Department of
Economics

Interreg projects
Department of Economics

Interreg is an important tool for enhancing cooperation between regions and countries within the EU. As part of the EU’s Cohesion Policy, Interreg is vital in promoting regional development and cohesion, and reducing economic disparities. For the 2021-2027 period, Interreg is focused on addressing current challenges such as climate change, digital transformation, and social inclusion.

FORTIC
From remains Of the war to the aRchiTecture of peace in cross-border area of Italy-Croatia

PI: Nicola Camatti
Duration: 01/04/2024 - 30/09/2026
Funding programme: Interreg Italy-Croatia
Total budget: € 2.135.773,60
Budget assigned to Ca' Foscari: € 299.650,60

Project FORTIC overall objective is to strength the role of Adriatic CB cultural heritage, recognizing business models of fortifications, in order to promote a sustainable tourism with respect to innovative digital solutions and new inclusive social models which will guarantee development of common territory adjusted to the needs of vulnerable groups and heritage community. Reaching the objectives will ensure more strategic, coordinated and a sustainable management of tourism in the common area with special emphasis on the role of natural heritage and reduce vulnerability of the territory considering different aspects.
The outputs will be pilot actions that will be testing digital and physical solutions ensuring better access to cultural heritage for a wide spectre of users according to jointly developed solutions.
FORTIC will boost cooperation and promote jointly Adriatic CB area as up-to-date technologically developed and sustainable territory.

ALTER ECO PLUS
Underpinning mainstreaming processes of the Carrying Capacity Limit calculation tool to improve tourism policies and strategies in MED territories

PI: Nicola Camatti
Duration: 01/06/2021 - 30/06/2022
Funding programme: Interreg MED
Total budget: € 400.000,00
Budget assigned to Ca' Foscari: € 106.000,00

The Mediterranean is under threat due to the inappropriate practice and development associated with mass tourism. As a consequence, areas of high tourist attraction in coastal cities are reaching their limit on carrying capacity, with a direct impact not only on the urban environment but on key elements that define MED Culture. In this context, ALTER ECO enhances the local sustainable development of tourism by promoting Mediterranean Identity through the implementation of alternative tourist strategies in 6 pilots co-designed and implemented by public and private stakeholders. The project provides the opportunity of testing, in representative MED cities, used as LIVING LAB, existing methodologies and tools arisen in previous high impact projects in the field of sustainable tourism or proposed by key stakeholders, with the aim of reaching holistic and realistic tourist strategies at local and regional level that allow transferability in the MED territory. Project results will support policy makers to make more informed and integrated decisions for the governance and management of tourism in the Mediterranean and at the same time will enhance the coordination of actions between public and private stakeholders towards the implementation of the raised strategies in order to create new business opportunities.
ALTER ECO will contribute to improve knowledge and decision making capacities, including a better use of observation, monitoring and planning in the field of sustainable tourism.