Month: November 2019

The event has been an opportunity to publicize the project of Napoleonic routes outside the eligible territory in the space POCTEP

Brussels, 27.11.19.- Between the 26 and 27. November, the Palace of Congresses of Jaca has been the scene of POCTEFA y tú: cooperemos para seguir creciendo, the first event focused on the results, good practice and the future of the projects of the European cross-border cooperation programme between Spain, France and Andorra (Interreg POCTEFA).

The event has served as a showcase for disseminating and sharing the good results of the projects that have been part of the programme since 2007, as well as publicizing its good practices and positive impact on the territory. The meeting has also served to foster dialogue between actors in the territory, to create synergies between project promoters, learn the keys to collaboration and have examples of good practices and learn how to use the new online tool with which you can learn about projects with common interests.

Íñigo Bilbao, Director of Sustainable Cities at the Finnova Foundation and coordinator of NAPOCTEP, attended the event to present and disseminate the good practices of the project. Finnova is a beneficiary of the Napoleonic routes project, and one of its tasks is the implementation of the project’s International Information and Communication Plan, in addition to establishing synergies and networking for the capitalization and exploitation of project results. This working forum held in Jaca within the framework of POCTEFA has been an opportunity to raise awareness of the NAPOCTEP project outside the eligible territory of the Cross-Border Cooperation Area 3 of the POCTEP Programme (Castile-Leon – Centro de Portugal).

This event has also served to facilitate possible collaborative lines between entities interested in the NAPOCTEP project for its future replication in the POCTEFA space, so as to extend the tourist route outlined in the NAPOCTEP project to other areas and areas of cooperation, thus favouring the enrichment of the territories, safeguarding the environment and creating jobs in rural and hinterland areas.

The European project has been shown together with other national projects in the world of inland tourism

Brussels, 22.11.2019-. This morning, the NAPOCTEP project was exhibited at INTUR, the famous International Inland Tourism Fair in Valladolid. The project of Napoleonic routes through Spain and Portugal had its own space in the stand of the Junta de Castilla y León, beneficiary of the project. Íñigo Bilbao, Director of Sustainable Cities in Finnova and coordinator of NAPOCTEP, presented the project as a good example of good practice in sustainable, quality and strategic rural tourism, which helps to boost the rural world by enriching the territory, safeguarding the environment and creating seasonally adjusted jobs in rural and inland areas.

The presentation was attended by personalities from the municipalities of Burgos, Ciudad Rodrigo and Medina de Rioseco, technicians from Astorga, travel agencies of cultural routes, technicians of the Fundación Santa María la Real and Fundación Siglo, and technicians of European projects of the Junta de Castilla y León, among other rural tourism professionals.

Bilbao highlighted the visibility that the international fair provides to NAPOCTEP: “our participation in INTUR is very interesting and allows us to make known the project and to contact many interested entities and people”. He also stressed the need to have municipalities, tourism companies and tour operators to build a tourism product, and expressed interest in coming back next year “with the product already created to start marketing it”.

NAPOCTEP is on display until 24 November, when the fair ends, together with other projects concerning the national level in culture, enogastronomy and nature, the key themes of rural tourism.

NAPOCTEP presented its good practices in brand promotion during the project meeting organised by the Interreg Programme POCTEP

Brussels, 21.11.2019-. This morning has started FEHISPOR, the historic Badajoz fair in which every year the best Spanish and Portuguese contents are presented in the IFEBA facilities – Badajoz Fair. From 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. took place a meeting of Interreg Spain-Portugal Tourism Projects, in which a networking session and good practices were carried out to capitalise on the results of various projects in the programme.

The meeting was attended by Nuno Pomar, coordinator of the CIM-RC COIMBRA, the main beneficiary of NAPOCTEP, and José Manuel Requena, representative of the FINNOVA Foundation, also a beneficiary of the project. Both have presented the good practices of the NAPOCTEP project and have given a presentation on the brand “Napoleonic Routes in the Iberian Peninsula”.

NAPOCTEP will continue to be present at the fair at the stand of the Interreg Spain-Portugal Programme, exhibited in the TURIBERIA section. This section is the first thematic space on Spanish-speaking tourism, in which various projects related to tourism and heritage destinations are presented. Visitors will be able to get to know the Napoleonic route project first hand until the 24th of November, when the fair ends.

More than 225 exhibitors and nearly 30,000 visitors are hosted each year in FEHISPOR. In addition to TURIBERIA, the fair also has other themed salons that reflect the cooperation between Spain and Portugal, such as the Salón de la Gastronomía Hispanolusa, the Feria de San Mateo de Elvas or the Salón de la Artesanía.

The project aims to enhance the rich cultural heritage of the Napoleonic era, thus generating a differentiated, quality and sustainable tourism product.

Brussels, 07.11.2019.- The mission of the NAPOCTEP project, approved in the second call of the Interreg POCTEP Programme and co-financed 75% by the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund), is to protect and enhance the cultural and natural heritage as the economic base of the cross-border cooperation area of the Centro region (Portugal) and the Castilla y León region (Spain). The project aims to enhance the rich cultural heritage of the Napoleonic era in the two regions of intervention and cooperation, generating a differentiated, quality and sustainable tourism product, attractive and capable of generating economic activity and employment.

By following the same line, the consortium of the NAPOCTEP project (www.napoctep.eu) has promoted the capitalization of good practices and the brand name “Napoleonic Routes through Spain and Portugal” in the SUDOE space. On 25 October 2019, the project proposal NAPOSUDOE was presented to the 4th Call of the Interreg SUDOE programme, through Priority Axis 5 of the Interreg SUDOE Programme: Protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency; and the Specific Objective 6c1 of the Interreg SUDOE Programme: “Improve methods of natural and cultural heritage management through networking and joint experimentation”.

In this proposal, CIM-COIMBRA participates as beneficiary of the project, as well as with the collaboration of the rest of the NAPOCTEP consortium. The NAPOSUDOE proposal involves as beneficiaries the following entities: Diputación Provincial de Burgos (Spain); CIM-COIMBRA (Portugal); Entidad Regional Turismo Centro (Portugal); Agencia Vasca de Turismo (Spain); Fundación Siglo (Spain); Municipality of Bayonne (France), and Écocène (France). NAPOCTEP achieves in this way to extend the collaborative networking and the tourist and patrimonial route of the Napoleonic period to the SUDOE space, establishing a link of capitalization of good practices of the brand Napoleonic routes through Spain and Portugal.