24 months

299,823.04 euros

The main aim of the Resource Centers will be formation of both scientific and activity competencies of respect for nature to ensure sustainability in restoration and adaptation of historical and natural heritage. Creation the Resource Center "Baltica" in the National Park "Curonian Spit" (RU) will make the trips more interesting and help to raise awareness of preservation natural heritage. The Resource center will be used for education of young people coming to the National Park with eco-tourism purposes as well as for ecological education. Virtual Resource Center "Baltica" in the Pajūrio regional park (LT) will be created to present products and services the project made – educational ecological routes, cultural and natural objects, landscapes.

Creation the new exhibition «Feathered world of the Baltic» will make a historical building of former exhibition center of the Ornitology station attractive and accesible for public. The new exhibition will be one of the objects of the new route "The geological and geomorphological record of the Baltic Sea". Within Project implementation period educational programme Ecotour4Natur is also going to be organized.

The route is aimed to attract more tourists, to keep them longer in the area as tourists and to involve more young people in participation in the ecological tours, and to raise awareness among young generation in need to preserve natural heritage.

To present new tourism products for target groups archived by the project and to share good practices and challenges for better territorial adaptation for educational tourism purposes there will be 2-days seminar organised in Lithuania for partners and representatives of tourism and educational organisations of Klaipeda region. To present the results of the project the conference will be organised in connection to the Jubelee of creation the Curonian Spit UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Partnership between the Universities and the natural parks will allow to create the networking on dealing with the similar problem; to organize ecological routes aiming not just contemplation of beauty of the coastal landscape, but through educational activity to form progressive attitude towards natural and cultural heritage. Involvement of the Universities let the natural parks to use the knowledge of up-to-date science.

The objective is common for both cross-border regions: the degradation and reduction of beaches, the overloading of the coastal area with cars; pollution of the area from tourists; overloading common tourist routes; lack of new touristic options relevant for young people in natural parks etc.