BIo-corridors Restoration for Development of Sustainable tourism - BIRDS

Priority

Environment and culture responsible Danube region - Foster the restoration and management of ecological corridors

Project Idea Promoter
(name of the institution)

Human Resources Development Agency

Needs and challenges
(Needs, main problems or challenges to be addressed)

Collecting information from the region on the various habitats and migration corridors in the Danube Region, collecting good practices and methods of work on the ground for the protection of these habitats, and raising awareness among local people about these places. Survey on the attitudes of local authorities for the possibility of connecting them to a common Danube network

Objectives
(main and specific objectives to be achieved)

Creating new innovative approaches to stimulate local / regional stakeholders to conserve these areas by raising their awareness and ecological knowledge about the surrounding areas and the species of birds that use these habitats, about the opportunities, which development of tourism provides in order to stimulate people / local authorities to protect these habitats

Main results and core outputs

Implementing the needs of people living around important habitats and water reflections according to the opportunities that these habitats provide for the development of sustainable tourism.Development of a Common Danube Strategy Strategy for the Storage of Water Mirrors and Territories of Transnational Importance. - creating an unified approach for work in the entire Danube region.

Main foreseen activities

Organizing of workshops, information seminars to work with local people and authorities to familiarize them with the importance of habitats. Collecting examples with good practices about the role of the conservation of habitats and species for development of green tourism. and conservation of bio-corridors in the Upper Danube region - creation of films and other promotional materials with good practices to be uploaded to the IT platform

Innovative character of the project idea

Creation of a Virtual Danube Map and IT platform with important habitats and migratory flow of birds.

Estimated Total Budget
(in EUR)

2,5 million

Estimated duration
(in months)

30

ERDF Partners

YES

IPA Partners

NO

Associated Strategic Partners

YES

ERDF Partners

ALL

IPA Partners

ALL

Associated Strategic Partners

YES

Name

Nina Dragneva

Address

14 Kresna Str, Ruse

Country

Bulgaria

Telephone number

0035982834108

E-mail address

hrda@smebg.net

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