The main idea of the project is to promote local products on the Polish-Slovak borderland area by means of a cross-border partnership. The main objective of the project is to develop a model of regional distribution and to provide a basis for future distribution channels. At the same time the project aims at creation of an organized network of local folklore products, handicrafts and crafts.
The above mentioned objectives will be realized through:
- Creating the conditions for cultural and regional exchange,
- Promoting treasures and regional/ local products which attract tourists to the Polish-Slovak borderland area,
- Developing tools that may contribute to the popularization of traditional regional products and their application for sustainable economic and social development on the rural borderland areas,
- Creating products based on local traditions and developing a product concept.
Within the project we providetraining workshops for groups of producers and owners of agritourism farms. They will be preceded by the analysis of producer database within the area of the Bieszczady Mountains and Slovakia (districts: Svidnik, Stropkov, Medzilaborce). In the course of the project realization activities related to promotion of the region will be carried out (publications including issuing a journal on monuments), as well as activities aiming at the use of existing resources (for example already functioning local producers).
The project realization will be based on the cross-border partnership set up between three organizations (two Polish and one Slovakian)
• Galician Hospitable Guesthouse Association - Bieszczady (Project Leader)
• Association for Development and Promotion of Podkarpacie "Pro Carpathia"
• Regional Development Agency Svidnik
