2manageCUTEs reinforces the management of cultural territorial systems, focused on minor historic centres and their rural surroundings, by the design and implementation of methodologies to enhance environmental protection and cultural identity promotion. 2manageCUTEs is aimed to make the Atlantic region a more attractive place for local communities and visitors, improving territorial competitiveness and strengthening local tourism.
Specific objectives:
• To promote a better and greater consideration of the natural, ecological, environmental, cultural and economic assets
• To review and analyse the principal culture, spatial planning and sustainable development policies and programmes regarding natural and cultural
• To elaborate a set of toolkits for adapted to EU2020 and incorporate them into regional, local and rural policies
• To fight against the risks and threats that the cultural and natural assets as a result of climate change
• To raise awareness among the population and encouraging the public participation in regard to the collective cultural values of these areas as well as their social and economic impact
• To enhance the management through flexible guidelines and tools for improving territorial competitiveness and strengthening local tourism
• To create a cultural territorial systems cross-border network and support the development of new ones
• To define scenarios to promote conservation and local sustainable development through pilot projects