Project “Improvement of the cohesion of the Mediterranean territory through the configuration of the tourist-cultural Itinerary (UMAYYAD)”

The project was framed within the Multilateral Cross-Border Cooperation Program “Mediterranean Basin”, run by the European Neighborhood Policy and its financing instrument (ENPI CBC MED) for the period 2007-2013.

El legado andalusí Andalusian Public Foundation led this project, which became the most ambitious and the one granted with the greatest economic amount among all those managed by the Foundation. UMAYYAD (term for designation of the project) contributed to the promotion of a sustainable Euro-Mediterranean tourism based on the synergies resulting from the sketch of a cross-border itinerary through seven countries sharing common history and culture. Among the objectives set by the project were the creation of a Mediterranean cultural tourism network, the transfer of good practices in cultural tourism and cross-sectional activities, not forgetting the application of an integrated strategy in the field of cultural tourism based in three dimensions: cultural heritage, diversification of the offer of tourist services and a tourist infrastructure contributing to the seasonal tourist balance.

Partners: El legado andalusí Andalusian Public Foundation (leader), Andalusian Council of Chambers of Commerce, Tourism of Algarve, Regional Directorate of Culture of Algarve, Castelli e Borghi Medioevali Tourist Circuit, Chambre Tuniso-Italienne de Commerce et d’Industrie, Association Liaisons Méditerranéennes, Arab League Organization for Education, Science and Culture (ALECSO), Safadi Foundation, Lebanese American University (LAU), Cultural Technologies for Heritage and Conservation, Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce “Alexandria Chamber of Commerce” and Maimonides Association.

Countries: Spain, Portugal, Italy, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan.

More information:http://umayyad.eu/