In 2018 Bulgaria is the rotating Presidency of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (the Danube Strategy, EUSDR). As a key event of the 2018 EUSDR Presidency, Bulgaria and the European Commission, in cooperation with Danube Transnational Programme,  jointly organized the 7th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, which was held on 18 – 19 October 2018 in Sofia. The main focus of the event was on tourism development as a precondition to economic growth and territorial cohesion.

The workshop „Tourism meets Bioeconomy“ was a cooperation event and organized by the coordinators of Priority Area 8 Competitiveness of Enterprises of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region and the lead partner of the project DanuBioValNet of the Danube Transnational Programme.. The event took place on the 18th of October 2018 and it coincided with the 7th Annual Forum of the EUSDR that was focused on tourism development as a precondition to economic growth and territorial cohesion. The goal of the workshop was to identify potentials of touristic sector in connection with bioeconomy in the Danube region.

The workshop was divided into two different sessions. The first session served as an introduction into the EUSDR, the DTP and the ideas related to the integration of tourism and bioeconomy. The objective of the second workshop session was to generate ideas how to bring together tourism and bioeconomy, which could be eventually translated in new projects. Ligna Group participated in the workshop and our Director of Business Development – John Murray presented Ligna’s social corporate responsibility, regarding the Bio-economy in the Danube Region!

It was a great opportunity for all of the participants to exchange good practices and ideas!