The first meeting of the COMMHERITOUR project was held in the Czech Republic

Within the project "COMMHERITOUR - Community-based models for the sustainable valorisation of cultural heritage crafts to enhance economic and tourism performance of remote areas of the Danube Region", a kick-off meeting was held in České Budějovice in the Czech Republic on March 26 and 27, 2024. The meeting was attended by representatives of all partner organizations: Municipality of Jászberény, Hungary (lead partner); Budapest Metropolitan University, Hungary; University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Regional Development Agency of South Bohemia - RERA, Czech Republic; Tourist Board of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina; People’s University in Konjic, Public Institution, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Local Action Group 'Central Istria', Croatia; Institute of Social Innovations, Czech Republic; Municipality of Petnjica, Montenegro; Sibiu County Council, Romania; European Affairs Fund of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia; Public institute for culture Kamnik, Slovenia

During the kick-off meeting, the project partners had the opportunity to get to know each other and present their cultural heritage products. The meeting participants discussed upcoming activities, project management, finances and reporting, and project communication.

The COMMHERITOUR project follows living heritage crafts as a source of socio-economic integration for rural/remote areas of the Danube region. COMMHERITOUR aims to sustainably maximise the contribution of cultural heritage crafts (production, products and services) to economic performance (especially tourism) and to local and cross-cultural community cohesion in the Danube Region. As a precondition it also aims to enhance awareness of crafts heritage inherent growth potentials and to improve valorisation capacities of communities by using joint inclusive models and transnationally applicable innovative solutions as cross-cultural glue. The total value of the project is EUR 2,149,452.10, of which EUR 1,719,561.68 is co-financed by the EU.

This project is supported by the Interreg Danube Region Programme co-funded by the European Union.