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Welcome to the

ITB Academy Webinar “How to raise EU

funds for tourism?”

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Agenda

▪Overview of EU funding possibilities

▪ Project examples

▪ Tips & Recommendations

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What we do

emcra Consultancy

▪ Consulting services regarding EU grants and application processes

emcra Project Management

▪ Finance management, project monitoring and evaluation

emcra Academy

▪ Certified workshops, trainings and webinars for the acquisition of EU funds

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The 4 EU funding blocks

EU-Programmes EU-Structural Funds

Common Agricultural Policy The EU as global actor –

external aid

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The 4 EU funding blocks in figures

EU-budget 2014 to 2020 – about 960 billion Euro*

(Distribution in billion Euro)

EU as Global Actor 58,7

European Union-Programmes 125,6

Administration

61,6

370,1 Common Agricultural Policy

344 EU-Structural Funds

* With restriction date of publication: July 2013





external aid

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Initiatives and Pilot Actions of the DG

Entreprise and Industry in Tourism:

▪ Sustainable Tourism

▪ Calypso

▪ Senior Tourism Initiative

▪ Cycling routes

▪ European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN)

▪ Accessible Tourism

▪ Low Season Tourism Initiative

▪ European Quality label

▪ Cultural Tourism

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/tourism/index_en.htm

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http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/tourism/index_en.htm

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Further EU-Programmes where

Tourism is a transversal issue

▪ COSME: Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises

and SMEs

▪ LIFE

▪ Erasmus+

▪ Creative Europe

▪ Horizon 2020

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external aid

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Categories of Regions

▪ Least developed regions:

Convergence regions with a GDP per capita less than 75%

of the EU-28 average

▪Regions in transition:

with a GDP per capita between 75% and 90% of the EU-28

average GDP

▪Most developed regions:

Competitiveness regions with a GDP per capita of more

than 90% of the EU-28 average GDP

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Quelle: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/what/future/index_de.cfm


Categories of Regions

▪Under the European Territorial Cooperation goal, the EU

supports:

▪ Regions of along all internal and external land borders and

along maritime borders separated by a maximum of 150 km

(Interreg A)

▪ Transnational areas (Interreg B)

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Interreg A


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external aid

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Rural Development

▪ European Agricultural Fund for Rural

Development (EAFRD)

▪ Encouragement of rural tourism activities

▪ Village renewal and development

▪ Conservation and upgrading of the rural heritage

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external aid

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Instrument for Pre-accession

Assistance

▪Cross-border Tourism development in/with candidate

countries and potential candidate countries

▪ Development of new tourist products/services

▪ Development of small-scale tourist infrastructure

▪ Certification of local products and services

▪ Joint tourism promotion and marketing initiatives

▪ Implementation of modern technology and information systems

▪ Creation and implementation of common tourism development

strategies

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Tips & Recommendations

▪Non-retroactivity: Your project must NOT have started!

▪Co-financing

▪ Top-down approach: Your project must fall within

a Programme

▪ Transnationality?

▪Centralised or decentralised procedures

▪ Innovation

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Contact

emcra GmbH

Berlin

Hohenzollerndamm 152

14199 Berlin

Tel. +49 30 31801330

[email protected]

www.emcra.eu

Jessica Varga

Product Manager ITB Academy

Tel.: +49 30 30 38 25 28

[email protected]

www.itb-berlin.de/academy

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