KOHESIO · Q4297092 · FI

Sustainable Heritage Areas: Partnerships for Ecotourism

Ecotourism - visitor experiences building on natural and cultural heritage assets, conserving the environment, and sustaining the well-being of local people – can be a key factor in providing employment and income in rural and sparsely populated areas, while maintaining these assets and the fundamental qualities of traditional life. Each country involved in SHAPE has its own strategy for tourism, including ecotourism. Yet what is missing are tools to transform these strategies into concrete, practical knowledge about how to manage, develop, organize, support, and market assets and activities …

EU budget
€755k
Total project cost
€1.5M
Period
2017-05-01 → 2020-04-30
Thematic objective
TO06Environment and resource efficiency

About the Environment and resource efficiency objective

Thematic Objective 6 finances environment and resource efficiency — water and waste management, biodiversity protection, contaminated-site remediation, air quality, and the circular economy.

Co-funding: the EU contributes €755k toward a total project cost of €1.5M — a co-funding rate of 50%, with the remainder covered by national, regional or private sources.

Kohesio is the European Commission's open-data platform for projects co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund and the Just Transition Fund. It draws on lists of beneficiaries published by national managing authorities and harmonises them into a single EU-wide view.

Full project record on Kohesio — partners, deliverables, location map, related funding decisions.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the EU budget for this project?
The EU contributes €755k toward a total project cost of €1.5M, a co-funding rate of 50%.
Which fund or thematic objective does it belong to?
This project falls under EU Cohesion Policy thematic objective TO06 — Environment and resource efficiency — financed through the European Structural and Investment Funds.
Which country is the project located in?
The project is located in FI.
What is the project period?
The project runs from 2017-05-01 to 2020-04-30.
Where can I find the full project record?
The complete project record — beneficiary, location and related funding decisions — is published on Kohesio, the European Commission's open-data platform, under reference Q4297092.