Project name: Enhancing MED sustainable cultural tourism through the creation of eco itineraries inside European Cultural Routes
Acronym: MED-Routes
Program: Interreg Euro-MED
Lead partner: Romagna Faentina Union
Project partners: Castelló de la Plana City Council, Pafos Regional Board of Tourism, LIBERTAS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Network of the Insular Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the European Union, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY DUBROVNIKNERETVA COUNTY – DUNEA, Municipality of Vila Franca de Xira, Bulgarian Association for Transfer of Technology and Innovation - BATTI
Associated partner: Association European Route of Ceramics, Cultural Foundation “Routes of the Olive Tree”, The Phoenicians’ Route, European Federation of Napoleonic Cities
Project duration: 01/01/2024. – 31/03/2026.
Project budget: 999.000,00 EUR
DUNEA's budget: 119.200,00 EUR
About the project:
The MED-Routes project aims to establish and spread a locally based model of sustainable tourism, with minimal harmful impact on the Mediterranean area, in order to establish a special model of Mediterranean "slow tourism" rooted in the common heritage of the 4 cultural routes of the Council of Europe, which will be the focus of this project: the Phoenicians’ Route, Route of Ceramics, Route of the Olive Tree and the Federation of Napoleonic Cities.
In order to tackle the overall goal of the project, the approach of MED-Routes is based on the transfer of knowledge, experiences and tools from previous projects with the aim of better institutional networking and transnational cooperation. The ultimate goal of the project is to design ecological itineraries that will improve the local cultural and touristic offer while respecting the principles of sustainability and circular economy.
The combination of all these elements, the project defines transmission and capitalization as a core asset in MEDRoutes' approach in an innovative perspective to share the main results:
- Transnational strategy for sustainable tourism and eco-itineraries in the MED area
-Green mark for the certification of the eco-itinerary of cultural routes of the Mediterranean
-MED-Routes Action plans that outline key actions for the application of the transnational strategy in the agenda of cultural routes.
