Eco Tourism in the Cross-border Area between Serbia and BIH: Cross border BIRDWATCHING

% of total contract amount:

85%

Caritas Šabac

Red Cross of Tuzla Canton

SRB

Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia (BPSSS)

– Agriculture household willing to diversify their economic activities towards tourism and tourism related business and rural tourism households

– Local Civil society organisations dealing with social protection and nature protection

– Institutions: local public tourism organisations, regional development agencies, local municipalities and towns, faculties

– Private tourism agencies, tour operators and guides

– Retailers, supermarket chains, pet shops

– Media

development of the programme area

1. Innovative and sustainable employment and business opportunities in eco-tourism for people from vulnerable groups in cross-border area created
2. Capacities for eco-tourism, particularly bird watching as a form of new, innovative approach of experiencing tourism raised and this type of tourism promoted, recognized and integrated in tourism offer in cross border region as a adequate tool for nature protection and social development.

O 1.2 – Two Birdwatching routes mapped, defined and marked with 6 information boards established (3 in IBA Donje Podrinje and 3 in protected landscape Konjuh)

O 1.3 – Publication “Training materials for wildlife tourist guides in the cross-border area between Serbia and BiH” created, designed and published in 50 samples.

O 1.4 – Two training courses for birdwatching guides organised and 40 guides trained

O 1.5 – Study visit to the social tourism enterprise “Courtyard of Sustainable Development” and Special Nature Reserve “Zasavica” organised for 80 participants

O 1.6 – Visibility campaign for the promotion of new tourism destinations launched

O 2.1 – Two training courses for birds food and birds houses production organized

O 2.2 – Material and tools for bird food and birdhouses production (jigsaws, electric screwdrivers, table saws, small hand tools for households) and two machines for packing bird food procured for two partner organisations Caritas Sabac and Red Cross Tuzla.

O 2.3 – Two products-bird food and bird houses branded, packed and placed in pet shops and retail chains and two short videos about the project business products created and promoted via visibility campaign.

O 2.4 – Two final promotion events, each in both countries organised for 100 participants

(in relation to the estimated results of the action):

A1.2. Designing new tourism products-developing birdwatching routes in new destinations

A1.3. Creation and design of the publication “Training materials for wildlife tourist guides in the cross-border area between Serbia and BIH”

A1.4. Organising two training courses for birdwatching guides

with 40 trained guides

A1.5. Organising study visit to the social tourism enterprise “Courtyard of sustainable development” and Special Nature Reserve “Zasavica”.

A1.6. Organising visibility campaign for the promotion of new tourism destination in cross-border area

2.1. Two training courses for birds food and birds houses production

2.2. Procurement of material and tools for bird food and birdhouses production

2.3. Product placement: branding, marketing and trading of new product

2.4. Two final promotion events, each in both countries organised for 100 participants