WP 2 – Best practice for fruition of sites Municipality of Cervia – PP1

1. 2nd Intermediate Meeting Portorose (SLO) 14 -15/03/2013 WP 2 – Best practiceforfruitionofsites Municipalityof Cervia – PP1 Responsible partner: PP1 Cervia Municipalty Javnirazpisšt. 02/2009: SALTWORKS - EkoloskotrajnostnovrednotenjesolinmedItalijo in Slovenijo Bando pubblico n. 02/2009: SALTWORKS - Valorizzazione ecosostenibile delle saline tra Italia e Slovenia

2. WP2 Activities • Activitiesforeseen: • - Constitution of the Scientific and Technical Committee made ​​up of a group of experts: engineers, biologists, landscape architects, tourism experts; • - Indicators definition to be monitored for the good use of the area; • n. 2 technical meetings, • visits to AiguesMortes and MargheritadiSavoia Saltpans to check other good practice; • Environmentaland tourism AnalysisoftheSaltpans • - Guidelines for an eco-sustainable valorization of the Saltpans • Outcomesforeseen: • 1. Report of the Saltworks Environment and Tourism Analysis; • Manual and Guidelines for the valorisation of the Saltpans • Timeframe 01.12.2011 – 31.05.2012 (postponed at 31-07.2012)

3. WP2 Activities • Activity 2.1 Analysis for the enjoyment of the areas and drafting of • Guidelines for the valorization of the sites • Sites: Comacchio, Cervia, Sečovlje, Strunjan Salt Pans • Responsible partner: PP1 Cervia Municipalty • Environmental and tourism Analysis of the salt pan areas involved in the project • Final Report about the analysis • Guidelines to gain value of the sites • Validation of the output documents by Technical Scientific Committee

4. Environmental Analysis of Saltpans STRUCTURE • Site framework • Site and organization • Review of Historical, Cultural and Natural Heritage • Activities inside the Salt Pan • Environmental Analysis • Main Environmental Aspects of Salt production • Main Environmental Aspects of Tourism activities • Main management area procedures to improve natural resources • conservation • Considerations/Suggestions about environmental aspects

5. Guidelines for an eco-sustainable valorization of the saltworks - STRUCTURE • Introduction • Purpose and Approach of the document • General sustainable procedures about: • management of the areas • salt production activities • tourism activities • Proposal of actions • Conclusions

6. Guidelines for an eco-sustainable valorization of the saltworks - STRUCTURE • Purpose and Approach of the guidelines • To use an environmental sustainability management of the area and of the activities (decrease of the environmental footprint) • To use an integrated approach that combines the best protection of the natural ecosystem and the implementation of saltworks activities • Development of a slow and sustainable tourism joined with nature conservation, traditions and saltproduction • Unitary vision of the whole saltpan as low environmental impact organization

7. Guidelines for an eco-sustainable valorization of the saltworks - STRUCTURE • Proposal of actions • Proposal for a sure and specific actions for each saltpan involved in the • project: Actions to improve their environmental performances and to increase their tourism activities in a sustainable way • Some examples for Cervia Salt Pan (ref. Tourism Analysis): • •Development of promotion, marketing and commercial projects connected to web,apps for smartphones etc. (ref “Mysalt” project financed by Leader Programme in the Delta del Po Emiliano Romagnolo area)

8. Guidelines for an eco-sustainable valorization of the saltworks - STRUCTURE • Proposal of actions • •Introduction of a «Salt Train» to easly connect the saltworks to the seaside of Cervia and Milano Marittima and to promote the visits among tourists. The mean of transport can be a tyre train in the form of the ancient salt train caudeville. • A small train able to go on urban streets and preferably hybrid, that during summer season can pick up tourists coming from the beaches to conduct them to the salt pan. • •Increase and improvement of signals system and of road signal for the access to the Visit Center

9. On the project web site you can download the documents (Report of the Saltworks Environment and Tourism Analysis, Manual and Guidelines for the valorisation of the Saltpans) drawn up during the WP2 http://www.parks.it/saltworks We highlight, that the Report of the Saltworks Environment and Tourism Analysis has been integrated with framework chapter related to each involved saltpan. In accordance with the scientific committee, the framework chapter is in the original language of the respective Country.

10. WP2 Activities Activity 2.2 Technical meetings Location: 2nd meeting Cervia, 13 July 2012 Organization of the second technical meeting in Cervia Responsible partner: PP1 Cervia Municipalty Activity 2.3 Inspection trips to 2 European salt pans Location: Aigue Mortes (France), Margherita di Savoia (Italy) Organization of the inspection trip in Aigue Mortes 06-08/06/2012 Responsible partner: PP3 Strunjan Park Organization of the inspection trip in Margherita di Savoia 26-28/06/2012 Responsible partner: PP1 Cervia Municipalty

11. Aigues Mortes - Inspection Trip 6-8 giugno 2012

12. Margherita di Savoia - Inspection Trip 26-28 giugno 2012

13. Cervia – Technical Meeting 13 luglio 2012

14. Grazie per l’attenzione! Hvala za vašo pozornost! Roberta Gasperoni gasperonir@comunecervia.it Progetto finanziato nell'ambito del Programma per la Cooperazione Transfrontaliera Italia-Slovenia 2007-2013, dal Fondo europeo di sviluppo regionale e dai fondi nazionali Projekt sofinanciran v okviru Programa čezmejnega sodelovanja Slovenija-Italija 2007-2013 iz sredstev Evropskega sklada za regionalni razvoj in nacionalnih sredstev Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze