About the project

Project name: "Bird Observation Network on the Baltic Sea Coast"

Project acronym: "Birdie"

Project number: LLI-00022

Project partners: Lead partner – Liepaja Municipality (Latvia). Partners: Klaipėda District Tourism Information Centre (Lithuania), Dienvidkurzeme Municipality (Latvia).

Project implementation period: February 1, 2024 – January 31, 2026 (24 months).

Project budget: €394,249.38, of which €315,399.50 from the EU Structural Funds.

Project funding sources: project partners' funds and the European Regional Development Fund.

The project's objective is to create a new, sustainable and attractive international tourism offer by developing a cross-border bird observation network in Liepaja, in the regions of South Kurzeme (Latvia) and Klaipėda (Lithuania). This project will connect 18 bird watching sites and will purchase innovative bird watching equipment. The project partners will solve common problems such as reducing seasonality, attracting foreign tourists, increasing the number of overnight stays in accommodation facilities, involving local residents in bird watching and economic growth in the regions.

Innovative solutions will be used to create educational and sustainable tourism offers, which will be supplemented by promotional activities designed to strengthen the project results. The "BIRDIE" project will not only promote sustainable tourism and foster a deeper understanding of nature, but will also bring economic benefits and ensure sustainable growth in all border regions of Latvia and Lithuania.

Klaipėda District Tourism Information Center plans to implement the following project activities:

• purchase binoculars, monocles, stationary binoculars for bird watching;
• create a 360 film "Bird Flight";
• create games: a virtual game room and a quiz "Guess what bird it is";
• create a hologram stand;
• create a subpage on the website www.klaipedosrajonas.lt, which will contain all the information about the newly created route;