is base for all new technological approach in presenting and preserving cultural heritage. It is vital for all cultural heritage preservation institutions in order to achieve more appealing presentation of their cultural heritage and raise attractiveness of their institutions and cultural heritage (under their management). SMART HERITAGE will implement ADRION capitalisation strategy by sharing results, activities, tools and deliverables with other projects funded by the Programme.

Achievements (EN): Level of capacity for the stakeholders in the fields of natural and cultural heritage protection and tourism to sustainably valorise natural and cultural heritage as a growth asset

Website: http://www.adrioninterreg.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Level of capacity for the stakeholders in the fields of natural and cultural heritage protection and tourism to sustainably valorise natural and cultural heritage as a growth asset

Expected Outputs (EN):

Project main results are: R1. Raised awareness on common heritage in Adrion area R2. Strengthened long-term tourism planning and management system through developed planning tools and increased human resources capacities R3 Empowered potential of common cultural heritage to become a growth asset for tourism: Established transnational network of cultural institutions, Digitalized cultural heritage, Cultural heritage presented in innovative way, Culture route created, innovative unique tourism product created, Improved image of destination R.4. Prolongation of tourism season by empowerment of cultural tourism. Program result indicator that this project contributes to is: Level of capacity for the stakeholders in the fields of natural and cultural heritage protection and tourism to sustainably natural and cultural heritage as a growth asset. Project contributes to this programme result indicator by contributing to ADRION program results: R2 directly links to programme result: Enhancement of the competencies/skills of relevant stakeholders parties in the fields of sustainable valorisation and tourism. R3 directly links to programme result: Enhancement of the “body of knowledge” trough transnational research, pilots, tools and experimentation R1 directly link to programme result: development of a well-defined transnational identity and rising awareness on common heritage in the Adriatic-Ionian area as orientation framework for individual actions. R3 directly links to programme result Diversification of tourism product along topics, season, target group and environmental and social impact.

Thematic information

Cultural heritage and arts Tourism

Specific Objective: Promote the sustainable valorisation and preservation of natural and cultural heritage as growth assets in the Adriatic-Ionian area

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 (6)

Lead Partner: Αναπτυξιακή Ευβοίας Α.Ε.

Department: Directorate for Implementation of Projects & Programmes

Address: Chaina Avenue 93, 34100 Chalkida, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: http://anevia.gr/

Total budget: EUR 445 395.00

ERDF budget: EUR 378 585.75

Agencija za razvoj Zadarske županije ZADRA NOVA

Name: Agencija za razvoj Zadarske županije ZADRA NOVA

Address: Grgura Budislavića 99, 23000 Zadar, Croatia

Legal status: public

Comune di Gerace

Name: Comune di Gerace

Address: Via Sottoprefettura, 80940 Gerace, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.comune.gerace.rc.it

Total budget: EUR 187 140.00

ERDF budget: EUR 159 069.00

Sveučilište u Mostaru

Name: Sveučilište u Mostaru

Department: Departments of Archaeology and Journalism, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Address: Trg hrvatskih velikana 1, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.sum.ba

Total budget: EUR 170 280.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 144 738.00

ALBANIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

Name: ALBANIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

Department: Regional Development Department

Address: Sami Frasheri 10, 1000 Tirana, Albania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.albaniandf.org

Total budget: EUR 179 660.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 152 711.00

Comune di Forlì

Name: Comune di Forlì

Department: General Direction _ European Projects and International Relations Unit

Address: Piazza Saffi 8, 47121 Forli, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.comune.forli.fc.it

Total budget: EUR 209 020.00

ERDF budget: EUR 177 667.00

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Zadar County Development Agency ZADRA NOVA

Sustainable management and promotion of common cultural heritage

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Municipality of Gerace

Sustainable management and promotion of common cultural heritage

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University of Mostar

Sustainable management and promotion of common cultural heritage

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Fondi Shqiptar I Zhvillimit

Sustainable management and promotion of common cultural heritage

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Municipality of Forlì

Sustainable management and promotion of common cultural heritage

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Development Agency of Evia SA

Sustainable management and promotion of common cultural heritage

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Summary

Project name (EN): Sustainable management and promotion of common cultural heritage

Project acronym: SMART HERITAGE

Project start date: 2019-01-01

Project end date: 2022-02-28

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 191 495.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 012 770.75

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 715 321.75.
IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 297 449.00.

Documents

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Reports

T3.1 Cultural heritage assets digitalized T3.2 Innovative unique cultural tourism products

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://digitalibrary.adrioninterreg.eu/

Publication date: 2023-08-12

Document date: 2022-05-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

"T2.2.1 Report Cultural Route: Connecting the Faces of Europe"

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://digitalibrary.adrioninterreg.eu/

Publication date: 2023-08-12

Document date: 2021-11-26

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

T2.1.1 Transnational Cultural Cluster

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://digitalibrary.adrioninterreg.eu/

Publication date: 2023-08-12

Document date: 2022-02-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

SMART Heritage Film

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://digitalibrary.adrioninterreg.eu/

Publication date: 2023-08-12

Document date: 2021-12-17

Languages: en

With aid for hearing impaired: Yes

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Adriatic - Ionian

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

2025-10-15

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87 / 87 (100%)

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

1 025 / 1 025 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.adrioninterreg.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-12-03, 2022-12-10 and 2024-01-30.

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