The first on-site meeting lays the groundwork for updating N\u00faria\u2019s heritage assets, which will integrate new social, environmental, and historical perspectives.<\/p>\n
The European project RESPIRA has begun its fieldwork this week in the Vall de N\u00faria with an initial in-person meeting with representatives of FGC Turisme i Muntanya, marking the official start of collaboration in the area.<\/p>\n
The meeting, held on Wednesday 21 January, brought together representatives of FGC Turisme i Muntanya \u2014including the European projects coordinator, Laura Eduardo, the director of Vall de N\u00faria, Toni Casals, and Miquel Pous, head of administration\u2014 alongside ICRPC researchers for the RESPIRA project, \u00cdngrid Casta\u00f1\u00e9 and Carles Gorini. The day combined a visit to the main heritage assets with a working session aimed at defining realistic, actionable, and locally useful lines of action.<\/p>\n
One of the central points of the meeting was a shared reflection on the need to update existing heritage narratives, especially those related to the rack railway and exhibition spaces, by incorporating a cross-cutting perspective. In this regard, participants emphasized the importance of embedding railway heritage within its social, historical, symbolic, and environmental context, reinforcing the connection between infrastructure, mountain, and community.<\/p>\n
Within the framework of the RESPIRA project, the potential of the Vall de N\u00faria was also highlighted as a space to address contemporary challenges such as sustainability, collective mobility, health, and the social use of the mountain, in line with current European Union priorities. The N\u00faria rack railway was identified as a key asset in narratives promoting public transport and reducing private vehicle pressure in sensitive natural environments.<\/p>\n
Above all, the meeting helped \u201cbreak the ice\u201d and consolidate a strategic relationship between the ICRPC and FGC Turisme i Muntanya, which will be essential for the success of the RESPIRA project. The session established a framework of trust and collaboration that will facilitate the implementation of the planned actions through 2027.<\/p>\n
The Interreg Sudoe \u201cRESPIRA\u201d project (Sustainable and Professional Revitalization of Interconnected Rural Heritage) is a transnational initiative funded by the Interreg Sudoe 2021\u20132027 programme. It seeks to promote the revitalization of rural areas in southwest Europe by enhancing territorial heritage \u2014natural, cultural, and memorial\u2014 as a resource to strengthen territorial attractiveness, local development, population retention, social cohesion, and innovation. This will be achieved through the creation of valorization strategies, a transnational action plan, heritage schemes, training activities, and pilot projects implemented in the participating territories.<\/p>\n
The project consortium includes, alongside the Institut Catal\u00e0 de Recerca en Patrimoni Cultural (ICRPC), the P\u00f4le M\u00e9tropolitain du Pays de B\u00e9arn<\/em> (lead partner), the Communaut\u00e9 de Communes Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es Haut Garonnaises<\/em> (France), the Provincial Council of Teruel (Spain), the Agrupamento Europeu de Coopera\u00e7\u00e3o Territorial do Rio Minho<\/em> (Portugal), the Municipality of Barcelos (Portugal), the Public University of Navarra \u2013 Department of Human Sciences and Education (Spain), the CIRDOC \u2013 Institut occitan de cultura<\/em> (France), and the Asociaci\u00f3n Ib\u00e9rica de Municipios Ribere\u00f1os del Duero<\/em> (Spain).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first on-site meeting lays the groundwork for updating N\u00faria\u2019s heritage assets, which will integrate new social, environmental, and historical perspectives. The European project RESPIRA has begun its fieldwork this week in the Vall de N\u00faria with an initial in-person meeting with representatives of FGC Turisme i Muntanya, marking the official start of collaboration in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6642,"featured_media":59181,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"class_list":["post-59184","noticia-proyecto","type-noticia-proyecto","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n