INTERREG III B CADSES PROJECT BOOK - Infocooperare

ESTEuropean Places of the Spiritwww.sviluppumbria.it/html/mainprog.htmProject Descriptioni Definition of a common planning approach forThe project’s main objective is the creation of aEuropean network of areas and regions that arerich in spiritual and cultural traditions and heritage.The network will link areas in Umbria (Italy), a regionknown as the „Land of Saints“ for its stunningreligious heritage, Marche (Italy), whose concentrationof „sacred places“ is one of the highestin the country and where there is one of the richestRomanic religious heritage in Europe, the North-Eastern region (Romania), a region famous for thepainted monasteries of Bucovina dating back tothe XV-XVI century and Thessalia (Greece), wherein the XIV century the famous meteorisa monastiria(„hanging monasteries“) were built.The project develops activities to achieve two mainobjectives.First of all, a cornerstone of regional and nationalidentity is awareness-raising among the localpopulations about their own cultural heritage.Through informational activities this aim should beachieved.Secondly, qualified tourist flows should be attractedto the regions involved through the creationof „packages“ focused on the spiritual and culturalaspects of these areas of Europe. The regionsare linked by a thematic network called „EuropeanPlaces of the Spirit“. The network, supported by ITinstruments, will be able to offer tourists lookingfor a spiritual destination with all information necessary,along with the links to the partner countriesthat could offer similar travel experiences.Results and EffectsThe expected results of the project are:i Eight studies at cultural and tourism level,i Four marketing research studies and four SWOTanalyses, one best practice study,the management of the areas and definition ofa common marketing strategy document,i Organisation of 20 local workshops and eventsto involve partnerships in the areas,i Involvement and transfer of the model of managementto a broad partnership of local institutionsand operators,i Creation of a database with all the necessaryinformation on the areas identified as „Placesof the Spirit“,i Development of a complex software applicationsupporting the IT link and the website of theproject,i Distribution of 800 copies of the information onCD-ROM in four languages,i Distribution of 5,500 copies of the final colourpublication in four languages,i Organisation of four transnational meetings ofpartners,i Organisation of a presentation seminar in eachpartner country, including a final event, followedby the publication of the abstracts,i Definition of a common identity logo.Perugia in Umbria, one of the regions participating inthe EST projectDurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 07/2006Budget (EUR)EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerRegion of UmbriaDirection for Cultural ActivitiesVia Mario Angeloni 8106128 PerugiaITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMr. Ciro BecchettiTel +39 075 045190Fax +39 075 5045110E-Mail cbecchetti@regione.umbria.it0 200 kmProject PartnersGreeceDevelopment Company of Magnesia, VolosPrefecture of Magnesia, VolosPrefecture of Trikala, TrikalaItalySviluppumbria- Development Company of the Region ofUmbria, PerugiaMountain Community of Valnerina, NorciaMunicipality of Spoleto, SpoletoRegion of Marche, AnconaRomaniaNorth-East Regional Development Agency, Piatra-NeamtNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.1Total Budget ....................................1,484,155.63thereof ERDF ......................................842,777.39INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK99