Project Summary

Civitas

AIM:

The project builds up an integrated approach to address mobility and tourism, testing balanced strategies to face the rising challenges of these two growing sectors and to achieve sustainable development and a better quality of life in Funchal, Limassol, Rethymno, Elba, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Valletta.

Role of NECSTouR

NECSTouR has been sub-contracted to provide support in coordinating and enhancing the activities of tourism and transport stakeholders networking at the project level

Civitas
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News and Best Practices

NECSTouR showcases tourist destinations' mobility challenges and opportunites at Urban Transport workshop

During the Interreg MED Urban Transport community’s workshop in Brussels, Thomas Guillot, project officer in NECSTouR, presented our good practices from Rethymno, Hamburg and Barcelona on “Mobility challenges and opportunities for Tourist Destinations”.

Sustainable Mobility for Island Destinations

NECSTouR is proud to announce the Civitas DESTINATIONS book titled "Sustainable Mobility for Island Destinations" is currently online as an open-access publication.

Back to Sustainable mobility in times of COVID 19 Strategies for tourist destinations and small islands

Despite COVID-19 constraints being reduced or lifted, unprecedented changes in mobility attitudes, and severe impacts on the transport sector have been caused. Tourist destinations, for example, were highly affected not only by the restrictions but also by a massive behavioural change, leading to consider all collective means of transport, including ride-sharing services, "less safe" than in the pre-COVID-19 situation.

NECSTouR Activity Report 2020

Together with our members and partners, we have successfully accomplished our strategic objectives. Our work has led to important achievements in 2020. Relive them through our freshly published activity report.

Report: Sustainable Mobility in Tourist Destinations (EU Week of Regions 2020)

The two Interreg MED communities - Sustainable Tourism (STC) and Urban Transport (UTC) - joined forces during a workshop exchanging good practices from both catalogues of replicable solutions on sustainable mobility in the Mediterranean area.

European Projects Join Forces on Smart and Sustainable Mobility Measures in Tourist Destinations

On the 30th of June 2020, NECSTouR conducted the moderation of the Webinar "Smart and Sustainable Mobility Measures in Tourist Destinations".

Webinar: Smart and Sustainable Mobility Measures in Tourist Destinations

The webinar brings together three European projects dealing with the development of smart and sustainable measures in tourist destinations, including two in which NECSTouR is engaged : the Interred MED Sustainable Tourism community and the CIVITAS Destinations project (Horizon 2020).

Mobility and Tourism: Alliances that Stimulate the Destinations Twin Transition

The EU Green Deal and the Europe Fit for the Digital Age are - among the top six priorities of the European Commission - the ones leading the so called Twin Transition.

NECSTouR Webinar on Smart and Sustainable Mobility Measures in Tourism

The Webinar on Smart and Sustainable Mobility Measures in Tourism took place today together with CPMR in collaboration with the Civitas Destinations project.

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NECSTouR advocates for Sustainable Mobility in Tourism at Eurovelo Event

The workshop with decision makers on developing cycling tourism in the Mediterranean Area took place at the Croatian Permanent Representation in Brussels. NECSTouR Permanent secretariat was invited by the European Cyclists Federation (ECF) to share its view on how to manage the continuing growth of the tourism sector to ensure its sustainably.

Webinar on Smart and Sustainable Mobility Measures in Tourism

The Webinar on Smart and Sustainable Mobility Measures in Tourism will take place on Wednesday 4/12 from 09h30 to 11h30

The connection will be done via NECSTouR zoom: https://zoom.us/j/6298876631  

Find here the supporting documents:

- The program of the webinar