NECSTouR is engaged in EU 2020 objectives for SMART, SUSTAINABLE and INCLUSIVE destinations, both for citizens and for travellers.
1. To ensure NECSTouR destinations are able to adapt and mitigate to climate change effects while contributing to their sustainability
2. To participate to the 2017 Un Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development and reinforce the cooperation with UNWTO
3. To embed the “Tourism for All” principles within NECSTouR destinations
OBJECTIVE 1: Climate Change
Capitalise the results of NECSTouR Climate Change working group and neZEH:
Exchange of regional strategies and/or Develop research on Innovative adaptation Actions for regions tackling the governance, product, training, marketing and SMES competitiveness approach
Explore neZEH/Low Carbon, energy efficiency, renewable energy initiatives on Tourism, to be financed througth EU funds: Use IDF example to finance nZEB. Link with outdated destinations approach, innovating in green destinations:
Development of a Capacity Building Workshop Smart destinations through Juncker Plan
Enhance the visibility of the accommodation sector certified with the EU Ecolabel:
Discuss opportunities with DG Growth to raise the visibility of those implementing EU Ecolabel in tourism - PACA initiative proposal.
OBJECTIVE 2: 2017 UN International Year of Sustainable Tourism
Reinforce the cooperation initiated with UNWTO in the framework of neZEH through the development of a Join Action Plan /MoU for the 2017 UN International Year of Sustainable Tourism:
link with the Sustainable Development Goals and the COP21 agreement with neZEH
capitalisation of ETIS, MITOMED indicators, neZEH etool
synergies with the results of the EU Study on Tourism Skills highlighting the need of Green skills for tourism
approach the existing policy measures for climate change adaptation
OBJECTIVE 2: Accessibility
- Capitalise and update (if needed/pertinent) NECSTouR Roadmap on Accessible Tourism Destinations: link with Skills
- Synergies with ETIS and Cultural Routes of the CoE
- Link with TESEO on Juncker Plan: funding infrastructures