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https://www.focuseurope.org/post/final-report-del-progetto-resilieurope

The project « ResiliEurope - Islands Territories Citizens Resiliency» was funded with the support of the European Union under the Programme "Europe for Citizens"

Below the details for each event
1st Event- Cagliari - Italy
Participation:The event involved 80 citizens, including 51 local participants from the city of Cagliari (Italy) and 29 international delegates from partners, specifically, 1 from Shkoder (Albania), 2 from Varna (Bulgaria), 1 from Pegeia (Cyprus), 1 from Corte, 1 from Levie e 1 from Ajaccio (France), 1 from Giengen an der Brenz (Germany), 1 from Mykonos and 1 from Athens (Greece), 1 from Haz-Zebbug (Malta), 1 form Tuzi (Montenegro), 1 from Powidz (Poland), 1 from Vila Nova de Cerveira (Portugal), 1 from Madrid (Spain), 1 from Stockholm (Sweden), 4 from Caltagirone, 2 from Sant’Andrea Frius, 2 from Capoterra, 1 from Palermo, 2 from Gravina in Puglia and 2 from San Michele di Ganzaria (Italy).
Location / Dates: The event took place in Palace of Metropolitan City of Cagliari (Cagliari, Italy), from 01/07/2021 to 03/07/2021
Short description: Meetings organized in collaboration with the University of Cagliari.
Topics
covered:
- Presentation “ResiliEurope project”
- Presentation partner organitations
- Reflections and scenarios for the European Union of 27 towards 2025
- The future of European integration. The resilience
- Strengthen European identity, European solidarity during the Covid 19 pandemic “Solidarity and resilience,
universities, the world of universities and cohesion in the European Union”
- Recent developments in solidarity in the new pact on migration and asylum
- Resilience in rural areas
- The European Direct network and the conference on the Future of Europe
The event was streamed on the official channels of the project in order to encourage participation given the covid19 regulations. More info: https://www.resilieurope.org/events/1st-event-cagliari-1-3-july-2021
2nd Event – Ajaccio - France
Participation: The event involved 55 citizens, including 30 local participants from the city of Ajaccio, Corte and Levie (France) and 25 international delegates from partners, specifically,1 from Shkoder (Albania), 2 from Varna (Bulgaria), 1 from Pegeia (Cyprus), 1 from Giengen an der Brenz (Germany), 1 from Mykonos and 2 from Athens (Greece), 1 from Haz-Zebbug (Malta), 1 form Tuzi (Montenegro), 1 from Powidz (Poland), 1 from Vila Nova de Cerveira (Portugal), 1 from Madrid (Spain), 1 from Stockholm (Sweden), 4 from Cagliari, 4 from Caltagirone, 1 from Palermo, 1 from Gravina in Puglia and 1 from San Michele di Ganzaria (Italy).
Location / Dates: The event took place in Lantivj Palace, Prefecture de la Corse-du-Sud (Ajaccio, France), from 11/11/2023 to 13/11/2023
Short description: Meetings organized in collaboration with the Associazione Popoli dei Mari. Topics covered:
- The Europe of Languages and Identities, intercultural dialogue, the Europe of the Islands and the islands of the European Union
- Participatory democracy, European solidarity in times of crisis.
- Recovery Fund
The event was streamed on the official channels of the project in order to encourage participation given the
covid19 regulations. More info: https://www.resilieurope.org/events/2nd-event-ajaccio-11-13-november

3rd Event – Shkoder - Albania
Participation: The event involved 56 citizens, including 29 local participants from the from the city of Shkoder (Albania) and 27 international delegates from partners, specifically, 1 from Varna (Bulgaria), 1 from Pegeia (Cyprus), 2 from Ajaccio (France) 1 from Giengen an der Brenz (Germany), 1 from Mykonos and 1 from Athens (Greece), 1 from Haz-Zebbug (Malta), 1 form Tuzi (Montenegro), 1 from Powidz (Poland), 1 from Vila Nova de Cerveira (Portugal), 1 from Madrid (Spain), 1 from Stockholm (Sweden), 8 from Cagliari, 2 from Caltagirone, 1 from Palermo, 2 from Foggia and 1 from San Michele di Ganzaria (Italy).
Location / Dates: The event took place in Hotel Colosseo (Shkoder, Albania), from 31/03/2023 to 02/04/2023 Short description: Meetings organized in collaboration with the “Arka Youth Center”.
Topics covered:
- The European Union in times of crisis, solidarity and the process of enlargement of the European Union - The European Solidarity Corps and reciprocity
- Youth and Resilience
- NextGenerationEU
The event was streamed on the official channels of the project in order to encourage participation given the covid19 regulations. More info: https://www.resilieurope.org/events/3rd-event-shkoder-31-march-3-april-2022
4th Event – Varna - Bulgaria
Participation: The event involved 45 citizens, including 20 local participants from the from the city of Varna (Bulgaria) and 25 international delegates from partners, specifically,1 from Shkoder (Albania), 1 from Pegeia (Cyprus), 2 from Ajaccio (France) 1 from Giengen an der Brenz (Germany), 1 from Athens (Greece), 1 from Haz- Zebbug (Malta), 1 form Tuzi (Montenegro), 1 from Powidz (Poland), 1 from Vila Nova de Cerveira (Portugal), 1 from Madrid (Spain), 1 from Stockholm (Sweden), 8 from Cagliari, 1 from Caltagirone, 1 from Palermo, 2 from Foggia and 1 from San Michele di Ganzaria (Italy).
Location / Dates: The event took place in Festival and Congresse Centre (Varna, Bulgaria), from 30/09/2022 to 02/10/2022
Short description: Meetings organized in collaboration with the “UBBSLA”.
Topics
covered:
- The impact of Euroscepticism and the phenomenon of migration on the future of the European Union, the role of cities, schools and civil society
- Networking to face difficulties
- “United in diversity. The European Union, doubts and worries of Eurosceptic citizens, disseminating
European Culture
- Bringing citizens closer to the life of the European Union.
- SURE, European instrument against unemployment.”
The event was streamed on the official channels of the project in order to encourage participation given the covid19 regulations. More info: https://www.resilieurope.org/events/4th-event-varna-29-september-1-october-2022

5th Event – Vila Nova de Cerveira - Portugal
Participation: The event involved 67 citizens, including 40 local participants from the from the city of Vila Nova de Cerveira (Portugal) and 27 international delegates from partners, specifically, 1 from Shkoder (Albania), 1 from Varna (Bulgaria), 1 from Pegeia (Cyprus), 2 from Ajaccio (France) 1 from Giengen an der Brenz (Germany), 1 from Athens (Greece), 1 from Haz-Zebbug (Malta), 1 form Tuzi (Montenegro), 1 from Powidz (Poland), 1 from Madrid (Spain), 1 from Stockholm (Sweden), 8 from Cagliari, 3 from Caltagirone, 1 from Palermo, 2 from Foggia and 1 from San Michele di Ganzaria (Italy).
Location / Dates: The event took place in Auditorium – Forum Cultural de Cerveira (Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal), from 01/12/2022 to 03/12/2022
Short description: Meetings organized in collaboration with the “Municipio de Vila Nova de Cerveira”. Topics covered:
- Future of Europe: how to positively overcome traumatic events. The experience of Portugal
- The resilience of cities and civil society to cope with climate change
The event was streamed on the official channels of the project in order to encourage participation given the covid19 regulations. More info: https://www.resilieurope.org/events/5th-event-vilanova-de-cerveira
6th Event – Palermo - Italy
Participation: The event involved 81 citizens, including 51local participants from the from the city of Palermo (Italy) and 30 international delegates from partners, specifically 1 from Shkoder (Albania), 1 from Varna (Bulgaria), 1 from Pegeia (Cyprus), 4 from Ajaccio (France) 1 from Giengen an der Brenz (Germany), 1 from Athens (Greece), 1 from Haz-Zebbug (Malta), 1 form Tuzi (Montenegro), 1 from Powidz (Poland), 1 from Vila Nova de Cerveira (Portugal), 1 from Madrid (Spain), 1 from Stockholm (Sweden), 8 from Cagliari, 4 from Caltagirone, 2 from Foggia and 1 from San Michele di Ganzaria (Italy).
Location / Dates: The event took place in Norman Palace – Royal Palace of Palermo (Palermo, Italy), from 30/03/2023 to 01/04/2023
Short description: Meetings organized in collaboration with the “OTIE – Observatory on Tourism for Islands Economy”.
Topics covered:
- European Union and Mediterranean, acceptance and solidarity
- Europe of peoples and peoples of Europe, young Europeans and volunteering
The event was streamed on the official channels of the project in order to encourage participation given the covid19 regulations. More info: https://www.resilieurope.org/events/palermo-final-event

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CALL FOR CONSULTANTS & EXPERTS
​ISLANDS, SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Click here to read the Call
Clik here to Apply

The Observatory on Tourism of the European Islands - OTIE launches in Italy and islands, the call for experts, consultants, and companies, which will aim to guide small and medium-sized tourism enterprises towards the transition to sustainability. 
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This is a planned action of the I-STARS project, Island Sustainable Tourism Action through Resilient SMS, designed with the INSULEUR association and coordinated by the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce.
The project, supported by the economic contribution of the European Commission, involves Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Spain, and Italy through the work of partners such as the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce, Insuleur, Vagabond Tour, the Chamber of Commerce of Palma de Mallorca and the Foundation Majorca Tourism and for Italy, the Observatory on Tourism of the European Islands - OTIE. 

OTIE, will publish a notice addressed to small and medium-sized island enterprises by the end of the year. At least 25 of them will receive a voucher of a maximum value of € 5,600.00 to receive advice from experts and professionals specialized in sustainable tourism.

Small and medium-sized businesses on the islands will be able to use the voucher to cover the cost of an assessment of sustainability performance fully; for certification systems and labels; for a strategic plan for sustainable tourism; a marketing plan for sustainable products; for sustainability measures and protocols and energy, green, and other actions.

OTIE has just published a call for tender for italian professionals and experts on sustainability issues who intend to be included in a national register to which businesses can turn to allocate their vouchers, obtaining concrete support whose cost is entirely covered by the I-STARS project. 

 The call will remain open after that date until the required number of consultants  and experts has been reached. 
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OTIE – SECRETARIAT
Osservatorio sul Turismo delle Isole Europee
Dott.ssa Maria Luisa Bonomolo
Tel. 091 7747102 – cell: 3513064307
Mail: secretariat@otie.org

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SOCLIMPACT DownScaling CLImate imPACTs and decarbonisation pathways in EU islands, and enhancing socioeconomic and non-market evaluation of Climate Change for Europe, for 2050 and beyond – H2020 Programme.
SOCLIMPACT 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, by:
• Developing a thorough understanding on how CC will impact the EU islands located in different regions of the world.
• Contributing to the improvement of the economic valuation of climate impacts by adopting revealed and stated preference methods.
• Increasing the effectiveness of the economic modelling of climate impact chains, through the implementation of an integrated methodological framework (GINFORS, GEM-E3 and non-market indicators).
• Facilitating climate-related policy decision making for Blue Growth, by ranking and mapping the more appropriate mitigation and adaptation strategies.
• Delivering accurate information to policy makers, practitioners and other relevant stakeholders.
SOCLIMPACT addresses completely this Work Programme providing advances in the economic valuation of climateinduced impacts, and in climate and economic models, allowing downscaled projections of complex impact chains, and facilitating the resilience capacity of these vulnerable lands.
OTIE is the Scientific and Technical partner engaged in the phases related to the definition of the tools to collect data of the analysis and in the elaboration of the results. 

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MARE NATURA SICILIA  Regional Project to valorize sea resources, including the underwater heritage - 2015.
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. To this aim the regional and interregional tourist offer destined for this target will be enhanced in a specialized product logic, safeguarding and enhancing the heritage of rarity and uniqueness of the environment and the land and underwater landscape. Then the project will create and expand the network of tourist offer specializing on the needs and needs expressed by the target segment and target conceive and realize tourist destinations targeted and concretely available on the product market: underwater itineraries, fishing, sailing and responsible chartering.
To this end, a Memorandum of Understanding between public and private tour operators has been signed, which also includes the continuation of activities at the end of the project. This network can be implemented for adherent and territorial categories. The project involved the municipalities of Communes of Pantelleria, Ustica, Lipari, Malta, Municipalities of Gal Islands of Sicily, Municipalities of Tourist District "Selinunte, Belìce, Sciacca Terme", Municipalities of GAC "The sun and the blue between Selinunte , Sciacca and Vigata ".
OTIE gives its support for valorizing the sea resources  included the underwater heritage.

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ALTER ECO Alternative tourist strategies to enhance the local sustainable development of tourism by promoting Mediterranean Identity – Interreg Mediterranean Programme.
ALTER ECO 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. Project results will support policy makers to make more informed and integrated decisions for the governance and management of tourism in the Mediterranean and at the same time will enhance the coordination of actions between public and private stakeholders towards the implementation of the raised strategies in order to create new business opportunities.
ALTER ECO will contribute to improve knowledge and decision making capacities, including a better use of observation, monitoring and planning in the field of sustainable tourism.
OTIE is responsible for testing methods and tools (including ICT tools to monitor sustainable tourism indicators) to identify and design alternative tourist strategies to enhance the local sustainable development of tourism by promoting Mediterranean Identity.

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InnoNauTICs – Innovation for Nautical Development Sector in the Mediterranean Area- MED Programme 2007-2013.
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. Its transnational character and heterogeneity lay, among others, in the fact that nine partners from 4 countries participate in InnoNauTICs, gathering together the main public and private agents operating on insular territories (Chambers of Commerce, Regional Governments and Mediterranean Associations at insular level).
The project, promoted by the Network of the Insular Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the European Union (INSULEUR) is funded with nearly 1 million Euros by the EU MED Program. Its aim is to promote innovation amongst the SMEs of the nautical sector, as well as to develop the nautical tourism towards the European islands.
Initially, this portal is launched including only the offer of some islands of Spain, Italy, Greece and France, although the goal is to expand to the other islands of the European Union.
The project foresees the implementation of five pilot projects in the areas of nautical sports (promoted by the Chamber of Mallorca), historical and natural routes (sponsored by the Association of Greek Chambers EOAEN), training in the sector (promoted by Chamber of Cagliari – Sardinia), archaeological routes (sponsored by the Chamber of Oristano) and a joint exchange programme (promoted by the Chamber of Heraklion – Greece).
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.


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