The main goal of the project is to utilize the natural resources and cultural features of the forests in the Danube Region in order to create sustainable and innovative ecotourism and develop related services. Huge economic differences between the western and eastern parts of the Danube region, as well as between some city centres and the surrounding rural areas, are typical, which can also be observed in the quality of the tourist offer. The project develops an ecotourism alternative, a nature-based solution for sustainable development and the preservation of the cultural identity of local communities, and develops a friendlier attitude towards wood and the sustainable use of forest resources, while supporting the long-term preservation of this European heritage.

Main data of the project:
Project title: Richness of Danube forests and wood cultural heritage (tangible, intangible)-way towards sustainable green tourism embedded in European cultural route of Danube timber
Project code: DRP0200569

Partners:
1. BSC, Business support centre L.t.d., Kranj (Slovenia)
2. Institute for sustainable development (Slovenia)
3. Holz von Hier nonprofit Ltd. (Germany)
4. Association of Parks in Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
5. Varna Economic Development Agency (Bulgaria)
6. WWF Romania Association (Romania)
7. Regional Development Agency of the Pilsen Region (Czech Republic)
8. Woodworld Murau (Austria)
9. Croatian Wood Cluster (Croatia)
10. STRIA South Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency (HU)
11. Regional development Agency of the Presov self governing region (Slovakia)
12. SMART Development Center Association (Romania)
13. Danube competence center (Serbia)
14. Zlatibor Regional Development Agency (Serbia)
15. Active Sarajevo economic region development agency (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
16. National park Kozara (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Budget: EUR 2 880 550
Grant programme: Interreg Danube Transnational Programme
Project Duration: 01.01.2024 – 30.06.2026