Kick-off meeting of MUSE Project to MARE Outpost

Strengthening the model of Port-Museum of Tricase by transferring it to the Greek communities of Missolonghi and Corfu is the aim of MUSE Project – Development and enhancement of port museums as natural and cultural heritage sites. The project kick-off meeting took place on 18 and 19 May 2018 at the seat of Tricase Port Museum.

Lead Partner of the project is the Municipality of Tricase; the project partners are CIHEAM BARI, the Municipality of Messolonghi, the Port Authority of Corfu and the European Regional Framework for Cooperation (ERFC-Greece).

The project will try to develop actions in some areas at high risk of depopulation and abandonment, by creating a network between Ports Museum and by strengthening facilities and services for cultural, natural and scientific tourism. The Port-Museum is a dynamic place of research, collection, exchange and deepening of knowledge linked to the traditions of the sea and of coastal communities.

MUSE is one of 41 projects funded under the first call of the Interreg V-A Greece-Italy Programme 2014-2020. It is a bilateral cross-border cooperation programme, co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and by the two member states (Italy and Greece) with a national share.

The Programme aims to define a cross-border growth strategy between Puglia and Greece for the development of a dynamic economy based on smart, sustainable and inclusive systems in order to improve the quality of life of the citizens of these regions.