11. May, 2017.

End of the Project LAGs4EU

End of the Project LAGs4EU

With the last project event held in Craiova, Romania from May 2-4, 2017, organized by the Development Agency of Southwestern Oltenia, the LAGs4EU project financed from the Europe for Citizens Program has officially come to the end of its implementation. Project partners through this project gained the opportunity to exchange experiences and examples of good practices of successfully implemented EU projects through events in Slovakia, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania and Romania. In July 2015 LAG “Central Istria” organized an event in Pazin where the participants had the chance to participate in the TradInEtno festival, taste local specialties in the nearby agrotourism, and experience the authentic Istrian culture through traditional instruments, songs and dances. Additionally, the project partners were presented with the work and everyday activities of LAG “Central Istria” as well as some significant projects implemented in the area such as Pazin budget and ARCHEOS.

LAG “Central Istria” was the lead partner on this 150,000-euro worth project  with 17 other partners from 8 European countries.

We are particularly pleased that the project results are already visible considering that thanks to this project partnerships on new projects have already been established.

5. May, 2017.

Media conference: presentation of the project INSiGHTS

Media conference: presentation of the project INSiGHTS

On Tuesday, May 2 in Pazin, the INSIGHTS project which LAG Central Istria is implementing as one of the project partners as part of the Interreg Danube transnational program was presented to the media. The participants of the conference were Lenka Šajina from Tourist board Žminj, Iva Jeletić Prodan from Tourist board Motovun, Sanja Kantaruti from Tourist board Central Istria and Iva Jekić from LAG Središnja Istra.
The INSiGHTS project, “Integrated Strategies for Slow, Green and Healthy Tourism”, focuses on the development of attractive tourist destinations through the development of strategies focusing on the protection of natural and cultural resources. LAG “Central Istria”, the already mentioned tourist boards as well as the Istrian region – Administrative Department for tourism as an associated partner on the project will work together on the development of a sustainable tourism strategy which will include guidelines for healthy, green and slow tourism.
This is a unique example in which various stakeholders in tourism will cooperate in order to combine fragmented tourist offer and jointly determine the direction of tourism development in central Istria (Pazin, Cerovlje, Gračišće, Lupoglav, Tinjan, Sveti Petar u Šumi, Karojba, Motovun, Sveti Lovreč, Pićan, Žminj).
The implementation result will be the first tourism development strategy for the area of ​​central Istria. In addition, the existing bicycles and tracks in the area will be revised and mapped through the project. The development of pilot tracks is also planned, which will link all important points of natural and cultural heritage and thus make a complete tourist product.

More info about the project can be found on the following link: https://lag-sredisnjaistra.hr/en/projekti/, http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/insights.