FINALISTS

           

The Nordic-Baltic Regions Rural Network Support Units - Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden initiated the Nordic-Baltic Leader Cooperation Award.

The LEADER Transnational Cooperation Awards collected 60 applications from participating countries.

The first selection of the nominated Nordic-Baltic Leader transnational cooperation projects is now done!

The finalists of the five categories were chosen out of 60 nominees in Roskilde, Denmark on the 6th June 2013. The evaluation committee included the representatives of Estonia, Lithuanian, Latvia, Swedish, Finnish and Danish rural networks.

The finalists of Youth category are My Fell Lapland, Youth for Youth, Wind for Youth, and Planet said to me. Read more about the finalists of Youth category HERE

The finalsist of Tourism category are CULTrips. Creating a New Concept for Socio-cultural Village Trips in Europe, Nature Tourism Project, Mustaparta Archipelago and Tornio Valley, and Re-creation of the Landscape / TEAM. Read more about the finalists of Tourism category HERE

The finalists of Culture category are Handicraft, Medieval Festivals, Ecomuseum - from Memories to Future, and Traditions on the Market Square. Read more about the finalists of Culture category HERE

The finalists of Local Area Development category are A la Region - Upper Tampere & Hunsruck and Rhein Valley, Villages full of Treasures, Loving Local Values, and Cross-border Entrepreneurs Blekinge / Warmia-Mazury. Read more about the finalists of Local area development HERE

The finalists of Local Resources and Environment category: Bees and Biodiversity - Together to Stop Pollinating Insects Decline and Protect Biodiversity, Forest Trail, Growing Gastrounauts, Traditional Sailing and Maritime Heritage, and Management fishing in the Lakes Finjasjön and Bosarpasjön. The Transnational Project: Developing Methods of Management Fishery and Utilization of Haul. Read more about the finalists of Local resources category HERE.

 

Date of nomination: (04) 2013-05-08
Nomination country: Estonia
Title: CULTrips. Creating a new concept for socio-cultural village trips in Europe
Nominees: Finalist
Category: Tourism
Countries: Luxembourg, Austria, Finland, Italy, Estonia
Leading partner: Luxembourg - LAG Redange-Wiltz
Documents: http://www.maainfo.ee/public/files/04%20APPLICATION%20CULTRIPS.doc
Photos link: http://maainfo.ee/index.php?b=335&page=3538&action=pic_list&
Summary: The project of interpersonal exchange through cultural trips in Europe is based on a new concept of socio-cultural exchange and tourism in rural areas.
CULTrips activity is based on local level action for developing socio-cultural tourism. Local actors will explore their own communities, present interesting elements of their communities and its activities and receive guests from partner regions.
During the project the new concept of socio-cultural tourism was developed, country programs for intra-european cultural trips were elaborated and evaluated by experts of pilot-trips , manual for socio-cultural travelling was developed. European database with recommendations for socio-cultural tourism will be completed.

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