GIFTSnet project
PROJECT TITLE / ACRONYM: Network for Green and Inclusive Fortified Tourism Solutions / GIFTSnet HR-BA-ME00047
PROGRAMME: Interreg VI-A IPA Program Hrvatska – Bosna i Hercegovina – Crna Gora 2021-2027 (1st Call for Proposals)
PRIORITY AXIS: Priority axis 4 – Sustainable and inclusive tourism and culture
LEAD PARTNER: Public cultural Institution Fortress of Culture Šibenik
PARTNERS: City of Banja Luka, Museum of Herzegovina in Trebinje, City of Karlovac, Municipality of Bar, Municipality of Ulcinj
PROJECT START AND END DATE: 15.9.2024 – 14.3.2027.
PROJECT DURATION: 30 mjeseci
PROJECT WORTH: 2.244.442,80 EUR
EU CO-FINANCING: 1.907.776,38 EUR (85%)
PROJECT AIM: GIFTSnet will enhance sustainable and inclusive cultural tourism development in the programme area by implementing green, sustainable and nature-based investments in 7 cultural tourism sites in Šibenik, Karlovac, Banja Luka, Trebinje, Bar and Ulcinj, by developing socially inclusive place-based tourism offer on sites, and by building capacities of cross border stakeholders for sustainable economic, social and environmentally friendly development of cultural tourism in the programme area.
- Investments in 7 localities in the program area: 1 in Šibenik, 2 in Trebinje and one each in Karlovac, Banja Luka, Bar and Ulcinj
- Cross-border network of cultural tourism stakeholders in the program area established by the end of the project
- "Night of Fortresses Goes Green" initiative launched - international cultural manifestation Night of Fortresses becomes a platform for promoting green standards and encouraging public awareness of the principles of sustainable development.
