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MYSTICAL DANUBE: one year later

Velizar Petrov, Executive Director of the Regional Development Agency with a Business Center for Supporting Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, spoke about what has been accomplished so far under the MYSTICAL DANUBE project to members of the Standing Committee on Social Policy of the Plovdiv District Development Council and the Plovdiv District Council for the Rights of People with Disabilities. This took place on April 16, 2025, at the Plovdiv District Administration, during a joint meeting of the committees.

“It is not important to feed the needy with fish, but to teach them to be able to catch it themselves. This is what we are trying to do within the framework of this project,” emphasized Mr. Petrov. “We are trying to help rural and less visited areas, facing high unemployment and social exclusion, especially among disadvantaged groups, to use the rich natural and cultural heritage of these regions as a resource for community development through transnational cooperation and the creation of a common tourism product – the Danube Green and Mystical Route, telling stories.”

To date, work has been conducted on mapping, collecting, and analysing natural and related intangible cultural heritage, as well as best practices, in the rural and less-visited areas of the project. Training and discussions are successfully combined to analyse the situation as a basis for developing the capacity and potential of the region and stakeholder groups.

More events are coming up in settlements of Plovdiv Region under this project with the active assistance of the Thracian Tourist Region Management Organization and the Regional Information Center – Plovdiv, which is part of the network of 27 information centers in the country for the promotion of the Cohesion Policy of the European Union.

The MYSTICAL DANUBE project: "GREEN AND MYSTIC DANUBE ROUTE FOR STORIES TELL - TRANSNATIONAL VALORIZATION OF NATURAL AND INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS IN THE DANUBE REGION" is funded by the INTERREG Danube Transnational programme. The Bulgarian partner in the project is the Regional Development Agency with a Business Center for Supporting Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, and the associated partner is the Plovdiv Regional Administration.

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