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.