Applicant: Institutions
Partners: Local and regional self-government units, Other
General objective This Limited Call is the sustainable use of natural heritage destinations (national and nature parks) with the aim of contributing to sustainable socio-economic development at local/regional level.
Specific objective increasing attractiveness and educational capacity and establishing better visitor management in natural heritage destinations (national and nature parks).
Eligible applicants are public institutions for the management of national and nature parks, as follows:
1. National parks:
– Plitvice Lakes National Park Public Institution;
– Paklenica National Park Public Institution;
– Risnjak National Park Public Institution;
– Mljet National Park Public Institution;
– Kornati National Park Public Institution;
– Brijuni National Park Public Institution;
– Krka National Park Public Institution;
– Northern Velebit National Park Public Institution.
2. Nature parks:
– Biokovo Nature Park Public Institution;
– Public Institution Velebit Nature Park;
– Public Institution Nature Park Medvednica;
– Telaščica Nature Park Public Institution;
– Lonjsko polje Nature Park Public Institution;
– Kopački rit Nature Park Public Institution;
– Papuk Nature Park Public Institution;
– Učka Nature Park Public Institution;
– Public Institution Nature Park Žumberak – Samoborsko gorje;
– Vransko Lake Nature Park Public Institution;
– Lastovo Islands Nature Park Public Institution.
Eligible partners are:
– local and regional self-government units, and/or
– civil society organisations, and/or
– tourist board offices.
Eligible activities are:
1. Preparation of study and project documentation;
2. Project implementation:
– the reconstruction and/or construction of visitor infrastructure including the equipping and development of visitor facilities and products based on natural heritage;
– education and interpretation;
– destination promotion and marketing on the topic of natural heritage.
3. Project management.
This does not constitute an exhaustive list, but may include all other activities and documentation necessary for the execution/realisation of the project.
Total grants to be awarded within this Limited Call is 380.000.000,00 HRK. The lowest amount per project proposal is 3.500.000,00 HRK, and the highest is 85.000.000,00 HRK.
Deadline for the submission of project proposals is until the funds are used up, with the deadline for the submission of project proposals by 31 December 2017. The submission of the project proposal is allowed from 21 April 2016 at 12 noon at the earliest.
Read more information here.
