From the Fund of the European Union, i.e. from the IPA Adriatic Program for cross-border cooperation 2007 – 2013, the city of Mostar, Department of Economics, approved the project HERA (Sustainable management of tourism and heritage of this area) in partnership with the Republic of Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Italy, Albania and Greece, as reported by Vecernji list.
The value of the project amounts to 418,000 EUR, of which 192,000 EUR are going on construction works and reconstruction of the building and the rest will be allocated for equipment. Additional funding from the European Union, as requested by the city of Mostar, amounts to 62,000 EUR and the co-financing of the city of Mostar in the amount of 200,000 EUR. Within the project will be established a tourist center “Visitor Center”, which will be equipped with the latest equipment and technology, and information and communication solutions.
Using modern multimedia equipment, in the Visitor Center will be displayed the rich cultural, historical and natural heritage of Herzegovina. In order to establish this Visitor Centre, the city of Mostar has identified the object of a Cultural Home in Buna as appropriate for the project, with the main aim of enriching the tourist and cultural attractions on Buna.
The object will be in operation in January this year.
Business Service Center (BSC), which is part of the City Administration of Mostar, applied for a project funded by the UNDP, and it is a program of support for employment through public works for the long-term unemployed and socially vulnerable groups of citizens.
The project will be funded by UNDP with 50,000 BAM, and the city of Mostar will participate with 12,500 BAM. It will be realized with partners of the project, the Centre for Social Work in Mostar, the Employment Agency of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton and Municipal Public Company Mostar. In this project will be included thirty users, and it is planned that the public works program takes place from the 1st of April to 31st of July 2017, according to data provided by the city of Mostar.
(Source: akta.ba)
