EuroVelo 13 - Iron Curtain Trail Experience (ICTE)
This 18-month project ran from April 2015 to October 2016 and was co-financed by the European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry.
The main objective of the project was to diversify the European tourism offer and to contribute to economic regeneration and job creation in declining (post) industrial regions through the promotion of a touristic product based on a long distance cycle route following the former ‘Iron Curtain’.
The specific objectives were:
- The design of tourism strategies
- The promotion of tourism in regions in conversion in order to boost employment and growth
- The diversification of the European tourism offer
- The facilitation and stimulation of public-private partnerships and the integration of enterprises of the cultural tourism sector into regional development strategies
- The improvement of the European tourism offers' quality by strengthened cross-border cooperation
- The strengthening of the management skills of public and private bodies in charge of developing thematic tourism products
ECF was one of 7 partners from 7 different countries:
Latvia
- Vidzeme Tourism Association
Hungary
- West Pannon Regional and Economic Development Public Nonprofit Ltd
Austria
- Radlobby
Czech Republic
- Nadace Partnerstvi CDV
Slovakia
- Ekopolis
Spain
- EGWA - European Greenways Associations