The Regional Development Fund of Western Macedonia invites you to the first working meeting of the stakeholder network for the transnational EPICAH project, “Effectiveness of policy instruments for cross-border advancement of heritage”, funded by INTERREG EUROPE, on Tuesday, 28 November 2017, at 11:00, at the Fund’s headquarters (ZEP area, Kozani).
Meeting agenda:
- Presentation of the EPICAH programme
- The role of the Local Stakeholders’ Group in planning and implementing EPICAH
- Discussion of regional planning challenges for culture, the environment and tourism in Western Macedonia
EPICAH aims to improve policy instruments for protecting and promoting Europe’s cross-border natural and cultural heritage through an exchange of experiences and good practices among organisations with substantial experience in developing strategies, projects and actions in this field.
EPICAH’s main challenge is to mobilise resources and develop policy supporting projects and actions that preserve, protect, promote and enhance cross-border natural and cultural heritage, with a view to strengthening the tourism appeal of cross-border areas.
The exchange of knowledge and experiences among partners and stakeholders will help address this challenge by developing proposals for new actions under current cross-border programmes, in future calls, or even proposals for a new framework for INTERREG programmes in the next programming period.
In this way, regions will improve the management of their natural and cultural heritage and add value to it through a shared approach to developing tourism activities.
Your participation in the Western Macedonia Stakeholder Network and its meetings is particularly valuable and important for the successful implementation of EPICAH and for highlighting critical regional planning issues in culture, the environment and tourism.
We therefore warmly invite you to attend the first working meeting and to appoint your representative to the Stakeholder Network by completing the participation form sent to you.
Policy instrument examined in the Region of Western Macedonia: Western Macedonia Regional Operational Programme 2014–2020
Investment Priority 6c, “Conserving, protecting, promoting and developing natural and cultural heritage”, with emphasis on specific actions to develop networks of thematic cultural routes, events and cultural festivals, and to create and promote networks of accessible tourism destinations, including routes, infrastructure and transport for persons with disabilities.
