In the framework of the EU Rural Tourism project, an online meeting took place on 6 October with the members of the evaluation committee. The list of selected applicants was made public on 10 October.

The general objective of the project is to develop a basic vision, objectives and an operational structure for "rural tourism" by creating a cluster at the European level: establishing a cooperation mechanism linking regional tourism groups, professional organizations in the field rural tourism, local development agencies and transnational knowledge networks in the field of rural tourism; creating a network of at least 190 SMEs from at least 15 countries, whose members will benefit from training/upskilling in the field of digital and green transformation; creating viable transnational networks of advanced rural tourism services, whose impact will be felt in the market and which will provide a sufficient range of options for international demand. It can be expanded in the future based on general concepts, methodologies and experience gained during the project.

The project is coordinated by the Venetian Cluster from Italy.
Partners: Harghita Community Development Association (Romania), Narodni Klastrova Asociace (Czech Republic), Euracademy Association (Greece), Ruraltour - Federation Europeenne de Tourisme Rural (France), Asociacion Cluster de Turismo Sostenible De Aragon (Spain).

The project is supported by the COSME program (Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs).