About Project

"WIND MUSIC OF BULGARIA AND SERBIA IN SUPPORT OF CROSS-BORDER FESTIVAL TOURISM"

Leading Partner - Oryahovo Municipality

Project partners - Surdulitsa Municipality

Project goal: The overall goal of the project is to diversify the tourist products in the cross-border area of Oryahovo, Bulgaria and Surdulica, Serbia. The specific objectives of the project are: 1) Increasing the tourist attractiveness and competitiveness of the region through the development of new sites and reconstruction of existing ones; 2) Raising awareness for the development of music tourism; 3) Preservation of the cultural heritage and its wide popularization.

Total budget: 559313.08 Euro

Duration: 24 months

Project activities: Project activities include: 1) Project management; 2) Information and publicity about the project; 3) Development of a General Strategy for protection, promotion and development of cross-border music culture and music tourism; 4) Reconstruction of a house-museum and its transformation into a House-museum of Diko Iliev and the wind musicians; 5) Construction supervision for Reconstruction of a house-museum and its transformation into a House-museum of Diko Iliev and the wind musicians; 6) Author's supervision for Reconstruction of a house-museum and its transformation into a House-museum of Diko Iliev and the wind musicians; 7) Reconstruction of the building of Surdulishki Cultural Center; 8) Construction supervision for Reconstruction of the building of Surdulishki Cultural Center; 9) Organizing Diko Ilievi days in the Municipality of Oryahovo; 10) Organizing a joint music event in the Municipality of Surdulitsa; 11) Supply of innovative equipment for the House-Museum of Diko Iliev and the wind musicians and 12) Supply of equipment for SCC.

Project results: Immediate result of the project will be reconstructed 2 cultural and historical sites in the cross-border region - the house-museum of Diko Iliev and wind musicians and Surdulica Cultural Center, which will increase the tourist attractiveness of Oryahovo and Surdulitsa. The two buildings will have improved technical infrastructure and a ramp for people with disabilities will be built for the house-museum, which will increase the accessibility of the cultural heritage for them. Another product is the general strategy for the protection, promotion and development of cross-border music culture and music tourism.

Target groups: Residents of Oryahovo Municipality -11522 and Surdulitsa Municipality -20319; Employees of Oryahovo municipality - 39 and Surdulitsa municipality - 68; Roma - 10, disadvantaged people - 5; musicians in the brass band of Oryahovo - 25 and the brass band of Surdulitsa -20.