INCULTUM. Training Portal

The innovation of INCULTUM project (Horizon 2020) lies in unlocking the potential of cultural tourism to enhance the social, cultural and economic development of local communities and stakeholders from a sustainable perspective. The ambition of INCULTUM is to transform the concept of cultural tourism from a simple consumer product into a social tool. Ten pilots were developed across Europe and the project is rooted in two main concepts: experimenting with novel, unexplored pilot solutions and focusing on secondary, underrated territories to develop innovative strategies. To realize this objectives, the consortium (fifteen european partners) engaded in on-the-ground experimentation within the pilots and conducted theoretical investigations into models of partecipation, creating a map of targeted stakeholders, and experimenting with data utilization. Policy recommendations were derived from the pilot experiences, aiming to foster new synergies among public and private stakeholders and create conditions for new investments. The outcomes of the three-year endeavour are documented on the project's website and on the training portal developed to provide a repository of professional and academic resources available for reuse. By implementing cultural tourism based on living territories and communities, it was possible to experiment the mitigation of the negative impacts of tourism through specific training initiatives and by strengthening local identities and social ties. The partecipatory models formed the basis for co-creating innovative tools, assessing the prerequisites necessary for the future full implementation and scaling up of the pilots, even beyond the end of the EU fundind period.