Innovative Cross Border Tourism SMEs Cluster

Programme 2014 - 2020 Interreg IPA CBC Italy - Albania - Montenegro

Date of latest update: 2022-07-22

Description

Description (EN):

IT-AL-MO area is affected by direct and indirect consequences of the global economic crisis. A common economic strenght is the tertiary sector with specific reference to tourism facilities. SMEs play a crucial role for growth and job creation,but their competitiveness has a limited exploitation of international tourism opportunities.In this context the project aims to promote networking growth and to strengthen specific skills of the SMEs in the elegible area.The overall project’s objective is the improvement of the competitiveness, cooperation of IT-AL-MO SMEs through the creation and implementation of one innovative cross-border tourism cluster (INNOTOURCLUST) focused on the integration and training of local economic operators for a better and innovative match of local enterprises with international tourism industry.The expected change is an innovative way to look at tourism industry.Tourism business should be more organized and integrated with local SMEs (agriculture, fisheries, sea-based services, handicraft, Ho.re.ca, eco-sport and social organizations) in order to meet the growing international “tourism experiences” demand and putting the tourists in touch with local enterprises and producers.INNOTOURCLUST is an innovative cluster model that offers business additional income opportunities for local SMEs.The project’s main outputs are: n.1 Cluster created (100 SMEs involved), n.8 business agreements (20 SMEs involved), n.4 workshops (40 SMEs involved), n.1 capacity building digital lab format (20 business institutions involved), n. 4 B2B events (40 SMEs involved).The project’s area has great tourism chances but local tour operators generally work just through classic tourism-related stakeholders, missing the opportunity to build-up innovative touristic products created in close contact with different type of local enterprises. The approach aims to enhance the framework conditions and jointly managed innovative pilot "travel experiences" services and products.

Website: https://www.italy-albania-montenegro.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Common interventions aimed to improve the cross border framework conditions in which the facilitators of competitiveness operate

Expected Outputs (EN):

The main expected results of the project, according to the Programme result indicator of the Priority axis 1, Specific objective 1.1 are the following: 1) Enhanced economic cross border cooperation and increased competitiveness through a better interaction among local stakeholders and enterprises. 2) Better matching between international tourism demand and local SMEs offering innovative products and services.3) Strengthened and empowered international promotion system of local SMEs and business institutions.Project’s expected results will contribute to programme result indicator because INNOTOURCLUST network will involve all relevant business actors and stakeholders of IT-AL-MO area and will launch an innovative cluster model to enhance common interventions for the cross-border tourism market growth, the development of integrated services among SMEs, stakeholders and business organizations and INNOTOURCLUST's members international promotion activities.

Thematic information

Clustering and economic cooperation Tourism SME and entrepreneurship

Specific Objective: Enhance the framework conditions for the development of SME’s cross-border market

Thematic Priority:

(g) Enhancing competitiveness, the business environment and the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, trade and investment through, inter alia, promotion and support to entrepreneurship, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, and development of local cross-border markets and internationalisation

Partners (6)

Lead Partner: Camera di Commercio I.I.A.A. Lecce

Address: Viale Gallipoli 39, 73100 Lecce, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.le.camcom.gov.it

Total budget: EUR 231 407.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 196 695.95

Dhoma e Tregtisë dhe Industrisë, Tiranë

Name: Dhoma e Tregtisë dhe Industrisë, Tiranë

Address: Rruga “Kavajes” 6, 1001 Tirana, Albania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.cci.al

Total budget: EUR 138 798.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 117 978.30

AZIENDA AUTONOMA DI SOGGIORNO E TURISMO

Name: AZIENDA AUTONOMA DI SOGGIORNO E TURISMO

Address: Piazza Bega 42, 86039 Termoli, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.termoli.net

Total budget: EUR 107 125.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 91 056.25

Nacionalna turistička organizacija Crne Gore

Name: Nacionalna turistička organizacija Crne Gore

Address: Marka Miljanova 1, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.montenegro.travel

Total budget: EUR 145 201.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 123 420.85

Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Economia, Università del Salento

Name: Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Economia, Università del Salento

Address: Via per Monteroni, Complesso Ecotekne, 73100 Lecce, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.dse.unisalento.it

Total budget: EUR 98 714.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 83 906.90

Agjencia Kombetare e Turizmit

Name: Agjencia Kombetare e Turizmit

Address: Bulevardi Gjergj Fishta, Pallati Shallvare 12-A, 1001 Tirana, Albania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.akt.gov.al

Total budget: EUR 92 096.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 78 281.60

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Project name (EN): Innovative Cross Border Tourism SMEs Cluster

Project acronym: INNOTOURCLUST

Project start date: 2018-04-04

Project end date: 2021-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 813 341.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 691 339.85

Co-financing sources:

IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 691 339.85.

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 Interreg IPA CBC Italy - Albania - Montenegro

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

2024-03-01

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

80 / 80 (100%)

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

354 / 365 (96.99%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Data from 5 projects (EBIT, G.W.A., LASTING, SME BE SMART and WELLNESS) was retrieved by Interact from the programme´s website on the 2023-03-01. Regarding partners only data only main partners is available. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (https://www.italy-albania-montenegro.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-22 and 2023-01-05.

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