Innovation for Rural Development (I.R.D)
Project Reference Number: TTGS/157
Coordinator Beneficiary: Nilüfer Municipality
Co-Beneficiary(ies): Chios Municipality-Greece – Cultural Association of Mesta-Greece – Trakai District Municipality Administration-Lithuania
Location(s) of the action: Nilüfer/Bursa-Turkey – Chios-Greece – Trakai-Lithuania
Duration: 12 Months
Total Budget: 111.340,00 Euro
Objective of the Project
•To provide effective participation of citizens in Chios and Trakai on developing innovative public services,
•To improve rural development based on tourism,
•To enhance the capacity of Nilüfer on rural tourism with the best practises from Chios and Trakai.
Activities / Outputs
•A kick off meeting will be held in Bursa-Turkey with participation of project partners from Greece and Lithuania to start collaboration on rural tourism development and public participation.
•Four different study visits will be organised during the project implementation. The first study visit will be organised to Nilüfer-Turkey to share corporate innovation model with participants from Chios and Trakai. The second study visit will be organised to Chios-Greece by participants from Nilüfer and Trakai to visit best practices of rural tourism sites and town of Mesta. The third study visit will be organised to Trakai-Lithuania by participants form Nilüfer and Chios to see Baltic style rural tourism. The final study visit will be organised to Chios-Greece by all parties to exchange experiences on rural tourism development.
•Innovation centres in Chios and in Trakai will be created and a handbook for operation will be developed. A web-based Town Twinning Gateway will be published in English, Turkish, Greek and Lithuanian and a film scenario will be developed to promote social innovation and tourism based rural development.
•A Rural Tourism Hub will be established in Nilüfer-Bursa for innovative and sustainable rural tourism initiatives to be developed.