For.REST: Forest Tourism in the Cross-border Area between Serbia and Montenegro

Programme 2014 - 2020 IPA CBC Serbia - Montenegro

Date of latest update: 2025-02-03

Description

Description (EN):

Overall objective: To create a joint innovative tourism product related to forest tourism in the cross-border area between Serbia and Montenegro. Specific objective 1. To develop a niche forest tourism offer by creating unique forest experiences which will be available to visitors in the region as well as to the local inhabitants; Specific objective 2. To provide capacity building and training to local rural and forest tourism stakeholders: digital content creation, training for guides and tourism providers; Specific objective 3. To conduct small scale investments for enhancement of joint innovative forest and rural tourism offer, such as trails with forest baths and forest therapies, smart/solar benches, and bird feeding stations which will be effectively promoted Project activities: A1. Forest and related rural tourism offer development A1.1. Reassessment of existing forest heritage assets, 1.1.1 “Assessment of forest tourism assets in the CB area” developed A 1.2. Development of forest and related rural tourism itinerary 1.2.1 One forest tourism itinerary developed 1.2.2 Ten tourism operators linked by the itineraries and 15 operators offering new itineraries 1.2.3 One innovative niche offer focusing on youth developed A2. Training for the launch of forest tourism offer A2.1. Launching of guiding programmes for forest and bird-watchers; 2.1.1 One Guiding Programme for forest and bird-watching tourism launched A2.2. Capacity building of local guides, guards and youth 2.2.1 Four trainings and capacity building events for tourist guides attended by future guides 2.2.2 Altogether 10 tourist guides certified A 3. Light infrastructure arranged and forest and related rural tourism offer promoted A3.1. Application of light infrastructure: 3.1.1. Five birdwatching feeding spots and small observatories placed 3.1.2 Marking and refining of 20 km of forest recreational trails in Žabljak and Uvac 3.1.3. Two smart solar benches placed 3.1.4 One tourist info board applied A3.2. Creation of joint CB brand, social media coverage and organization of the press trip 3.2.1 Joint CB brand developed 3.2.2 Over 80.000 social media users reached 3.2.3 One press trip organized 3.3. Organisation of the promotional events 3.3.1 Two new events for promotion of forest tourism launched 3.3.2 More than 200 participants attending the promotional events

Website: http://cbcsrb-mne.org/

Expected Results (EN):

1.1. One “Assessment of forest tourism assets in the CB area” developed; 1.2. One unique forest tourism itinerary developed; 10 tourism operators linked by the itineraries; 15 operators offering new itineraries; 1 innovative niche offer focusing on youth developed. 2.1. One forest guiding programme developed 2.2. Four capacity building events organized for tourist guides / guards with special know-how about forest tourism, 10 tourist guides certified 3.1. Twenty km of trails with forest baths and forest therapies developed/ marked, light infrastructure placed (2 smart/solar benches, bird feeding stations and observatories – 3 in Serbia and 2 in MNE); 1 tourist info-board placed; 3.2. 80.000 people reached by social media promotion; 3.3. Two promotional events organized; 200 participants in info/promotional events

Thematic information

Tourism Education and training

Specific Objective: Improving capacities for exploiting tourism potentials of the programme area

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

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: Opština Žabljak

Address: Trg durmitorskih ratnika 1, 84220 Žabljak , Montenegro

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.zabljak.me

DOO Rezervat “Uvac”, Nova Varoš

Name: DOO Rezervat “Uvac”, Nova Varoš

Address: Trg vojvode Petra Bojovića 2, 31320 Nova Varoš, Serbia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.uvac.org.rs

Centar za zaštitu i proučavanje ptica

Name: Centar za zaštitu i proučavanje ptica

Address: Velje brdo 35, 81412 Podgorica, Montenegro

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.czip.me

Društvo za zaštitu i proučavanje ptica Srbije

Name: Društvo za zaštitu i proučavanje ptica Srbije

Address: Vukice Mitrović 62/5, 11000 Beograd, Serbia

Legal status: public

Website: https://pticesrbije.rs/

Partners map

Lead partner

Project partner

Summary

Project name (EN): For.REST: Forest Tourism in the Cross-border Area between Serbia and Montenegro

Project acronym: For.REST

Project start date: 2024-10-01

Project end date: 2026-09-30

Project status: ongoing

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 249 354.08

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 211 950.97

Co-financing sources:

IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 211 950.97.

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

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 IPA CBC Serbia - Montenegro

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

2025-03-11

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

29 / 29 (100%)

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

87 / 87 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme

Languages

Contact Form

For.REST: Forest Tourism in the Cross-border Area between Serbia and Montenegro

Description

Thematic information

Partners (4)

Partners map

Summary

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

Disclaimer