The workshop at St. John\u2019s Fortress in \u0160ibenik gathered around 50 participants from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.<\/p>\n
From 27 to 29 October 2025 a three-day workshop titled \u201cSustainable Management of Events and Tourist Destinations\u201d was held at St. John\u2019s Fortress \u00a0in \u0160ibenik, as part of the project\u00a0GIFTSnet\u00a0\u2013 Network for Green and Inclusive Fortified Tourism Solutions, implemented through the Interreg VI-A IPA Croatia \u2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 Montenegro 2021-2027 programme.<\/p>\n
The workshop was organised by the\u00a0Public Cultural Institution Fortress of Culture \u0160ibenik<\/strong>\u00a0(as lead partner of the project). During the three-day programme, around 50 participants from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro gathered \u2014 representatives of partner organisations, cultural institutions, tourist boards, local authorities and civil society organisations.<\/p>\n The workshop was led by Laura Orli\u0107 from Artivist Company, an organisation specialising in developing sustainable practices in culture and tourism. Through lectures and practical work, participants addressed the topics of sustainable event planning, resource management, environmental protection, communication and community involvement.<\/p>\n From theory to practice<\/strong><\/p>\n On the first day participants learned about the fundamentals of event sustainability, a strategic approach to planning and international standards such as ISO 20121. The second day was devoted to resource management and reducing environmental impact \u2014 from energy and water consumption to responsible waste management and biodiversity protection. The final day focused on communication and branding of sustainable projects, emphasising storytelling and audience engagement. As a good-practice example the participants analysed the \u201cNight of Fortresses Goes Green\u201d event, which shows how sustainability principles can be integrated into cultural events and tourism initiatives.<\/p>\n On the third day of the workshop, participants visited the smart recycling system and air-quality monitoring network on the \u0160ibenik fortresses, also co-funded by the GIFTSnet project.<\/p>\n About the GIFTSnet project<\/strong> In addition to the Fortress of Culture \u0160ibenik (as lead partner), the project includes the City of Karlovac, the City of Banja Luka, the Museum of Herzegovina Trebinje, the Municipality of Bar and the Municipality of Ulcinj. This\u00a0post\u00a0was\u00a0created\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0support of\u00a0the\u00a0European Union.\u00a0The\u00a0content\u00a0of\u00a0this\u00a0post\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0sole\u00a0responsibility\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Public\u00a0Cultural\u00a0Institution\u00a0Fortress\u00a0of\u00a0Culture\u00a0\u0160ibenik and\u00a0does\u00a0not\u00a0necessarily\u00a0reflect\u00a0the\u00a0views\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0European Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The workshop at St. John\u2019s Fortress in \u0160ibenik gathered around 50 participants from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. From 27 to 29 October 2025 a three-day workshop titled \u201cSustainable Management of Events and Tourist Destinations\u201d was held at St. John\u2019s Fortress \u00a0in \u0160ibenik, as part of the project\u00a0GIFTSnet\u00a0\u2013 Network for Green and Inclusive Fortified […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightoffortresses.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightoffortresses.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightoffortresses.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightoffortresses.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightoffortresses.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nightoffortresses.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11856,"href":"https:\/\/nightoffortresses.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11855\/revisions\/11856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightoffortresses.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightoffortresses.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightoffortresses.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightoffortresses.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe GIFTSnet \u2013 Network for Green and Inclusive Fortified Tourism Solutions project is financed through the Interreg VI-A IPA Croatia \u2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 Montenegro 2021-2027 programme. The project runs for 30 months, from 15 September 2024 to 14 March 2027, with a total budget of EUR 2,244,442.80.<\/p>\n
\nThe project contributes to sustainable and inclusive development of cultural tourism through investments in seven cultural sites in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, and through development of inclusive tourism offers and strengthening stakeholder capacities in the field of sustainable cultural tourism.<\/p>\n