Project funding EU
Project website N/A
Programme website Kosovo* – North Macedonia
Contribution to the Programme’s specific objective Tourism potentials are enhanced and regional values further promoted
Project start date 15.07.2022
Project end date 30.11.2024
Project total budget EUR 638.177,87
Project EU funding EUR 542.451,19

Description Overall objective: To accelerate tourism development in Polog and South Economic Regions (municipalities of Tetovo and Prizren) through improved quality and diversified offer of crafts and micro tourism and hospitality (THS) sector entities, resulting in increased attractiveness of the region, and more satisfied visitors.

Specific objectives:
1) Created and launched new touristic content and new opportunities for better presentation of local and traditional crafts products, through infrastructural interventions in both Tetovo and Prizren municipalities
2) Raised capacities of local craftsmen/women in both regions for overall better management and development of their micro businesses, i.e. improved branding and marketing (including digital) and increased sales (including online).
3) Strengthening cross-border cooperation through organizing joint crafts events, boosting regions’ promotion, inciting cross-border exchange of knowledge between crafts organizations, and stimulating cross-border visitors’ circulation

Activities:
1. Creation of two attractive crafts’ lanes (infrastructural intervention)
2. Capacity development activities (training programs and mentorship)
3. Developing a new offer and activities for promotion of crafts and cross-border cooperation
Expected results 1.1 Two touristic sites revitalized/renovated
1.2 Two touristic sites promoted/commercialized
2.1 One training curriculum designed and developed
2.2 Two training groups delivered (4 modules each)
2.3 100 to 150 individual mentoring sessions delivered
3.1 One joint business linkages event organized and delivered (with at least 30 participants- at least 40% women)
3.2. Two joint promotional events – craft fairs organized and delivered (1 in each municipality) with at least 30 exhibitors, at least 40% women.
3.3. Two workshops organized and delivered for developing joint offer oftour operators and craftsmen/women
3.4 At least 4 new offers/products included in the local tour operators offer
3.5. At least two promotional videos recorded
4.1. Two survey reports developed (one from the baseline survey and one final
Expected outputs N/A

 

Lead partner Institution name: Muncipality of Prizren
Country: Kosovo*
Address: Remzi Ademaj p.n 20000 Prizren
Website: https://kk.rks-gov.net/prizren/
Legal status: Public
Partner Institution name: Municipality of Tetovo
Country: North Macedonia
Address: Dervis Cara nn 1200 Tetovo
Website: https://tetova.gov.mk/
Legal status: Public
Partner Institution name: Foundation Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development
Country: North Macedonia
Address: Orce Nikolov 202-1/36 1000 Skopje
Website: ceed-macedonia.org
Legal status: Private

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence