Transnational promotion and cooperation of the Atlantic Geoparks for sustainable development

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

Date of latest update: 2023-03-02

Description

Description (EN):

Tourism is one of the economic activities with most significant potential to generate future growth and employment in the EU. In this context, the Atlantic-Geoparks project addresses a common main challenge: to promote the Atlantic Geoparks as a unique, leading tourist destination through the right balance between protection of the environment and the development of economic activity in the current context of a global competitive and changing tourist sector. This project aims to boost the economic activity by creating new businesses and increasing the number of jobs in the service sector. It also aims to influence regional policies by sensitizing public authorities about the need to legislate and manage the geological areas under both, economic and environmental sustainable criteria supported by European policies and the recommendations of UNESCO. The project will allow the Atlantic Geoparks to have a common identity and an internationally recognized image. Moreover, the creation of a European Atlantic Geotourism Route will be clearly committed to its growth and will therefore actively work for the incorporation of new geological areas. In summary, the project will be a new opportunity for territorial development linked to the Geotourism and for adding value to the Atlantic Geoparks as a means for sustainable development, conservation and geodiversity across the Atlantic Area.

Achievements (EN):

Tourism is one of the economic sectors with the greatest potential to generate future growth and employment in the EU, although it is facing a competitive and changing global scenario. The ATLANTIC-GEOPARKS project aims to promote territorial development linked to Geotourism, and to enhance UNESCO Global Geoparks and aspiring territories as a means of sustainable development, conservation, and geodiversity throughout the Atlantic Area. The main objective of this project is the promotion of the Atlantic Geoparks as a unique, leading tourist destination through the right balance between the protection of the environment and the development of economic activities. The development of Geotourism in several destinations in the Atlantic Area through the creation of the European Atlantic Geotourism Route, is one of the main outputs of this project . This route includes diverse territories, countries, habitats, languages and cultures, providing visitors with the highest quality experiences, helping to power local economies and cultural activities and, in so doing, protecting these breathtaking and unique natural landscapes. As main results of this project are the increase of tourist flows and an upturn in economic activity, the creation of new businesses with a direct positive impact on employment, the cataloging of new territories as UNESCO Global Geoparks and the contribution to the comprehensiveness of public policies valuing the cultural and natural assets, in view of local economic development. ATLANTIC-GEOPARKS also works to raise awareness of the public authorities about the need to legislate and manage the geological areas, under economic and environmental sustainable criteria supported by European policies and the recommendations of UNESCO. "The Atlantic-Geoparks enabled the North Pennines team to do some of the interpretation and education projects we’ve wanted to do for some time, but link them to other work across our network”. Chris Woodley-Stewart Director of North Pennines AONB & UNESCO Global Geopark.

Website: http://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Expected Results (EN):

Increase of tourist flows and upturn in economic activity, the creation of new businesses with a direct positive impact on employment, the cataloguing of new territories as UNESCO Global Geoparks and the contribution to the comprehensiveness of public policies valuing the cultural and natural assets in view of local economic development.

Expected Outputs (EN):

• 1 pilot action implemented: the creation of the European Atlantic Geotourism Route (EAGR) and 5 cases studies (study visits) in different Geoparks; • 5 technical and scientific publications (e.g. Geoparks and Climate Change, Ecotourism and Health); • 14 policy, strategy and operational instruments, including: the management toolkit, the monitoring system, the Transnational Geodiversity Conservation Charter, the candidacy to the European Cultural Route, the EAGR strategy and communication plan and capitalization and sustainability strategy, a dedicated website of the Route, a transnational training Guide and 3 innovative ICT tools; • Several actions for the dissemination and capitalisation of results, such as infodays, training actions, local dissemination events and the final conference; • 1.975 participants in actions for the dissemination and capitalisation of results; • 37 information documents (e-newsletter, blog, press releases,etc); • The increase of number of visits is foreseen to be at least 10.000 during the project;

Thematic information

Sustainable management of natural resources Tourism

Specific Objective: Enhancing natural and cultural assets to stimulate economic development

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 (13)

Lead Partner: Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

Address: Vila Real, Portugal

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 276 050.00

ERDF budget: EUR 207 037.50

Associação Geoparque Arouca

Name: Associação Geoparque Arouca

Address: Arouca, Portugal

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 150 500.00

ERDF budget: EUR 112 875.00

Associação Geoparque Açores

Name: Associação Geoparque Açores

Address: Horta, Portugal

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 105 900.00

ERDF budget: EUR 79 425.00

Cavan County Council

Name: Cavan County Council

Address: Cavan, Ireland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 136 600.00

ERDF budget: EUR 102 450.00

Copper Coast

Name: Copper Coast

Address: Bunmahon, Ireland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 135 750.00

ERDF budget: EUR 101 812.50

Clare County Council

Name: Clare County Council

Address: Ennistymon, Ireland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 140 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 105 000.00

Cabildo Insular de Lanzarote

Name: Cabildo Insular de Lanzarote

Address: Arrecife, Spain

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 109 600.00

ERDF budget: EUR 82 200.00

Geogarapen, Asociación para la Gestión del Geoparque de la Costa Vasca

Name: Geogarapen, Asociación para la Gestión del Geoparque de la Costa Vasca

Address: Deba, Spain

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 139 400.00

ERDF budget: EUR 104 550.00

Parc Nature Regional d’Armorique

Name: Parc Nature Regional d’Armorique

Address: Le Faou, France

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 180 100.00

ERDF budget: EUR 135 075.00

Mancomunidad de Municipios Sostenibles de Cantabria

Name: Mancomunidad de Municipios Sostenibles de Cantabria

Address: Santoña, Spain

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 101 500.00

ERDF budget: EUR 76 125.00

Durham County Council on behalf of the North Pennines AONB Partnership

Name: Durham County Council on behalf of the North Pennines AONB Partnership

Address: StanhopeBishop Auckland, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 169 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 126 750.00

GeoMon UNESCO Global Geopark

Name: GeoMon UNESCO Global Geopark

Address: Menai Bridge, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 133 100.00

ERDF budget: EUR 99 825.00

Brecon Beacons National Park Authority

Name: Brecon Beacons National Park Authority

Address: Brecon or Cardiff (also East Wales), United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 169 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 126 750.00

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Associação Geoparque Arouca

Transnational promotion and cooperation of the Atlantic Geoparks for sustainable development

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Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

Transnational promotion and cooperation of the Atlantic Geoparks for sustainable development

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Associação Geoparque Açores

Transnational promotion and cooperation of the Atlantic Geoparks for sustainable development

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Cavan County Council

Transnational promotion and cooperation of the Atlantic Geoparks for sustainable development

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Copper Coast

Transnational promotion and cooperation of the Atlantic Geoparks for sustainable development

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Clare County Council

Transnational promotion and cooperation of the Atlantic Geoparks for sustainable development

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Cabildo Insular de Lanzarote

Transnational promotion and cooperation of the Atlantic Geoparks for sustainable development

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Geogarapen, Asociación para la Gestión del Geoparque de la Costa Vasca

Transnational promotion and cooperation of the Atlantic Geoparks for sustainable development

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Parc Nature Regional d’Armorique

Transnational promotion and cooperation of the Atlantic Geoparks for sustainable development

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Mancomunidad de Municipios Sostenibles de Cantabria

Transnational promotion and cooperation of the Atlantic Geoparks for sustainable development

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Durham County Council on behalf of the North Pennines AONB Partnership

Transnational promotion and cooperation of the Atlantic Geoparks for sustainable development

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GeoMon UNESCO Global Geopark

Transnational promotion and cooperation of the Atlantic Geoparks for sustainable development

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Brecon Beacons National Park Authority

Transnational promotion and cooperation of the Atlantic Geoparks for sustainable development

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Summary

Project name (PT): Promoção e cooperação transnacional dos geoparques Atlânticos para um desenvolvimento sustentável

Project name (ES): Promoción y cooperación transnacional de los Geoparques Atlánticos para el desarrollo sostenible

Project name (FR): Promotion et coopération transnationale des géo parcs atlantiques pour le développement durable

Project name (EN): Transnational promotion and cooperation of the Atlantic Geoparks for sustainable development

Project acronym: Atlantic-Geoparks

Project start date: 2017-05-31

Project end date: 2019-11-28

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 946 500.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 459 875.00

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 459 875.00.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Media releases / articles

Newsletter #1 | Atlantic Geoparks

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-21

Document date: 2018-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Newsletter #2 | Atlantic Geoparks

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-21

Document date: 2018-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

Trailer Atlantic Geopark

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-21

Document date: 2019-12-05

Languages: en

Atlantic Geopark

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-21

Document date: 2019-12-05

Languages: en, es, eu, fr, pt

Studies / surveys

An Emerging Paradigm for the UNESCO Global Geoparks: The Ecosystem’s Health Provision

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-21

Document date: 2018-05-14

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Reports

Atlantic social innovation mapping: a multilevel perspective

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-21

Document date: 2018-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

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

2021-08-01

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

71 / 71 (100%)

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

718 / 718 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.atlanticarea.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-12-03, 2023-02-02 and 2024 01 30. Fields project name and description (from 23 projects) translated from Spanish into English using the European Commission's eTranslation machine translation service.

The projects which fields include an eTranslation English text are the ones with the following acronyms: @BluePortS, 4H-CREAT, ACCESS2SEA, AGEO, AGRITOX, ALERTOX-NET, AtlanticFoodExport, ATLANTIC-KET-MED, AT-VIRTUAL, AYCH, CABFishMAN, CircularSeas, COCKLES, CONSORTEX, FAN-BEST, iFADO, IN 4.0, JONAS, MONITOOL, NANOCULTURE, PROTOATLANTIC, SIRMA and USER-FACTOR.

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