EXtension of POtentiality of Adriatic UNESCO sites (EX.PO AUS)

Project EX.PO AUS (EXtension of POtentiality of Adriatic UNESCO Sites) is a cross-border project co-financed by the EU within the IPA Adriatic CBC Programme 2007-2013. The project includes 12 partners from seven Adriatic states: City of Dubrovnik, as Lead Partner, Region of Istria, City of Split (Croatia), Province of Ferrara, Municipality of Ravenna – Art Museum of the City, Municipality of Alberobello; Aquileia Foundation (Italy), University of Primorska – Science and research centre (Slovenia); Centre for Conservation and Archaeology of Montenegro (Montenegro); Commission to Preserve National Monuments (Bosnia and Herzegovina); Office of Administration and Coordination of Butrint (Albania) and Municipality of Corfu (Greece). The duration of the project is 36 months, the total value of the project is 3.155.784,80 EUR, 85% being co-financed from IPA funds, whereas the partners’ share is 15 % of the entire project value.

The general objective of the project is to set up a cooperative network between the UNESCO sites of the Adriatic sea (including some remarkable sites aspiring to get this recognition), which will be able to develop, in a cross-border context, and diffuse highly qualitative technical and managerial competences by the various public and private actors involved, with the aim of pursuing a joint strategy of long term to achieve a sustainable valorisation of these sites, based on high levels of managerial, technological and energy innovation.