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Buy Local (EST-LAT)

EST-LAT transboundary Partners: Union of Seto Rural projects Municipalities and at Setomaa Aim: • Competitive business environment • Usage of local natural resources Helen Külvik, Setomaa Tourism • To improve the usage of local culture heritage

Budget 474 046 eur, in 2009-2011

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Results: Seto-Suiti Renaissance (EST-LAT) • Wood process center in Ape • Investments to Obinitsa cultural centre Partners: Seto Institute and Suiti Cultural Space • Seminars, counseling Aim: to spread knowledge about the unique cultural areas and to integrate heritage teaching into the curricula of the local schools • Technological improvement for value-added products • Book about Setomaa • Sustainable production • Digital database of publications featuring Setos or Setomaa • New active NGOs and companies: Seto Lammas and Seto Aiad • Materials for heritage teaching in local schools • Cost-benefit analysis for natural resources underground and on • Joint summer camps for children ground • Joint study trips • Seminars for teachers engaged in heritage teaching Budget 474 046 eur, in 2009-2011 Budget: 126 247 €, 2013-2014 3 4

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Active Age (Central Baltic Programme) Coop Local (EST-LAT) Partners: Union of Setomaa Rural Municipalities and Ape and Engure Partners: Setomaa Union and Ape and municipality in municipality in Latvia Aim: Co-operation for small business in local food: Aim: • berries, apples, vegetables, dairy and meat products, handicraft • To bring 55+ year olds back to labor market • growing need and knowledge for local products • To bring long-term unemployed people back to the labor market • marketing and promotion • New skills and knowledge • study and inspiration trips • Lift on self-esteem and motivation • contact seminars Results: Better self-esteem • attending to fairs • Increased activity • Leadership skills and motivation Budget: 338 756 €, 2017-2019

Budget 246 939 €, 2016-2018 5 6

Act Local (Central Baltic Programme) Results: Partners: Setomaa Union and Alutaguse (Estonia) and Ape and Engure • Village action plan municipality from Latvia • Bigger consensus and contribution Creation of new employment opportunities for people living in rural remote • Better communication and higher activity areas through designing and piloting village community services Aims: • Development in villages • develop community services • Active villages • village community long term capacity • New inhabitants • analyze the community public service needs • increase the amount of local working places Involved 17 communities

Budget: 264 787 €, 2019-2021

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Unesco Tourism (Interreg EST-LAT) Aims: • to exploit the potential of small ethnic culture regions in Estonia and Heritage tourism project: Development and promotion of small ethno- Latvia included/applying to the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural cultural regions as tourism destinations Heritage as tourism destinations; • to create a sustainable tourism product involving small ethnic culture Partners: Setomaa Tourism, Seto Institute, Setomaa municipality, Kihnu regions that lean on the uniqueness of “living cultures”. Cultural Space, Kihnu municipality, , , Ethnic Culture Centre "Suiti", Kuldiga District Council, County Municipality, The Latvian Country Tourism As a result of the project partners have formulated joint product and Association "Lauku ceļotājs" marketing themes which combine local cultural heritage, services offered by local tourism businesses and attractive sites to an integrated Budget: 1 123 547€, 2017-2020 tourism offer.

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Results and activities: Project materials • Livi coast will be on UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage Maps Travel guides • • The Suiti land - EST, RUS, LAT, ENG Marketing and promotion • Kihnu - EST, DE, LAT, ENG • The Liv coastline is inviting you! - • Attending the tourism fairs • Suiti - EST, RUS, LAT, ENG EST, RUS, LAT, ENG • Product development • Seto - EST, RUS, LAT, ENG • Kihnu travel wheel - EST, DE, LAT, ENG • Brand manuals • Livs - EST, DE, LAT, ENG • Websites Brochures Style books • Booklets • UNESCO intangible heritage - est, lat • Livs in Latvian Suiti in Latvian • Study trips • Handbook for tourism entrepreneurs Kihnu in Estonian on using cultural heritage – es, lat • Journalist trips • National costumes - est, lat • Events • Holidays and events – est, lat

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Foresttrail (Central Baltic Programme)

Partners: Setomaa Tourism, Peipsimaa Tourism (EST), Vidzemes Plānošanas Reģions, Rīgas Plānošanas Reģions

Aims: • improve attractiveness of visiting environment. The Forest Trail will be easily accessible • well designed tourism product allowing to experience nature in forest environment; • to facilitate sustainable economic development in rural areas through business opportunities in tourism; • to support spreading and strengthening of hiking culture in LV and EE that will lead to increase in expected numbers of visitors.

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