LEADER 2012_Transnational network of rural solidarity, of local sustainable tourism, of multifunctionality, environmental and cultural tours: cross-border for rural identities development (Adriatic Sea – Black Sea)

The project aims to create an integrated network of territorial social and economic sectors to enable a better use of all resources of territories involved, and to improve the quality of life and diversify the economic activities linked to the rural world. This will be achieved through the creation of “Model of Multifunctional and Territorial Integration” including several social-economic activities ranging from multifunctional agriculture, rural tourism, the discovery and exploitation of folk traditions and the protection of landscapes, shared and replicable in different territories involved.

The project involves the territories of Southern Italy (Apulia and Basilicata Region) and the area of Western Balcan, along the Corridor VIII: Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine. These areas are characterized by a strong vocation for rural economy and present features common and at the same time complementary.

The main objectives of the project consist of encouraging rural tourism accessible and sustainable, supplying of multifunctional services in rural areas, encouraging the process of rapprochement between town and country, exploiting the landscape and cultural heritage, history and architecture of the territories involved, to construct a model of territorial multifunctionality, which will ensure the quality of services and practices implemented through a specific brand and a specific disciplinary. In pursuing these objectives will be implemented a network of territorial multifunctionality through the creation of a Integration and Consulting Services Center for territorial multifunctionality. Will be also achieve 'THE OBSERVATORY OF THE POLICIES OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, the area brand, and more

Albania, Croatia, Romania, Serbia

(Adriatic Sea – Black Sea

22/04/2012