Call: Routes4U Grant for tourism products and services EUSAIR

Routes4U Joint Programme – European Union/Council of Europe

The Routes4U Project (https://pjp-eu.coe.int/en/web/cultural-routes-and-regional-development/home) is a joint programme between the Council of Europe (Directorate General of Democracy – EPA on Cultural Routes) and the European Union (European Commission – DG REGIO). Through the implementation of activities such as a mapping exercise, mini-grants, guidelines and tools for the management and implementation of Cultural Routes at the regional and local level, the Routes4U Project contributes to regional development through the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe and to the strengthening of the identity of the Adriatic-Ionian, the Alpine, the Baltic Sea and the Danube macro regional strategies. Furthermore, according to the priorities of each macro-region, projects eligible to the certification “Cultural Route of the Council of Europe” will be identified in view of further development.

 

The Routes4U Project is the first of its kind, allowing synergies between two transnational programmes of two international organisations, namely the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme and the EU macro-regional strategies.

Routes4U Grant for tourism products and services EUSAIR

The grant will fund the creation of tourism products, which should display the heritage along the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe/priority cultural routes projects and promote the macro-regional identity of the Adriatic and Ionian Region.

The tourism products must be in line with the EUSAIR-objectives to diversify tourism products and services in the Region, to tackle seasonality of the inland, costal and maritime tourism demand, and to improve the quality and innovation of tourism offers for strengthening the tourism capacities.