International Food and Activity Tourism

Programme 2007 - 2013 Central Baltic (FI-SE-EE-LA)

Date of latest update: 2025-07-05

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Description (EN):

Tourists are increasingly demanding linked & coordinated activities of higher quality not only at local level but also regionally & internationally. Local food linked to active tourism is increasingly popular but demand is for products of high quality with an authentic experience. Few operators can provide all that is demanded in today’s markets thus necessitating linked or complementary products, for micro-business this means working together, cooperation & joint marketing. The range of local food & active tourism products & services (local food, nature, culture, heritage & active tourism) is quite wide in Häme & Estonia but they frequently lack this coherence & complementarity; international linkages (networks) are absent or weak there is little product development activity especially in terms of marketing & promotion for the regional/international tourism markets The INTERREG IVA Programme places strong emphasis on economic competitiveness and innovation although links between education & entrepreneurs are weak & cross border exchanges require stimulation. Additionally stress is placed on the need for supporting real, vital cooperation, focusing on solving common problems in co-operation, increasing business start-up, entrepreneurship and co-operation networks. The project aims to raise stakeholder confidence & awareness of the factors behind starting-up and/or diversifying in food & active tourism business. Through network development, training in awareness of customer preferences, market information & increased B2B opportunities, entrepreneurs will be incentivised & encouraged to identify new opportunities thus addressing the clear need for an increased participation and role of small and medium sized enterprises in the Central Baltic Programme economy. The project has been designed to provide an integrated programme of training, exchange of knowledge, experiential learning and support to increase the capacity of partners to develop networks and assist companies become competitive and create new innovative international food & tourism products & services suited to international customer expectations. Training and experiential learning will provide stakeholders with skills and knowledge to ensure the creation of a sustainable cross border marketing and producer networks offering high quality international local food and active tourism products Long term sustainability will be ensured through effective integrated communications and marketing activities to increase the awareness of entrepreneurs, tourists and the general public of project outputs, new local food and active tourism products and services, tourist routes and marketing materials via website, articles, editorial & an international conference.

Achievements (EN):

The project InFAcTo stimulated SMEs to develop joint food and tourism activities and services in order to increase the number of international tourists in the region. SME entrepreneurs and employees require better skills and contacts to become more competitive to attract tourists and to fulfil international customer expectations. Through market research, the partners have created the basis for further product and service development as well as marketing efforts. The entrepreneurs have participated in training, received mentoring and taken part in benchmarking trips to increase their skills in tourism product and service development as well as networking.

Website: http://projects.centralbaltic.eu/

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Cultural heritage and arts Clustering and economic cooperation SME and entrepreneurship

Partners (13)

Lead Partner: Kehittämiskeskus Oy Häme

Address: Talaskuja 3, FI-13200 Hämeenlinna, Finland

Legal status: n/a

Hämeen ammatillisen korkeakoulutuksen kuntayhtymä

Name: Hämeen ammatillisen korkeakoulutuksen kuntayhtymä

Address: PL 230, 13101 Hämeenlinna, Finland

Legal status: n/a

Hämeenlinnan surdun koulutuskuntayhtymä / Koulutuskeskus Tavastia

Name: Hämeenlinnan surdun koulutuskuntayhtymä / Koulutuskeskus Tavastia

Address: Hattelmalantie 8, 13100 Hämeenlinna, Finland

Legal status: n/a

Kiipulasäätiö / Kiipulan koulutus- ja kuntoutuskeskus

Name: Kiipulasäätiö / Kiipulan koulutus- ja kuntoutuskeskus

Address: Kiipulantie 507, 14200 Turenki, Finland

Legal status: n/a

Kuressaare Ametikool

Name: Kuressaare Ametikool

Address: Kohtu 22, 93812 Kuressaare, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

Võrumaa Kutsehariduskeskus

Name: Võrumaa Kutsehariduskeskus

Address: 65566 Väimela, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

MTU Eesti Maturism

Name: MTU Eesti Maturism

Address: Vilmsi 53g, 10147 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

Ökoloogiliste Technoloogiate Keskus

Name: Ökoloogiliste Technoloogiate Keskus

Address: Tuglase 1-6 , 51014 Tartu, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

Setomaa Valdade Liit

Name: Setomaa Valdade Liit

Address: Obinitsa, Meremäe vald, Vöru mk, 65301 Obinitsa, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

Estonian University of Life Sciences

Name: Estonian University of Life Sciences

Address: Kreutzwaldi 1, 51014 Tartu, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

Imago Osauhing

Name: Imago Osauhing

Address: Filmi tn. 6, 10152 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

MTU Saaremaa Turundusuhing

Name: MTU Saaremaa Turundusuhing

Address: Kiratsi kula, Kaarma vald, 93741 Saaremaa, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

RG Evans Associates

Name: RG Evans Associates

Address: Lille 51-46, 80038 Pärnu, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

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Kehittämiskeskus Oy Häme

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Hämeen ammatillisen korkeakoulutuksen kuntayhtymä

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Tavastia Vocational College

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Kiipulasäätiö / Kiipulan koulutus- ja kuntoutuskeskus

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Kuressaare Regional Training Centre

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Vorumaa Kutsehariduskeskus

International Food and Activity Tourism

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MTU Eesti Maturism

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Ökoloogiliste Technoloogiate Keskus

International Food and Activity Tourism

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Setomaa Valdade Liit

International Food and Activity Tourism

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Eesti Maaülikool

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Imago Osauhing

International Food and Activity Tourism

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Saaremaa Marketing Association

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RG Evans Associates

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Summary

Project name (EN): International Food and Activity Tourism

Project acronym: InFActo

Project start date: 2010-05-01

Project end date: 2013-04-01

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 982 407.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 751 669.00

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2007 - 2013 Central Baltic (FI-SE-EE-LA)

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

2014-09-01

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

122 / 122 (100%)

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

672 / 672 (100%)

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