Integration of Green Transport in Cities The Interreg IPA CBC Programme ”Greece – Repubic of North Macedonia 2014-2020” is a cross-border cooperation Programme co-financed by the European Union under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II). The strategy statement of theProgramme is “to enhance territorial cohesion by improving living standards and employment opportunities holding respect…
Sustainable Tourism & Mobility Hand-by-Hand development The SUSTOURISMO project is funded under the Interreg Adrion Programme. It aims at preserving the environment and at highlighting the natural and cultural heritage elements within the Adriatic Ionian region through the reduction of environmental pollutants caused by the increasing use of private vehicles of tourists travelling around the Adriatic countries.…
Integrated Approaches for Cultural Heritage It is generally approved that the unique and diverse cultural resources are a major component of the cross border area’s tourism assets and that cultural tourism is a key economic sector in terms of potential for growth and employment. The tourist activity though, is still concentrated on the coastal areas…
New technologies in the service of developing interregional thematic routes. The THEMA project aims to promote the thematic tourism in the cross-border area of Greece – Albania.The THEMA project objective is twofold:(i) to improve the overall user experience that acts as a tourist in the cross-border region and(ii) to enhance the natural and cultural heritage…
Exploring the cultural heritage of the cross border region through a digital library and oral sources The project EXPLORAL builds on the successful project Balkaneana funded under the IPA Cross-Border PROGRAMME “Greece – Albania 2007-2013” that delivered a multimodal digital library with content from the Central Public Library of Konitsa and the Municipal Library of…
A Europeana Digital Library Initiative for the Cross Border Area of Greece and Albania The cross border regions of the Prefecture of Epirus and the District of Gjirokastra have a rich cultural heritage partially recorded in books, artifacts and folk songs. However, there is a lack of digitized material and an impeding need to provide…
An Immersive Virtual Experience for Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites The cross-border (CB) area, is characterized by unique cultural heritage that could form the basis for tourism development. This has been imprinted to various printed or audiovisual material that are stored in Libraries across this area. However, many of those Cultural Heritage Objects (CHOs) that…
