The project aims to raise awareness of cultural heritage and prove the economic benefits of its promotion.To prevent brain drain and replace outdated skills and mind-sets with a new, shared vision for development, the project helps establishing a new paradigm for cultural heritage management and communicate heritage significance to the public and ensure the uptake of cross border heritage offers created by the Digital Mega Integrators (Netflix, Youtube, Arte; History Channel etc.).

Funded by the: JOP Black Sea Basin 2014-2020 – Call 2; Programme
Priority Specific Objective – 1. Promote business and entrepreneurship
within the Black Sea Basin; Programme Priority 1.1 Jointly promote
business and entrepreneurship in the tourism and cultural sectors
Duration: 30 months (start date 01.07.2020)
Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 289 538.17
European Union funding: EUR 1 186 375.12
Co-financing sources: ENPI/ENI

HERIPRNEURSHIP will involve actors from various administrative and social levels, so as to strengthen their capacity to effectively manage heritage for tourism and activate skilled workforces for sustainable development

• Lead Partner: DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF KAVALA (ANKA)
• UNION OF BULGARIAN BLACK SEA LOCAL AUTHORITIES (UBBSLA)
• EASTERN BLACK SEA DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
• THE “DANUBE BLACK SEA” UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
• IAKOB GOGEBASHVILI TELAVI STATE UNIVERSITY
• NATIONAL INBOUND AND DOMESTIC TOURISM ASSOCIATION OF MOLDOVA (ANTRIM)

HERIPRNEURSHIP proposes a cognitive and educational framework for using of a place’s assets, which would guide final beneficiaries (regions, communities, SMEs) to identify, signify, valorize and manage the heritage potential of the territory, in order to use heritage potential as a vehicle for tourism strictly connected with a unified signage and interpretation system.

1. to increase the attractiveness of tourism in the Black Sea region by creating a new model of presentation of cultural tourism and to create tourist incubators in the areas of UNESCO sites by providing training and information to stakeholders.

2. to bring together business agents, tour operators, politicians, local and regional authorities, experts and educators to reap the benefits of cultural tourism.

3. to show the values ​​of the cultural heritage of UNESCO to the locals and the visitors of the sites, through trainings in free time and thus to contribute to the sustainable development of the regions and to the attraction of new investments.

• 60 pilot sites
• E-book available through iOS / Android iBook systems
• 6 theatrical games related to cultural heritage
• Online booking platform
• Participation in the World Tourism Exhibition in Berlin (ITB)
• 6 business cooperation agreements

The UNESCO Experiential Heritage Corridor in the Black Sea Basin connects places to visit in the participating countries, offering authentic and multicultural knowledge together with accompanying tourist services available in real time, such as accommodation, transport, catering, souvenirs and traditional products, outdoor and indoor artistic activities, etc. It creates a unique opportunity to stop the practice of generating and offering low quality tourism products. Tourism services related to cultural heritage will be developed in cross-border areas by sharing cultural values, natural monuments and ecosystems, sites and collections of traditional crafts, inspiring new forms of offering and encouraging young people to preserve heritage.

• The study visit in the old town of Nessebar gathered the partners in Bulgaria

• Meet the Rudi Monastery, one of the most interesting places to visit in Moldova

• Bulgaria: Stakeholder consultation event to assess needs of offering tourist services

• The second transnational meeting and collaborative event was hosted by UBBSLA

• The two-day transnational meeting was hosted by the Development Agency of Kavala

• The HERIPRENEURSHIP Kick-off Meeting was conducted online

Joint Operational Programme Black Sea Basin 2014-2020
The editor of the material: UBBSLA
Date of publishing: December 2021

Joint Operational Programme Black Sea Basin 2014-2020 is co-financed by the European Union
through the European Neighbourhood Instrument and by participating countries: Armenia,
Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine.
This publication was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union.
Its contents are the sole responsibility of the Union of Bulgarian Black Sea Local Authorities and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.

“Common borders. Common Solutions.”

Black Sea Basin Programme 2014-2020
Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations