Green tourism and historical heritage - an important step for the development of the Black Sea Basin (GreeTHiS)

The main goal of the project is to stimulate the development of historic cross-border ecological tourism in the Black Sea Basin by promoting know-how in heritage protection, climate adaptation technologies in historic and protected buildings and facilitating the transfer of innovative solutions and businesses between countries.

Project objectives:

• To support repositioning of the green tourist businesses towards climate resilience of tourist protected areas and buildings by creating favorable business opportunities in the BSB countries.
• To increase the capacity of the stakeholders in the area of climate adaptation in historic heritage and in the area of green historical tourism.
• To demonstrate sustainable energy intervention in historic areas and buildings respecting culture, heritage and local character.

Project activities:
T1 – Technical solutions in Energetic Efficiency and climate adaptation within historic buildings and monuments.

The aim of this group of activities is to establish favourable conditions for capacity building of the defined target groups by providing technical support to pilot objects, thus creating a model for protecting historical buildings with introduction of energy efficiency measures. The second goal of the activity is to enhance the target groups’ collaboration and interrelation by creation of an online green tourist platform.

T1 results:

1. Development of joint online catalogue for green tourism
2. Feasibility study for 3 buildings per country for introduction of investment easures in protected buildings
3. Market research of innovative technologies for EE and climate protection in historic buildings and areas throughout the BSB countries
4. List of technologies, producers and distributers available and operating in the project countries
5. Technical catalogue of innovative technologies and producers
6. Technical assistance to local communities in protected areas.

T2 – Green tourism potential of protected areas in the BSB countries and their development opportunities.

This group of activities will contribute to enhancing the cross-border Green and Historical tourism in the Black Sea Basin through strengthening knowledge and procedures on heritage protection, promoting energy efficiency and climate adaptation technologies in historic and protected buildings and facilitating the transfer of innovative solutions among countries.

T2 results:

1. A roadmap of the BSB historical tourism and its green aspects
2. Virtual guide to historic Black Sea Cross border Places
3. A context research of the market potential for historical and cultural tourism in the Black Sea Basin
4. Workshops for Stakeholders
5. Site visits to potential historical and cultural tourist objects.

T3 – Business to history – Capacity building and experience exchange on green tourism in the Black Sea Basin

This activity aims at providing opportunity to stakeholders to increase their capacity in the green tourist business and Energetic Efficiency solutions in protected buildings by experience exchange and best practice sharing activities. Another aim is to help strengthening the business relations on horizontal and vertical level by involving all target groups in the foreseen activities and ensuring multilevel and cross border cooperation.

T3 results:

1. Capacity building and experience exchange on green tourism in the Black Sea Basin Study visits for exchange of experience and enhance knowledge and meetings with stakeholders
2. International workshops Business breakfast
3. Events Green tourist weekends
4. International forums – a contemporary approach to stakeholders in tourism and green production to joint their efforts in developing a green tourism in the BSB.

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