Biodiversity and Tourism Strategy to protect cetaceans

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

Date of latest update: 2023-08-10

Description

Description (EN):

BioTourS project aims at introducing best practices in sustainable cross-border tourism, tackling new challenges in environmental and marine safeguard as well as preserving the natural heritage of the Adriatic-Ionian area. The main objective of this project is to involve youngsters in cross-border touristic activities aiming at raising awareness on cetacean conservation. The cross-border approach is needed since BioTourS aims at fostering a transboundary cetaceans’ conservation Programme, able to put in practice a tourism sector and joined conservation strategy and governance, to boost the research and development in this sector and maximize countries'; tourism and economical conservation efforts. By combining the implementation of high technological tools with standardized survey techniques and the direct involvement of youth in Citizen Science activities (ie. in Pilot actions), BioTourS will improve the baseline knowledge on cetaceans which is currently heterogeneous and defective in the Programme Area. At the same time, the project aims to ensure the dissemination of environmental awareness at different levels, affecting positively on local economies through ECOTOURISM-related activities. As the marine areas addressed by the project belong to the three involved countries, a cross-border approach is essential since only joint coordination can lead to an effective application of actions and strategies. In this way, BioTourS will be able to deliver best practices for eco-tourism management in Adriatic Sea, becoming a benchmark for other countries and becoming exploitable beyond its deadline. The main output foreseen is the creation of a Citizen Science tourism model, for expanding science knowledge on dolphin conservation and tourism management, which will be benefitted by tourism operators and youth workers.

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 main results that BioTourS aims to produce are: -increasing cross-border cooperation on dolphin conservation and sustainable tourism; -creating a new model of family and youngster’s tourism based on citizen science; -promoting school tourism in research activities. The realization of this indicator can be achieved only by actively engaging high profile and coherent stakeholders across the region, such as public entities which will be directly involved in meetings and round tables. Moreover, it will be fundamental to involve the local community, thus BioTourS will encourage people engagement thanks to the development of an online data sharing platform for cetaceans’ photo-identification using nautical equipment such as echo sounders, multiparameter probes, photo-video recording systems in HD, and hydrophones for bio-acoustic studies.

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 (4)

Lead Partner: Jonian Dolphin Conservation

Address: Viale Virgilio 102, 74121 Taranto, Italy

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.joniandolphin.it

Total budget: EUR 275 716.44

IPA2 budget: EUR 234 358.97

Inovaciono preduzetnički centar Tehnopolis

Name: Inovaciono preduzetnički centar Tehnopolis

Address: Radoja Dakica bb, 81400 Niksic, Montenegro

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.tehnopolis.me

Total budget: EUR 141 183.06

IPA2 budget: EUR 120 005.60

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 133 079.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 113 117.15

Comune di Termoli

Name: Comune di Termoli

Department: Social Policy Department - Europe Office

Address: Via Sannitica 5, 86039 Termoli, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.comune.termoli.cb.it

Total budget: EUR 172 521.50

IPA2 budget: EUR 146 643.28

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Partners and Projects info

Jonian Dolphin Conservation

Biodiversity and Tourism Strategy to protect cetaceans

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center Tehnopolis

Biodiversity and Tourism Strategy to protect cetaceans

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Agjencia Kombetare e Turizmit

Biodiversity and Tourism Strategy to protect cetaceans

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Comune di Termoli

Biodiversity and Tourism Strategy to protect cetaceans

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Summary

Project name (EN): Biodiversity and Tourism Strategy to protect cetaceans

Project acronym: BioTourS

Project start date: 2020-09-01

Project end date: 2022-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 722 500.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 614 125.00

Co-financing sources:

IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 614 125.00.

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.

Reports

Report on good practices about sustainable tourism and new challenges

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

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

Publication date: 2024-09-18

Document date: 2022-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

Citizen Science Tourism Model

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

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

Publication date: 2024-09-18

Document date: 2022-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Study on the sustainable tourism development and challenges in the field of science tourism – dolphin observation and protection example in montenegro

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

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

Publication date: 2024-09-18

Document date: 2022-02-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

Bari, al via progetto “BioTours” per il monitoraggio di delfini e cetacei nel mar Adriatico

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

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

Publication date: 2024-09-18

Document date: 2021-10-06

Languages: it

Interreg BioTours - Welcome to Albania!

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

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

Publication date: 2024-09-18

Document date: 2021-10-22

Languages: en

Project Visit in Montenegro - BioTourS project

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

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

Publication date: 2024-09-18

Document date: 2023-01-14

Languages: en

Telebari - BioTours con Jonian Dolphin Conservation

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

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

Publication date: 2024-09-18

Document date: 2021-10-09

Languages: it

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.

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Biodiversity and Tourism Strategy to protect cetaceans

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