The Heraklion Development Agency invites you to a two-day event promoting cultural and gastronomic tours in the hinterland of Heraklion Prefecture, on 17 and 18 February 2025.
In particular, the Heraklion Development Agency is organising a two-day thematic workshop as part of the transnational cooperation project LOCAL TOUR on the topic: “WINE – CHEESE. GASTRONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT SYNERGY”
The thematic workshop will take place on 17 and 18 February 2025 in Archanes (Wine & Vine Information Centre – DIAS Complex).
This is an initiative of the transnational cooperation project “LOCAL TOUR”, implemented under Sub-Measure 19.3 CLLD/LEADER of the Rural Development Programme 2014–2020 and co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Ministry of Rural Development and Food.
The Local Tour cooperation scheme involves transnational cooperation between 22 Local Action Groups from two countries (Greece and Cyprus), with the main objective of developing local, intra-regional and transnational initiatives of collective interest, in order to achieve synergies and create integrated interventions in the field of gastronomic culture. Seminars will be organised by all Local Action Groups.
A prerequisite for participation in the thematic workshop organised by the Heraklion Development Agency is that the beneficiaries are entrepreneurs and workers in the gastronomic tourism sector in these areas, as well as producers of local products. Emphasis will be placed on the participation of businesses that have received support under the Rural Development Programme (current and previous programming periods).
The aim of the initiative is to inform the local population about the opportunities that gastronomic tourism offers both to businesses and to the region’s economy, to learn about best practices from other regions in Europe and across the country, to gain an understanding of the concept of “authentic produce” and its value to each visitor, and to become ambassadors for gastronomic tourism in their region.
Entrepreneurs, employees and producers of local products, as well as those involved in gastronomic tourism, who are interested in taking part in the programme are invited to complete an application form and the relevant questionnaire here by Friday 13 December 2024.
See more here.