Networking for Smart Tourism Development

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

Date of latest update: 2022-07-22

Description

Description (EN):

NEST is a cross-border project aimed to sustain the competitiveness of the Ionic-Adriatic destination by empowering Tourism Enterprises (small and medium ones) with innovative approaches, tools and strategies that leverage on the potentialities of digital technologies, networking and collaboration. The project aims to sustain the process of socio-economic development in the IPA area, in coherence with priorities of the Europe 2020 strategy, by contributing to Programme Objective SO 2.1: Boost attractiveness of natural and cultural assets to improve a smart and sustainable economic development. NEST will operate as an experiential laboratory and engine for nurturing competitiveness of SMTEs and destinations on global markets, by allowing to overcome barriers related to the adoption of digital technologies and innovation. The achievement of such objectives will derive from the realization of the following outputs: Tourism competitiveness assessment; Booklet on tools and technologies for smart tourism destination; Action Plan for creation of smart tourism destination; Virtual joint experiential laboratory for smart tourism; Smart tourism entrepreneurial development roadmap; Update and upscale of skills for tourism entrepreneurs; Smart destination pilot sites. NEST will favour the creation of a strategic model of “Interreg smart destination” by adopting collaborative and user-driven innovation models inspired by the principles of Living Lab approach.

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

Expected Results (EN): Common action Plans for the smart management of tourist destinations to be adopted by the public authorities of the Programme area.

Expected Outputs (EN):

The project aims to work toward the development of a smart and sustainable Tourism Destination model for the areas involved through the adoption of new approaches, strategies, tools and methodologies for marketing and promoting tourism products and service in global markets. Specifically, the project results consist on the development of an action plan for entrepreneurial development in tourism, creation of a joint virtual laboratory, definition of cross-border experiential paths leveraging on diverse and multiple assets of the destinations. The attainment of such results will contribute in enhancing the competences of SMTE to compete in the new global scenario and to respond to new kind of tourism demand; increasing the cross border cooperation among public and private stakeholders; enhancing networking among university departments, research centers, innovation and technology transfer networks; supporting tourism firms in the process of service innovation.

Thematic information

Tourism

Specific Objective: Boost attractiveness of natural and cultural assets to improve a smart and sustainable economic development

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

Partners (6)

Lead Partner: Ministria e Financave dhe Ekonomisë

Address: Blv. "Dëshmorët e Kombit", 1001 Tirana, Albania

Legal status: public

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

Total budget: EUR 165 144.40

IPA2 budget: EUR 140 372.74

EuRelations GEIE (IT)

Name: EuRelations GEIE (IT)

Address: Campobasso, Italy

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 96 691.25

IPA2 budget: EUR 82 187.56

Ministarstvo ekonomskog razvoja

Name: Ministarstvo ekonomskog razvoja

Address: Rimski Trg 46, 81000 Podgorica (ME), Montenegro

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.mek.gov.me

Total budget: EUR 95 676.55

IPA2 budget: EUR 81 325.07

Università del Salento

Name: Università del Salento

Department: DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION ENGINEERING – DII

Address: Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.unisalento.it

Total budget: EUR 136 850.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 116 322.50

Forumi Pavarur i Gruas Shqiptare

Name: Forumi Pavarur i Gruas Shqiptare

Address: rr. Myslym Shyri, Pa 10/2, Sh.1, Ap. 4, 1000 Tirana, Albania

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 71 208.75

IPA2 budget: EUR 60 527.44

Tecnopolis Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico Scarl

Name: Tecnopolis Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico Scarl

Address: Strada Provinciale per Casamassima Km. 3,, 70010 Valenzano, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.tecnopolispst.it

Total budget: EUR 136 909.25

IPA2 budget: EUR 116 372.86

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Summary

Project name (EN): Networking for Smart Tourism Development

Project acronym: NEST

Project start date: 2018-05-21

Project end date: 2021-04-20

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 702 480.20

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 597 108.17

Co-financing sources:

IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 597 108.17.

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.

Presentations

Roadmap for the Smart Tourism Entrepreneurial Development

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://nest.italy-albania-montenegro.eu/

Publication date: 2021-12-28

Document date: 2020-05-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Reports

T1.3 Action Plan for creation of smart tourism destination

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://nest.italy-albania-montenegro.eu/

Publication date: 2021-12-28

Document date: 2020-05-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Brochures / magazines / manuals

T 2.1 Virtual joint experiential laboratory for smart tourism

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://nest.italy-albania-montenegro.eu/

Publication date: 2021-12-28

Document date: 2020-05-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Smart Destination Management pilot paths (O.T3.1)

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://nest.italy-albania-montenegro.eu/

Publication date: 2021-12-28

Document date: 2020-05-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

T 2.2 Smart tourism entrepreneurial development roadmap

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://nest.italy-albania-montenegro.eu/

Publication date: 2021-12-28

Document date: 2020-05-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

NEST Project- Networking for smart tourism development

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://nest.italy-albania-montenegro.eu/

Publication date: 2021-12-28

Document date: 2020-05-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

WP T3– D.T3.4.3 “Selection of ideas”

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://nest.italy-albania-montenegro.eu/

Publication date: 2021-12-28

Document date: 2020-05-20

Languages: it, en

Attachment file: Download

WP T3– D.T3.4.3 “Capacity Building Path”

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://nest.italy-albania-montenegro.eu/

Publication date: 2021-12-28

Document date: 2020-09-17

Languages: it, en

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

Turizmi kontribuesi kryesor në ekonomi, por si mund të jetë dhe inteligjent?

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://nest.italy-albania-montenegro.eu/

Publication date: 2021-12-28

Document date: 2021-02-12

Languages: sq

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

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.

The financial data featured in keep.eu for this programme, it's projects and its partners is not exact and should be taken as a reference only.

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Networking for Smart Tourism Development

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Documents

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