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The name of the project: “CREATING AND DEVELOPING A CROSSBORDER POLYCENTRIC NETWORK FOR TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF TOURIST AND HANDCRAFT CROSS-BORDER SERVICES IN THE COUNTIES OF BIHOR AND HAJDÚ-BIHAR”
Total value of the project: 2.718.106 Euro
Lead partner: Bihor Destination Management Agency
Partners: BIHOR DESTINATION MANAGEMENT AGENCY (Leader partner of the project), THE ORTODOX PARISH FROM KOROSSZEGAPATI (Cross-border partner), THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ORADEA, THE REFORMED CHURCH OF EPISCOPIA BIHOR, THE ORTODOX PARISH OF IOȘIA NORD – ORADEA  and the IZBUC MONASTERY (Local partners)
Start of the project: March, 2019
End of the project: June, 2024

About the project

Objectives and indicators

• Creating a polycentric network of training and support centers (6 training centers)
• Cross-border collaboration between the labor market stakeholders and the synergistic tourism industry
• Creating an integrated human resource cross-border management strategy for those whom are interested in the tourism labor market to increase the attractiveness of tourist destinations in Bihor and Hajdu-Bihar
• The creation of local products / services and related infrastructures based on endogenous potential
• Training / specializing 1020 people in tourism, cultural tourism and hospitality sectors
• Organizing 2 workshops with all those interested in the field of tourism and hospitality, to bring to the knowledge and to discuss the current trends and the efficiency of new technologies
• Promoting employment in tourism, cultural tourism, as well as promoting local products by organizing 22 events, together with our partners
• Creating a common online database and web portal with the human resources needed in the field of tourism and hospitality

Target groups and potential beneficiaries of the project

The target group of the project consists of the following categories:

• The main target group targeted by the project are: the project leader Bihor Destination Management Agency and its 5 partners, the local education and training centers/institutions, the cultural institutions and the NGOs that are currently operating in the area of tourism and its synergetic field.
• People who want to specialize / train, or who are looking for a job or a new specialization in the tourism industry.
• Unqualified employees from national and local tourist information centers or those whom are working in cultural institutions without a recognized specialization.
• Students at their last years of studies, whow want a specialization in the synergistic fields of tourism.

The main beneficiaries of this financing contract are the tourists, who will benefit from quality services, provided by trained and specialized personnel, the inhabitants of Bihor county and its area, the touristic service providers and the touristic and cultural NGOs.The second major beneficiary is the local economy of Bihor — Hajdú-Bihar euroregion.

The indirect beneficiaries of the implementation of this financing contract, are those 1020 people whom gonne get a qualification in the tourism field and the synergetic of it (culture, crafts, environment … ), as well as the establishment of the polycentric network configured from the 6 training centers, which will lead to a significant increase in the number incoming tourist and the quality of tourist-cultural services, repositioning Bihor county and the euroregion on the tourism market. A last but not least, the implementation of the financing contract will increase the income rate from tourism within the economic structure of the area.