KIDS (ROBG507)
KIDS – An unique travelling concept in the RO-BG area for children and their families
What’s the goal?
To improve the promotion and valorization of the natural and cultural heritage from the cross-border area by giving children and their families an unique travelling concept in the RO-BG cross-border area: Family Fun Festival and 3 guided tours designed especially for children and their families promoting the tourism attractions and activities in the cross-border area – Fun and Sports Tour, Cultural Tour, Natural Landscapes Tour. The project thus contributes to tourism diversification by introducing 4 new tourism products, leading to an increased number of overnights in the region.
What’s the budget?
396,912.08 euro, out of which 337,375.25 euro ERDF
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Center of Consultancy and Project Management Europroject (Romania)
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vratsa (Bulgaria)
Beneficiary 3 (B3): Business Innovation Center Innobridge
When is it happening?
Start date: 29.06.2018
End date: 28.12.2021
Duration: 42 months
Where is it happening?
7 counties in Romania
8 districtsin Bulgaria
How is it going to happen?
• Development of a management plan for raising awareness and promoting the common RO-BG cultural and natural heritage targeting children and their families;
• Development of a mobile application that will contain an inventory of the main touristic attractions for families with children;
• Development of a travel-kit especially designed for children;
• Organization of 25 events in schools throughout the cross-border area during which the products of the project – the Family Fun Festivals, the 3 self-guided tours and the mobile application - will be presented to the children and their parents;
• Organization of 4 Family fun festivals which will include tournaments, painting,
crafts, poetry, music, arts and traditions, food from cross-border area.
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs: 1,550 expected visits to supported sites of cultural and natural heritage and attraction
4 integrated tourism products/services created
1 common strategy, policy or management plan for valorizing (including raising awareness) the cultural and natural heritage through its restoration and promotion for sustainable economic uses
Programme results: 1,550 tourist overnights in the CBC region
Project status
The following results have been reported so far:
- The internal working procedures have been elaborated and established;
- All of the 4 Family Festivals have been organised (2 in Bulgaria in September 2019 and 2 online in December 2021 for Romania on the web address: www.kids-project.eu/targ);
-Was elaborated 1 management plan for raising awareness and promoting the common RO-BG cultural and natural heritage targeting children and their families.
- The 4 new integrated tourism products/services were created. These consist of 3 guided tours - Fun and Sports Tour, Cultural Tour, Natural Landscapes Tour and 1 - Family Fun Festivals. The 3 guided tours are also presented in the mobile application.
- LB and B3 have developed 1000 (500 each) travel-kits especially designed for children, which have been disseminated among pupils during the organised 25 events in different schools in Romania and Bulgaria;
- A mobile application have been developed within the project and can be found on www.kids-project.eu or via Google Play Store under the name Kids Project;
- 2 press conferences have been organized, in Vratsa on 09.10.2018 and in Slatina on 23.11.2018;
- The project website have been elaborated and can be found on: www.kids-project.eu.
