Partnership
LA PICCIONAIA S.C.S.
Piazza Insurrezione 28 Aprile 1945
35139 Padova (PD)
www.piccionaia.org
info@piccionaia.org
LP project coordinator
PLACES promotes accessibility, inclusion, and digital innovation in four tourist sites located in Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Alto-Adige, and Tarvisio, enhancing sustainable cultural and experiential tourism in the cross-border area. Through new multimedia content, thematic itineraries, and structural interventions, it enriches museums and landscapes while engaging local communities in the authentic narration of their territory.
La Piccionaia, Lead Partner, contributes its expertise in performing arts and theatre, powerful tools for participation and inclusion.
Soziale Genossenschaft independent L.
Laurinstraße 2D
39012 Meran (BZ)
www.independent.it
info@independent.it
Partner PP1
Independent L. is a non-profit social cooperative based in Merano, South Tyrol. Since 1997, we have been working as a counselling centre for people with disabilities and have become a province-wide centre of excellence in the areas of accessibility, smart home and assistive technology.
In order to drive innovation in these technological areas, we have carried out a whole series of EU projects (ESF, ERDF, Interreg, NextGeneration-EU) in recent years.
Since 2024, we have also been running the tourism portal “Alto Adige per tutti” – Accessible Tourism in South Tyrol. This specialised information platform reviews the accessibility of facilities throughout South Tyrol and promotes selected offers for seniors, families with prams and guests with disabilities. The project is recognised as best practice at EU level and is exemplary in PLACES for the jointly planned inclusive model region for all.
In addition to architectural accessibility (removal of physical barriers), our experts also advise on digital accessibility (removal of barriers to using computers/the internet).
Tourist Promotion Consortium of Tarvisio, Sella Nevea and passo Pramollo
Via Roma 14
33018 Tarvisio (UD)
www.tarvisiano.org
consorzio@tarvisiano.org
Partner PP2
PLACES promotes accessibility, inclusion and digital innovation across four tourist sites in Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, South Tyrol and Tarvisio, enhancing sustainable cultural and experiential tourism in the cross-border area.
The Tarvisio Consortium, in close cooperation with the Municipality of Tarvisio, the Valcanale Tourism Cooperative and project partners, will coordinate several initiatives by autumn:
- the organization of an artistic residency engaging the local community in the creation of a silent play reflecting the tangible and intangible cultural heritage, to be experienced through headphones;
- the implementation of an augmented reality feature to enrich the contents and accessibility of the Customs Museum;
- the mapping of accessibility of accommodation, restaurants and points of interest across the area, to be included in the destination portal with clear accessibility information.
City of Vicenza
Corso Palladio 98
36100 Vicenza (VI)
www.comune.vicenza.it
urp@comune.vicenza.it
Partner PP3
Thanks to the PLACES project, the Vicenza Natural History and Archaeological Museum will achieve the following objectives:
- The creation of a narrative and sensory museum itinerary;
- The creation of a narrative walking itinerary through the area, developed with the involvement of the local community;
- Equipment for physical (ramps, elevator) and digital (WI-FI) accessibility
- New museum displays, with physical and sensory content;
- The creation of new interactive and inclusive content;
- The completion of the accessibility section on the Vicenza museums website;
- An online platform for promoting cultural and sustainable mobility (the PLACES museum circuit) with one virtual tour of the pilot site.
Landesmuseum für Kärnten
Liberogasse 6
9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Austria
www.landesmuseum.ktn.gv.at
willkommen@kaernten.museum
Partner PP4
The kärnten.museum is a place of learning, dialogue, encounters, but also of confrontation and critical reflection. As the Carinthian State Museum since 1884, it has been one of Klagenfurt's most beautiful historicist buildings; and since 2022, as the kärnten.museum Klagenfurt, it has been one of Austria's most modern museums. For the kärnten.museum, unrestricted access for every visitor is essential to enable people with diverse circumstances and needs to participate equally and independently in cultural life.
It is not only a question of for whom and for which needs the offerings are developed, but also of which realities of life are represented. This guiding principle drives projects such as the PLACES Interreg Project, which enables us to further improve accessibility for people with visual impairments. Through four targeted measures, the contents of the kärnten.museum will in future also be independently accessible to blind and severely visually impaired visitors:
- App for blind and visually impaired people for indoor navigation
- Tactile floor guidance system
- 3D-printed models as tactile objects
- Multi-sensory brochure
Kärnten Werbung
Völkermarkterring 21-23
9020 Klagenfurt
Austria
www.kaernten.at
info@kaernten.at
Partner PP5
As a partner of ARGE Naturerlebnis Kärnten, a unique association of protected areas and tourism regions, Kärnten Werbung has been active in the field of sustainable tourism for more than 10 years. Since 2019, a special focus has been on barrier-free tourism offerings.
In Carinthian resorts, adventure programs are offered that take people with and without disabilities to special places in the local nature.
The PLACES project manager at Kärnten Werbung will be Elke Maidic who has been engaged in the promotion of sustainable and cultural tourism for the enhancement of Carinthia since 2020 and, over the years, has developed expertise in the field of marketing accessible offerings and digitizing these offerings.
