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TOURISM, HERITAGE AND CREATIVITY
Project TOURISM, HERITAGE AND CREATIVITY (THC) is a joint endeavour of Georgian Arts and Culture Center (GACC), European Institute for Cultural Tourism EUREKA NPO, Foundation for the Development of the City of Mykolaiv (FDN) and National Agency for Preservation of Cultural Heritage of Georgia.
THC is carried out with the support of the ENI CBC Black Sea Basin Programme 2014-2020 and funded by the European Union.
The overall goal of the project is to promote the creation of innovative creative tourism and cultural products based on local heritage assets.
One of the main activities is capacity building of local stakeholders. In the period May-July 2021 two rounds of three workshops will be held - in creative tourism, cultural products for tourism and entrepreneurship.
In the trainings will participate individuals/organisations involved in local creative tourism, as well as entrepreneurs/startups who have experience with traditional handicrafts and visual arts, traditional gastronomy and culinary practice, local product making traditions, music and performing arts, organising rituals and festive events, etc. and are able to compile/implement tourism products using the mentioned and other intangible cultural resources.
Participants will be selected via an open call.
After completing the training, they will receive certificates and training materials. With the acquired knowledge they will be able to participate in the competition for ideas for creative tourism. In addition, they will have the opportunity to publish information about their business on the Creative Tourism web portal, as well as to be included in cross-border routes in Bulgaria, Georgia and Ukraine.
Announcements and detailed information about the upcoming trainings will be published on the website and Facebook profile of the European Institute for Cultural Tourism "EUREKA".
For contact with the project team: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; mobile 0876 827492
Krasen Rusev - Manager
Bozhanka Dobreva - Coordinator
Vesselin Kavaev - Financial Manager
