Discover to Promote
"This project is part of the plan PACE ": The main objective of the project is to enhance, from a sustainable tourism perspective, the potential of the cultural heritage of the cross-border territory. The specific objectives are: 1) Networking diffuse heritage sites, thus creating cultural ecosystems by thematic dimension and territorial dimension; 2) unveil heritage, producing instruments and methods of dissemination, and making sites and content accessible; 3) mobilize and unite the territory's living forces, increasing participation in decision-making processes and the awareness/appropriation of sites. The expected results are the establishment of 4 thematic cross-border cultural ecosystems, and public awareness. Based on the heritage concerned by the other projects that make up the PITEM, the partners have identified the 4 themes (Prehistory, Historical Building, Resistance, Sacred and Profane) around which cross-border cultural ecosystems will be built.

The ALCOTRA 2014/2020 Program identifies, among the threats, the risk of loss of the cultural heritage, a finding which is even more worrying for the intangible heritage. Heritage is also threatened because of climate change, which amplifies the causes of deterioration of materials, and because of the lack of knowledge of local populations of the principles of restoration of traditional buildings. All this increases the risk of loss of the cultural concept, understood as an identity element / founder of a region, such as the Transboundary Region, which has gone through history and everywhere presents clear evidence of this cultural sharing. PITEM proposes to preserve the Alcotra space thanks to its cultural markers and their common evolution. Four projects based on a common chronological division will identify strategies for the conservation and exchange of good practices:
Tell, Save, Promote and Share. The actions will aim at the knowledge and safeguarding of tangible and intangible heritage, in order to provide users and the public with tools to understand the cultural value of the territory in line with environmental issues. The results of the projects will be part of a perspective of economic development, tourist attractiveness and boosting the cross-border territory.