HERCULT– ROBG 491
"Developing common tourism products and rehabilitation of cultural heritage",
What’s the goal?
To promote the cross-border region of Silistra and Călărași as a tourist and cultural destination by developing the cultural infrastructure and creating attractive tourist packages.
What’s the budget?
1,499,992.54 euro, out of which 1,274,993.65 euro ERDF
Target at the half of the implementation period: 12,882 euro for LB and 11,826 euro for B2. Both partners avoided decommitment at the decommitment deadline (LB executed 99.23% from the target, B2 executed 75.31% from decommitment target).
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Silistra Municipality
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Territorial Administrative Unit – Călărași County
When is it happening?
Start date: 08.08.2018
End date: 31.12.2023* (due to problems with the executed works at LB’s level the project was included in the list of un-finalized projects, following the decision of the Interreg V-A Ro-Bg Programme Monitoring Committee no. 313/14.11.2023 with the envisaged finalization date in December 2024).
Duration: 76 months and 24 days;
Where is it happening?
Calarasi (Romania)
Silistra (Bulgaria)
How is it going to happen?
v Rehabilitation of the building of the Art Gallery owned by Silistra municipality;
v Rehabilitation of the old building known as “Demetriade House” in Călărași;
v Joint strategy for tourism development;
v Tourism products and services;
v Touristic route “The cultural heritage of Old buildings in Silistra-Călărași;
v Website;
v Information and publicity activities.
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs: 3 integrated tourism products/services created, 1 strategy for valorizing the cultural and natural heritage
Programme results: increase of the number of overnights in the CBC area with 2.000.
Project status
The implementation period of the project ends on 31.12.2023, but it was included in the list of un-finalized projects, according to the provisions of Romanian Government Decision no. 36/2023, following the decision of the Interreg V-A Ro-Bg Programme Monitoring Committee no. 313/14.11.2023. The new project completion date was 31.12.2024.
LB - Municipality of Silistra - The Silistra Art Gallery hosts cultural events of both local and national interest. In 2024, 60 events were organized such as: 17 exhibitions, 9 concerts, 13 events with students and others. A total of 4,352 visitors were registered at all these events.
B2 - Călărași County Council - the execution of the investment objective “Rehabilitation of the old building known as“ Casa Demetriade” from Călărași” has been finalized. The reception of the works has been done on 05.04.2022. Currently, Demetriade House hosts the exhibition of different species of birds and insects from the avifauna of the Danube region. The operating hours of Demetriade House are 08:00 – 16:00.
The strategy for valuing the cultural and natural heritage has been finalized, being available on the website of Beneficiary 2:
Within the project, a web portal was developed through which all cultural events, natural beauty and tourist products from Silistra and Calarasi are promoted. The web portal can be accessed at the following address: http://tourism-silistra-calarasi.com/en/home/
