Liberation Route Europe

Liberation Route Europe

A JOINT INITIATIVE FROM

Regional Tourist Board Arnhem Nijmegen National Liberation Museum 1944-1945Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein’

GOALS

Give new meaning to WW2 as part of common European history Economic development by improving national and international tourism

80 GPS located audio spots

Education packs

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Hampshire County Council

Région Basse Normandie

Region tourism committee Ile-de-France

Region Ile-de-France

Tourist Federation ofBelgium Luxembourg

District of Düren

Arnhem Nijmegen City Region/Regional Tourist Board Arnhem Nijmegen

Allied Museum BerlinVisit Kent

Museum Mémorial de Caen

Rureifel Tourismus

Museum of the Second World War, Gdańsk

LIBERATION ROUTE EUROPE

Gives a European dimension to Liberation Route

Overview of Liberation Route projects

European partnersLobbyingResults Topics

LIBERATION ROUTE EUROPE (2)

LIBERATION ROUTEStart of the European extension

Arnhem Nijmegen City Region; the Brussels Office Spring 2011 Survey of European partners Why apply for European funding?

LIBERATION ROUTEStart of the European extension (2)

European funding Different aspects like education, tourism, economic development, cultural heritage, innovation, ICT, etc.

APPLICATIONS FOR EUROPEAN FUNDING

Interreg IV B programme

Seventh FrameWork programme

Europe for Citizens programme

DG Enterprise, cooperation for developmentEuropean tourism products cultural heritage

EUROPEAN PARTNERS

Strategic partners

Project partners – dependent onindividual project specifications (universities, ICT companies, etc.)

Supporting partners/observers

City of Bastogne, Federation Touristique Luxembourg Belge, Autonome Hochschule Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft, DG Grenzgeschichte

EUROPEAN PARTNERS

Allierten Museum Berlin, Kreis Düren, Rureifel Tourismus, Institut for Zeitgeschichte, Visit Berlin

EUROPEAN PARTNERS

Hampshire County Council, Visit Kent, New Forest National Park, Tourism South East, Brittany Ferries, University of Portsmouth, School of Creative Technologies

EUROPEAN PARTNERS

Region Basse Normandie, Museum Memorial Caen, Comité Regional du Tourisme Paris Ile de France Paris, Region Ile de France, Comité Régional de Tourisme de Normandie, Normandie Mémoire, Communauté de Communes de Sainte Mère-Eglise

EUROPEAN PARTNERS

Museum of the Second World War Gdańsk, University Warschau, Faculty History

EUROPEAN PARTNERS

Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein’,National Liberation Museum 1944-1945, Liberty Park, Overloon, Regional Tourist Board Arnhem Nijmegen, Tourist Board Brabant, Liberation Route Europe Foundation, University Nijmegen, Radboud University Nijmegen, Arnhem Nijmegen City Region, Province of Gelderland, VFonds

EUROPEAN PARTNERS

FOCUS ON 2014/2015

Exhibition European Parliament

International Youth Conference Arnhem

European Year of Remembrance

FUTURE PLANS Commemoration Year 2014/2015

Cooperation with Normandy and with other European partners

Cooperation within The Netherlands

FUTURE PLANS

The Netherlands are looking for candidats in relation to the European Heritage label

FOCUSSING ON

Liberation Route Foundation

Organisation

Activity Plan

Finances

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