Cooperation project to develop and/or promote a European cultural route around luxury goods

Deadline

16 september 2014

Doelstellingen

The objective of the present call is to support the development and promotion of one (new) European Route around one high-end / luxury product, to test the possibility of developing synergies between the tourism and the high-end industries at European level. The call is open to three high-end products which have been selected on the basis of their economic potential and capacity to diversify European offer during the low/medium season in a wide range of Members States:

perfume,
chocolate,
jewellery.

The call’s specific objectives are to:

facilitate exchanges of good practices, the development of networks and of discussion platforms between public decision-makers and the private sector, in the fields of cultural and industrial tourism.
facilitate and stimulate public-private partnerships and the integration of enterprises of the cultural tourism sector into regional development strategies;
improve the quality of the European tourism offer by a strengthened cross-border cooperation; and/or
strengthen the management skills of public or private bodies in charge of developing thematic tourism products.

Budget

The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at EUR 400,000. The maximum grant per project will be EUR 400,000. The EASME expects to fund one proposal. The EU grant is limited to a maximum co-funding rate of 75% of eligible costs

Begunstigden

Applicant organisations must be legal entities. They can be fully or partly public or private bodies; private bodies must be properly constituted and registered under national law. They must belong to one of the following categories and be active in the tourism, creative or high-end sectors, or any other field that is strictly related to the object of the proposal:

Public authorities and their networks or associations at international, national, regional and local level.
Training and education establishments or research centres;
Destination management organisations and their networks/associations;
Travel Agents and Tour Operators and their umbrella associations;
Chambers of commerce, industry and crafts or similar bodies and their umbrella associations;
Non-profit / Non-governmental organisations;
International, European and national associations active in the field of tourism and related fields;
Private bodies (SMEs…).

Proposals should be presented by consortia made of minimum 5 legal entities, covering at least 5 EU Member States or countries participating in COSME.

Info & contact

Meer lezen: http://ec.europa.eu/easme/tourism-creative-industries_en.htm