During the 2.5 years of implementation of the TRANSDANUBE.PEARLS project, a network of destinations that strive for sustainable mobility in tourism called “Transdanube.Pearls” will be established. By joining the Transdanube.Pearls network, the visibility of the participating destinations will increase, offering visitors a unique opportunity to travel along the Danube with sustainable means of transport. On the other hand, the Transdanube.Pearls network will facilitate the cooperation of stakeholders from the mobility and tourism sectors at different levels. Common standards and appropriate organizational structures will ensure the operation of the established network even after the end of the project. Mobility trainings will provide local and regional stakeholders with the capacity to further develop sustainable mobility services. The knowledge gained during the training will also be enriched by the experience gained during the development and presentation of mobility and information services within the project – mobility services that will contribute to overcoming gaps and improving quality, especially in the last kilometer of arrival at the destination and within this destination. By better connecting different forms of public transport and cycling, the project will also contribute to the improvement of intermodal travel chains, which will have an impact on increasing the quality of the entire transport system. Additional efforts will be made with the aim of improving accessibility to user-friendly information about existing mobile services. While regional mobility centers will act as VEM (All in One Place) points for mobility in all regions, international tourism and mobility information platforms will allow tourists to inquire about existing options for traveling around the Danube regions without using a car. A special offer of sustainable mobility tourism will also be provided in the form of attractive tourist packages intended for visitors who prefer to follow predetermined routes rather than explore on their own.
The main goal of the project: to ensure a sustainable, socially just, economically viable and environmentally and health-friendly promotion of mobility.
Specific objectives of the project:
- establish a network that will advocate for sustainable mobility for tourists and residents;
- establish a network that will advocate for sustainable mobility for tourists and residents;
- provide integrated sustainable mobility services;
- provide end users with integrated, easily accessible information about the services.
Main results of the project: Trandanube.Pearls is a project that aims to strengthen the existing cooperation between stakeholders from the transport and tourism sectors at different levels (local, regional, national). The main results of the project will raise awareness of the benefits of sustainable mobility in the field of tourism and increase the capacities & abilities of local and regional stakeholders from the transport and tourism sector with the aim of developing services that will bring the concept of sustainable mobility in tourism to the Danube area. The project will raise awareness of the benefits of sustainable mobility by implementing pilot actions (9) and implementing mutual learning activities (2 + 42), which will demonstrate the benefits of sustainable mobility and information services and provide formats for the exchange of ideas and opportunities to discuss implementation options. The capacities of local and regional stakeholders will be increased by carrying out the following activities:
- trainings will be held for interested stakeholders to become certified managers of sustainable mobility mobility (100);
- guidelines for the implementation of sustainable mobility and information services will be prepared and implemented (6).
Increasing the capacity of local and regional stakeholders will be influenced by:
- establishment and development of the Transdanube.Pearls Network, which will establish operational units (institutional structures and personnel) at the regional level and transnational management organizations that will support individual “pearls” or pearls by implementing joint promotional activities, consulting, providing knowledge , etc;
- by establishing Information-Mobility Centers, which will act as a driving force for the development, coordination and information on existing sustainability-mobility services (10).
Partners in the project: Lead partner: Environment Agency Austria (Austria) ERDF partners in the project: Danube Office Ulm/Neu-Ulm (Germany), WGD Danube Upper Austria Tourism Ltd. (Austria), Regionalmanagement Burgenland Ltd. (Austria), Bratislava Self-Governing Region (Slovakia), West Pannon Regional and Economic Development Public Nonprofit Ltd. (Hungary), STRDA South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency Nonprofit Ltd. (Hungary), City of Vukovar (Croatia), Development agency Sinergija (Slovenia), Regional Administration of Vidin Region (Bulgaria), Club “Sustainable Development of Civil Society” (Bulgaria), NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN TOURISM (Romania) , The South-East Regional Development Agency (Romania). IPA partners in the project: Danube Competence Center (Serbia), Regional Development Agency Eastern Serbia (Serbia). Associated partners: Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (Austria), Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (Austria), Neusiedler See Tourism Ltd. (Austria), Regional Government of Burgenland (Austria), Rail Tours Touristik Ltd. (Austria), Destination Marketing Association German Danube (Germany), Supreme Building Authority – Part of the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport (Germany), Panonsko more d.o.o. / Panonian sea Ltd. (Croatia), Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurt Railway Corp. (Hungary), Government of Baranya County (Hungary), Association of Szigetköz Tourism (Hungary), Association of Tourism Development in Moldova (Moldova), National Authority for Tourism (Romania), Administrative Territorial Unit Tulcea County (Romania), Railwaiys of the Slovak republic (Slovakia), Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic (Slovakia), Bratislava City – Capital of Slovak Republic (Slovakia), Pomurje Tourist Association (Slovenia), Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection (Slovenia), Development Agency of Serbia (Serbia), Municipality of Kladovo (Serbia), Ministry of Tourism (Bulgaria), Association of Danube River Municipalities “Danube” (Bulgaria), Municipality of Ruse (Bulgaria).
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