The project “Living history-Living nature II” with the acronym “LhiLna II” is the follow-up of the project “Living history, Living nature”. It targets at the sustainable development of the two involved areas, Novaci and Almopia, by promoting tourism that focuses on the cultural and natural characteristics and their promotion with innovative methods. Encourangement of original artistic creation, crowd sourcing practices, development of mobile appications for guidance in the areas, along with infrastructure actions in sensitive and protected areas are our guidelines. In total, the project aims at an innovative documentation of the wealthy local heritage, the raising of awareness on protection issues and thus, the sustainable development of the area.
The project is funded by the IPA CBC Programme “Greece – the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2007-2013″.
The two tourings of the travel bloggers and journalists have taken place in Almopia! Our guests have already started uploading their thoughts on the sites of Almopia that have been selected and included in the network of the “Living history”and “Living nature”. Two of our guests have created an original TV-show for Almopia and the “Living history – Living nature” while others have written original articles.
The summer architectural design workshop in the Municipality of Almopia was successfully completed. After an open invitation of the municipality, fourteen students of architectural faculties from the participating countries were hosted for seven days in Almopia in the framework of the Action 5.1 “Art Activities for the Crossroads of History and Nature” of the project “Living history, Living nature II”. The aim of this action was to study and propose ways to revitalize selected sites with small-scale interventions, under the guidance of two profession architects with teaching experience.