Speakers
Valeria Cibrario
Senior Programme Manager for the Interact programme
Valeria coordinates the Interreg Smarter Europe community and leads the work on Sustainable Tourism. She previously worked for as Senior Thematic Expert for start-ups, SMEs and Sustainable Tourism for the ENI CBC Med Programme projects and has long-standing experience in the field of SME support in ERDF funds.
Session:
- T01 - Europe’s Advances Towards Sustainability in Tourism
T01 -Europe’s Advances Towards Sustainability in Tourism
A political and strategic vision of sustainable European tourism.
This panel will analyze Europe's strategic role in transforming tourism towards more sustainable models, linked to the Green Deal, the Digital Agenda, and the Next Generation Funds. It will address multilevel governance, planning, and financing, with a focus on blue tourism as a key axis. Specific cases led from Brussels will also be presented, and the role of national and regional governments in this transition will be discussed.