Green Railway II – Project description

EE-LV00057 – Green Railway II Project Objective:  Project aims to increase access to the product and related services for different target groups, such as children, parents of young children, the elderly and people with disabilities (incl. temporary),as well as to incorporate social innovation, inclusion and accessibility into product and service design process. Project continues to

Light in the Dark Light in the Dark – Increasing resilience in rural and coastal tourism in the northern Baltic Sea Region by developing off-season experiences

Project No.:C034 PROJECT GOALS: The off-season period; fall, winter and spring in the northern Baltic Sea Region is dark and cold, and often without snow because of proximity to and humidity from the sea. This causes challenges for tourism and the problem is especially profound in rural and coastal areas in the northern Baltic Sea

The first meeting of the partners of the project ‘Garden Pearls II’ has taken place

On November 10, 2023, partners from Latvia and Estonia gathered in person at the Smiltene Technical School for a joint meeting on the ‘Garden Pearls’ project. In total, there are 17 partners involved in the project, including 12 from Latvia and 5 from Estonia. The project is a continuation of the previously implemented ‘Garden Pearls

First partner meeting in project “Access Routes”

On 26-27 October the Access Routes project partners met at Šlokenbeka Manor in Kurzeme for the first on-site kick-off meeting. The project is being carried out by the Kurzeme Planning Region as the Lead partner in cooperation with Vidzeme Planning Region, Estonian Chamber of People with Disabilities, Development Centre of Võru County, Tartu County Tourism

On 7th and 8th of November: Accessible hiking trails workshop and a hike on “Jūrtaka” – Baltic Coastal Hiking

We invite everybody to visit the Accessible hiking trails workshop and hike on “”Jūrtaka”  – Baltic Coastal Hiking” on 7th and 8th of November that will take place in Zvejniekciems. Registration is open until November 1, 2023: Event program: Please click on the picture to open the whole program. More about the project: The aim

EE-LV00043 “Development of accessible tourism routes” (Access Routes)

PROJECT OBJECTIVE Expand the chain of accessible nature tourism destinations on mapeirons.eu and develop 30 accessible 1-3 day routes in Latvia and Estonia. TARGET GROUP Local and foreign travellers Interest groups, incl. NGOs representing people with disabilities Tourism service providers – entrepreneurs, local municipalities, museums etc. PROJECT DURATION 1 October 2023 – 31 March 2026

Forest and Coastal Hiking Trails’ accessibility improvement for different social groups (Accessible Hiking Trails)

On September 18th & 19th, in Riga, 10 Latvian and Estonian tourism organizations met together and started work on a new project – Forest and Coastal Hiking Trails’ accessibility improvement for different social groups. The accessibility of hiking trails will be focused on 5 target groups – 1) people with functional impairments (movement, vision, hearing);

NatAc project partners visit Finland for final project team meeting

CB786 “Nature Access to All (NatAc)” On 27-28 September the Nature Access to All  project NatAc partners met in Turku (Finland), to discuss the activities carried out over the last period and the overall results reached in the project. The team also visited its Finnsih Partner’s – Parks & Wildlife Finland (Metsahallitus) – infrastructure imporvements

Final Project Event “Let’s go to nature!”

CB786 “Nature Access to All (NatAc)” The Final Project Event took place on September 17 at Ventspils theatre house “Jūras vārti”. During the first part of the event, the presentations’ round was held. Project Leader Alise Lūse talked about what has been done in the project over its 2,5 years’ implementation period: the Trails’ Guidebook