INTERREG-SUDOE Respira Project: Sustainable and professional revitalization of interconnected rural heritage sites.
- Type Project
- Status In progress
- Execution 2025 -2028
- Assigned Budget 1.733.800,00 €
- Scope Europeo
- Autonomous community Aragón; Navarra, Comunidad Foral de
- Main source of financing INTERREG 21-27
- Project website Web del proyecto Respira (INTERREG)
Affected by territorial, social, and economic imbalances, the rural areas of the SUDOE region face the challenges of depopulation, an aging population, and a sluggish local economy. In this context, the RESPIRA project addresses the enhancement of a territory through its cultural heritage, as a means of territorial revitalization that generates sustainable and lasting benefits for these areas (territorial appeal, local economic development, population retention, social cohesion/inclusion, etc.).
The project will approach Territorial Heritage from a threefold perspective: Natural, Cultural, and Memorial. This holistic approach will then be used in the heritage transmission systems developed by Public Authorities, allowing for the decompartmentalization, diversification, and increased potential for enhancement and transmission, reaching a wider audience. The partnership comprises 9 Partners (5 Public Authorities from France, Spain, and Portugal; 3 Heritage Reference Centers; and 1 Association), and is complemented by the support of 18 Associates.
Its main objective is to promote and facilitate the enhancement of the "territorial capital" of territories that contribute to their uniqueness and identity (e.g., centuries-old olive trees, traditional crafts, historical routes, local products and associated culinary practices, specific natural resources, etc.) by applying and leveraging a transdisciplinary analysis of their heritage characteristics, providing support and tools to public authorities, and strengthening heritage transmission mechanisms. To this end, the project will develop: 1) a Strategy for Enhancing the Heritage Identity of the territories; 2) a Transnational Action Plan for its implementation at the local or territorial level; 3) Heritage Schemes for the enhancement of the territories; 4) Training and Awareness-Raising Activities on Heritage Identity; and 5) a Pilot Project to test the tools in the territories.
Member name: Marion Llorach
Email: m.llorach@pays-de-bearn.fr
Member name: Assumpta Guixot
E-mail: a.guixot@ccphg.fr
Member name: José Manuel Martín Andrés
Email: jmmartinandres@dpteruel.es
Member name: Sónia Fernanda Duarte Antunes
Email: st_pt@aectriominho.eu
Member name: Cláudio Brochado
Email: claudiobrochado@cm-barcelos.pt
Member name: Alfredo Asiáin Ansorena
Email: alfredo.asiain@unavarra.es
Member name: Antonio Rojas Rabaneda
Email: arojas@icrpc.cat
Member name: Jean-Jacques Castéret
Email: jj.casteret@oc-cultura.eu
Member name: Carlos Jesús Rivas Rojo
Email: aimrd@lagunadeduero.org
- Pôle Métropolitain du Pays de Béarn
- Pôle Métropolitain du Pays de Béarn
- Communauté de Communes Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises
- Diputación Provincial de Teruel, Área de Cooperación Local, Oficina de Programas de la Unión Europea
- Agrupamento Europeu de Cooperação Territorial do Rio Minho
- Município de Barcelos
- Universidad Pública de Navarra, Departamento de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación
- Fundació Institut Català de Recerca en Patrimoni Cultural
- CIRDOC - Institut occitan de cultura
- Asociación Ibérica de Municipios Ribereños del Duero
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