Integrated and sustainable development of Emajõgi-Peipsi-Velikaja waterway as a tourism destination

Programme 2000 - 2006 Estonia - Latvia - Russia (EE-LV-RU)

Date of latest update: 2026-05-30

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The original idea to compose Interreg project derives from the cooperation of Tartu County Tourism Foundation and Association of the Local Authorities of Tartu County. In May 2005 representatives of Pskov state were presented the idea and in June 2005 during the Hanseatic Days there was a more official meeting to discuss the common interests. The municipalities of both, Estonian and Russian, project partners, have overcome the Soviet era, which has constrained the natural economic development to a large extent. Indirectly it influences the non-municipality project partners, which are to a large extent financed from municipality budgets. For Pihkva region, Vara municipality and Meeksi municipality the problem also rises from being situated on border areas, which makes it more difficult to involve investments for area development. Also the development of tourism servicing and assurance of overall welfare of inhabitants have been constrained. The main objective of the project is to develop cross-border tourism cooperation between Tartu county in Estonia and Pihkva state in Russia, on the assumption of common vision and synchronization of activities. The cooperation and knowledge exchange must result in greater tourism attractiveness of both regions and in greater welfare of the local population. In addition to main objective there are several sub-objectives: to improve and develop cooperation between two historically connected regions, create possibilities for new tourism companies to come to the region and also help to develop the existing companies; make it easier for tourists to obtain information and increase their satisfaction; indirectly increase employment in companies. The project is planned to be financed by the ERDF, Tacis, NGOs and municipalities. The project activities are divided into five packages: 1) management and project coordination, 2) Emajõgi-Peipsi-Velikaja waterway infrastructure development: planning harbours and access ways, 3) small investments: improving of a tourism information accessibility in Tartu and Pihkva regions, 4) internationalisation of marketing activities and realisation of common marketing approaches, 5) destination management and profiling. The major results of the project will be tourism cross-border network creation, which is the base for cooperation between two regions and helps to connect municipalities, companies and tourists. In addition possibilities are created for future development of common waterway and it is introduced as new tourism resource to all target groups, using also new interactive possibilities.

Website: http://www.bsrinterreg.net/interreg/eic

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Institutional cooperation and cooperation networks Clustering and economic cooperation Tourism

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Lead Partner: Association of the Local Authorities of Tartu County

Address: 50089 Tartu, Estonia

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State committee for economic development and property relations of Pskov region

Name: State committee for economic development and property relations of Pskov region

Address: 180000 Pskov, Russia

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Tartu County Tourism

Name: Tartu County Tourism

Address: 50089 Tartu, Estonia

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Tartu City Goverment

Name: Tartu City Goverment

Address: 50089 Tartu, Estonia

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Vara Municipality Goverment

Name: Vara Municipality Goverment

Address: 53481 Vara, Estonia

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Meeksi Municipality Goverment

Name: Meeksi Municipality Goverment

Address: 62511 Meeksi , Estonia

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Luunja Municipality Goverment

Name: Luunja Municipality Goverment

Address: 62222 Luunja, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

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State committee for economic development and property relations of Pskov region

Integrated and sustainable development of Emajõgi-Peipsi-Velikaja waterway as a tourism destination

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Association of the Local Authorities of Tartu County

Integrated and sustainable development of Emajõgi-Peipsi-Velikaja waterway as a tourism destination

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Tartu County Tourism

Integrated and sustainable development of Emajõgi-Peipsi-Velikaja waterway as a tourism destination

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Tartu City Goverment

Integrated and sustainable development of Emajõgi-Peipsi-Velikaja waterway as a tourism destination

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Vara Municipality Goverment

Integrated and sustainable development of Emajõgi-Peipsi-Velikaja waterway as a tourism destination

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Meeksi Municipality Goverment

Integrated and sustainable development of Emajõgi-Peipsi-Velikaja waterway as a tourism destination

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Luunja Municipality Goverment

Integrated and sustainable development of Emajõgi-Peipsi-Velikaja waterway as a tourism destination

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Summary

Project name (EN): Integrated and sustainable development of Emajõgi-Peipsi-Velikaja waterway as a tourism destination

Project acronym: Emajõgi-Peipsi-Velikaja Waterway

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 224 047.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 168 034.95

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2000 - 2006 Estonia - Latvia - Russia (EE-LV-RU)

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

46 / 46 (100%)

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

181 / 181 (100%)

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Integrated and sustainable development of Emajõgi-Peipsi-Velikaja waterway as a tourism destination

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