Upcoming Projects: Just north of České Budějovice, in the middle of a forest near Hosín, Hrdějovice, and Borek, lies a former kaolin mine. It will soon be rediscovered by the general public. A new tour route and an information center will be created at this unique engineering site, and the entire project will also help protect local bat population.

As part of the 3rd annual meeting, a Swiss delegation, together with representatives of the National Coordination Unit, the Ministry of the Environment, and other cooperating ministries, visited the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, where projects focused on nature conservation, responsible tourism, and public education in environmental issues were presented within the programme “Sustainable Tourism and Enhancing Biodiversity.

A total of eight projects aimed at promoting sustainable tourism and biodiversity in the Czech Republic have received funding of CZK 1.08 billion from the second phase of the Swiss-Czech Cooperation Programme. Their official implementation was launched on Wednesday, April 23, in Prague at a meeting between representatives of the Ministry of the Environment and the project implementers.

The evaluation process of the second call, for projects under the so-called Small Grants Scheme within the Sustainable Tourism and Enhancing Biodiversity Programme, has been successfully completed.

The evaluation process of the first call, for so-called large projects over CZK 70 million under the Sustainable Tourism and Enhancing Biodiversity Programme, has been successfully completed.