PROJECTS
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND FIHERIES (2025)
The project aims to experiment a model of tourism development based on a Community Based Tourism (CBT) approach in which travellers play a conscious role in the development process according to a Responsible Tourism (RT) logic. Although they have different perspectives and have been defined in different contexts and historical periods, community-based tourism and Responsible Tourism are both generally seen as a tourism strategy to improve community development (in particular communities located in areas that are disadvantaged in different ways, such as economic, social and environmental). Based on this perspective, which finds solid foundations in the scientific contributions of international researchers, a Pilot Action will be carried out, involving 3000 foreign travellers to be transformed into ambassadors of rural Sicily. Link: https://ruralsicily.com/en/esperienze/ |
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I-STARS (2024)
The project 'Island SustainableTourism Action throughResilientSmes- I-STARS', funded by the European Single Market Programme (SMP COSME), recognising this emerging need, aims to boost the island tourism ecosystem, ensuring that the recovery from the COVID19 crisis is harnessed to support the green and digital transition.The project is all about accompanying tourism businesses down their transition journey to sustainability & resilience in two steps: 1.equip them with skills & knowledge on sustainability and responsible business practices; 2.finance their sustainability transition journey through grants worth up to €5,600 per applicant. Link: https://ccci.org.cy/istars-project/ |
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EBSOMED(2021)
New challenges for BSOs from Euromed cooperations. The ultimate goal of this 4-year project (2018-2022) is to promote the Mediterranean Business Ecosystem by boosting investment and job creation in the region with a view to economic growth. This will be done through the strengthening of the capacity building of Business Support Organisations - BSOs in the Southern Neighbourhood Countries. More specifically, EBSOMED intends to increase the overall capacity management of Business Support Organisations (BSOs) in the Euro-Mediterranean region by improving the services offered to SMEs. Link: https://www.ebsomed.eu/en |
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RESILIEUROPE (2021)
The project "ResiliEurope - Islands Territories Citizens Resiliency" carried out in collaboration with the Sardinian Association of Local Authorities has been concluded.The project, carried out in collaboration with ASEL - Sardinian Association of Local Authorities applicant of the project, has seen the involvement of twenty European organizations representing 13 different countries of the Union and outside the EU. Link: https://www.focuseurope.org/post/final-report-del-progetto-resilieurope |
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EMBLEMATIC PLUS (2021)
Emblematic Mediterranean Mountains tested a more responsible and sustainable tourism development model by creating eco-itineraries. Located in their hinterland coastal areas, these eco-itineraries contribute to geographically rebalance the visitors flows, to extend the seasonality, to reduce environmental impact whilst generating economical return for these low-density areas. Link: https://interreg.emblematic-med.eu/ |
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SOCLIMPACT (2020)
aims at modelling downscaled CC effects and their socioeconomic impacts in European islands for 2030–2100, in the context of the EU Blue Economy sectors, and assess corresponding decarbonisation and adaptation pathways, complementing current available projections for Europe, and nourishing actual economic models with non-market assessment. Link: https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-2020_en |
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ALTER ECO (2019)
enhances the local sustainable development of tourism by promoting Mediterranean Identity through the implementation of alternative tourist strategies in 6 pilots co-designed and implemented by public and private stakeholders. The project provides the opportunity of testing, in representative MED cities, used as LIVING LAB, existing methodologies and tools arisen in previous high impact projects in the field of sustainable tourism or proposed by key stakeholders, with the aim of reaching holistic and realistic tourist strategies at local and regional level that allow transferability in the MED territory. Link: https://sustainable-tourism.interreg-med.eu/ |
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MARE NATURA SICILIA (2015)
Regional Project to valorize sea resources, including the underwater heritage The project aims to promote the design and realization of tourist routes, even interregional, dedicated to the naturalistic segment. The initiative pursues the aim of placing Sicilian territory on the tourist market segment linked to the "nature" travel motivation in the specific "nature and active tourism" concept associated with the marine element through targeted actions of specialization and territorial diversification. In particular, the project aims to increase the flow of national and international visitors for travel motivations linked to "nature" and the sea, and support the seasonalization development. Link:https://www.interregeurope.eu/good-practices/sea-nature-sicily-underwater-and-nautical-itineraries |
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INNONAUTICS (2013)
Innovation for Nautical Development Sector in the Mediterranean Area- MED Programme. InnoNauTICs is a transnational cooperation project between Mediterranean islands mainly aimed at developing an electronic platform (www.nauticaleurope.com) that will enable the promotion of nautical tourism and will favour cooperation between the entrepreneurial sector and the potential users. OTIE was the scientific partner of InnoNauTICs (Innovation for Nautical Development Sector in the Mediterranean Area) Project, as well as, the coordinator of 4 pilot projects. One of this pilot project had the title “Tourism and underwater archaeology: blue routes along the coastlines of Oristano, achieved by Oristano Chamber of Commerce (Sardinia). OTIE defined the methodology for the realization of each pilot project, included the project on the archeological underwater routes. Link:https://medblueconomyplatform.org/vkc/projects/innonautics-f019119480/ |
