AA Danube (ROBG-348)
Angling Along the Danube: Danube Fishing Routes
What’s the goal?
The project aims to improve the sustainable use of natural heritage and resources by developing common tourism products based on amateur fishing. This will be achieved by raising awareness in the cross-border area of the social and economic benefits of tourist fishing tourism and the development and promotion of two new tourist products based on natural resources.
What’s the budget?
421,888.15 euro, out of which 358,604.92 euro ERDF
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Idein Development Foundation (Bulgaria)
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Association for Sustainable Development Slatina (Romania)
When is it happening?
Start date: 04.07.2018
End date: 03.01.2020
Duration: 18 months (extended from initial 15 months)
Where is it happening?
7 counties in Romania
8 districts in Bulgaria
How is it going to happen?
- Develop a common awareness-raising strategy
- Developing a common marketing strategy
- Development of an interactive GIS platform "Danube Fishing Routes"
- Map of the best / most popular fishing spots in the CBC area
- Organizing the Fishing Festival "Danube Fishing"
- Organizing awareness campaigns
- Publishing promotional materials.
Results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs: 2 integrated tourism products / services created, 2 common strategies, policies or management plans for valorisation (including awareness raising) of cultural and natural heritage through its restoration and promotion of sustainable economic use
Programme results: 6,000 overnights in the CBC area.
Project status
The project implementation was finalized in January 2020.
The project launched with a press conferences held in Ruse and in Slatina.
LB developed a joint strategy for awareness raising of the social and economic benefits of recreational fishing tourism within the cross-border Bulgarian-Romanian region. B2 was responsible for the development of a Common Marketing Strategy together with the related implementation and financial plan.
The best/most popular fishing and boating spots in the CB area (132 in total) were mapped out by both beneficiaries. They are available at the interactive GIS based-platform "Danube fishing routes"- https://www.fishmap.online/.
The first edition of the “Angling along the Danube” annual fishing festival was organized between 07-08 September 2019, in Dobrosloveni, Olt and 21-22 September 2019 in Lipnik, Ruse. More information on the fishing festivals can be accesed here: http://www.fishingfestival.eu/.
15 awareness raising and promotional events have been organized in the eligible area: 8 events in Bulgaria in the period 10-31.10.2019 and 7 events in Romania in the period 23.04-29.08.2019.
