Projects

Another milestone in the Karawanken-Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark

On Wednesday, 8 July 2026, we warmly invite you to join us for the official opening of the new Geopark Information Centre Bad Eisenkappel and its Open Day.

We had the privilege of presenting our cross-border UNESCO Global Geopark to a delegation from Slovakia and Austria.

From 23 to 26 March 2026, the Karawanken-Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark hosted the Coordination Committee Meeting of the European Geoparks Network, within which the Danube GeoTour Plus Future Forum was successfully organised as the final strategic event of the Danube GeoTour Plus project, implemented under the INTERREG Danube Region Programme.

On April 9, 2026, project partners Karawanken-Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark and Geološki zavod Slovenije (GeoZS) met again with 22 local stakeholders to deepen their cooperation and build upon the results from the previous year.

Today, we had the opportunity to present our Interreg Slovenia-Austria project, KaraMon, at the "Bridging Europe" event in Grado, organized by the Interreg Italy-Slovenia program.

Between February 23rd and 25th, 2026, the final conference of the INTERREG Central Europe project took place in the capital of Croatia under the title “The HUMANITA Summit: From Visitor Impact to Nature Protection – Building a Human–Nature Harmony.”

Last week, as part of the Interreg Danube Region Danube GeoTour Plus project, we attended a partner meeting in the picturesque village of Bükkszentkereszt, located in Bükk-vidék Geopark, Hungary.

The Summer School 2025 of the INTERREG Humanita project has just finished! Twenty-five students from eleven countries participated. It was a pleasure and privilege to host them, get to know them and collaborate during the event.

The first year of the Danube GeoTour Plus project has already passed! This week, partners gathered at the lead partner Geopark Styrian Eisenwurzen for the First Year Review event, where we reviewed progress, exchanged experiences, and planned the next steps.

From 1 July until the end of August, travel up to 5 times a day by bus from Bleiburg to the top highlights of the Geopark, such as the Mežica Show Mine, the zipline in Črna na Koroškem, and much more.

As part of the annual school topic of the Karawanken Geopark, the second part of the training titled "UNESCO Geopark – Green Classroom" took place on May 21, 2025.

This week, we successfully held the kick-off meeting for the EGTC-NET project in the Karawanken Geopark, implemented under the INTERREG IT-AT program. Together with the lead partner, EGTC Senza Confini, we prepared a diverse program for the project partners, which included a cycling tour in the Peča Mine and an informative meeting at the Geo.Dom visitor center on Mount Petzen.

You are warmly invited to visit the exhibition on the animal and plant species found in the Karawanken UNESCO Global Geopark, titled "Wild Planet, Beautiful Planet, My Planet...", displayed in front of the Mežica Primary School – conceived and designed by our Geopark colleague Uroš Grabner!

As part of the INTERREG Danube Region project Danube GeoTour Plus, we visited the Papuk UNESCO Global Geopark, where we gained insights into their approaches to involving minorities, youth, and older adults in the work of the Geopark. We were particularly impressed by the good examples of cooperation with vulnerable groups, which strengthen their role in the local community.

On May 8, 2025, the introductory event of the cross-border project KaraMon, implemented within the INTERREG SI-AT program, took place at the fire station of the Volunteer Fire Brigade Bistrica nad Pliberkom. The focus was on the presentation of the third work package, aimed at establishing a bilateral intervention corridor for natural disasters between Carinthia and Slovenia.

On Tuesday, January 28, 2025, project partners, experts, and stakeholders gathered in St. Kanzian am Klopeiner See to jointly develop sustainable tourism offers within the GreenTour project.

With great enthusiasm, we hosted representatives of the Association of Slovenian Municipalities on October 3, 2024, and representatives of the European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) B&G-RAD on November 7, 2024, during their study visit to the Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark.

The Waterwise project is officially underway! Last week partners from 6 countries gathered in the breathtaking setting of Poschiavo, Switzerland, to kick off this exciting collaboration.

From 11. - 15. November 2024, Kladovo, Serbia, became the hub of collaboration and innovation for the Danube GeoTour Plus project. The event gathered all project partners and geopark representatives to discuss strategies for sustainable tourism and enhancing visitor experiences across the Danube region.

With the enclosed document we would like to invite you to submit an offer for the installation of a sandbox for the exhibition in the Geo.Hub Water Resources Centre Ravne na Koroškem, within the framework of the INTERREG SI-AT project ‘GreenTour’.

Yesterday, on 15th October 2024, we successfully held the introductory seminar with educational workshops as part of the Geopark annual theme "UNESCO Geopark – Green Classroom" at the Koroški Pokrajinski Muzej in the castle in Ravne na Koroškem.

Yesterday, the Director of the Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark signed ERDF subsidy contracts for two new INTERREG SI-AT projects, titled "KaraMon" and "Connect2tourism".

From September 10th to 12th, 2024, we proudly hosted the fourth project meeting in the Karawanken-Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark (Austria/Slovenia).

The past three days, we proudly hosted in Geopark a Central European Service for Cross-border Initiatives from Budapest.

Last week, from 14 May to 17 May 2024, the partners of the HUMANITA - Interreg Central Europe project met in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine National Park in Italy. 

In April 2024, we proudly hosted representatives of Slovenian Regional Development Agencies in our cross-border Geopark.

A cross-border workshop with eight participants representing stakeholders from both Austria and Slovenia took place on 19th of March 2024 in Municipality of Sittersdorf. The group comprised members from diverse sectors including environmental agencies, cable car company, municipalities, tourist operators, tourism management organizations, and universities, each bringing invaluable expertise to the table, on how to collaborate to foster sustainable tourism and protect the natural environment.

Within the I-SWAMP project, the Geopark Karawanken-Karavanke aims to contribute to the conservation of small alpine wetlands and to raise awareness about the importance of wetlands for nature and people. Therefore, we are implementing activities together with municipalities, volunteers, stakeholders and external expert to preserve these wetlands for the future.

The Karawanken-Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark together with its partner Podzemlje Pece participated in the Alpe-Adria International Fair in Ljubljana between 31st January and 3rd of February 2024.

We're delighted to share the highlights from our recent seminar held on September 24th, 2023, at the Smrekovec mountain alpine hut in the frame of the Interreg Alpine Space Project I-SWAMP.

Are you interested in ecology, biodiversity and conservation? Intrigued by the fascinating wetland ecosystems in the Alps?

Market exploration / Request for tenders "Equipment for monitoring visitor flows (Wildlife camera)" - INTERREG Central Europe project "HUMANITA" - Modul A1

With the enclosed document, we would like to invite you to submit a detailed offer within the framework of the INTERREG Central Europe project "HUMANITA" for Market exploration / Request for tenders "Equipment for visitor flow monitoring (Counters)

With the enclosed document, we would like to invite you to submit a detailed offer within the framework of the INTERREG Danube Region Project "Danube GeoTour Plus".

We were delighted to welcome representatives from the Biokovo-Imotski Lakes Geopark – Croatia for their study visit. The presentation, constructive debate, pleasant socializing, and shared interests resulted in improved cooperation and the signing of cooperation agreements between our organizations.

In the framework of the 26th Slovenian Geologists' Consultation which took place on December 1st 2023, we presented together with the Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation the ongoing projects we are implementing in our Geopark: Humanita (INTERREG Central Europe), I-Swamp (INTERREG Alpine Space) and GreenTour (INTERREG SI-AT).

Hosted by the University of Žilina – our Interreg Central Europe project partners gathered in the heart of the National Park Malá Fatra. The Chleb area, one of the pilot sites, was the highlight of our visit. We witnessed the area's beauty and the impact of soil erosion on the trails.

The President of the Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark, Dr. Tomaž Rožen, signed today at the Štatemberg Manor the contract on the co-funding of the new INTERREG SI-AT project with the acronym "GreenTour". With this project, the Geopark will set measurable objectives and clear impacts for future-oriented tourism development in this bilateral European area of the future over the next three years!

Last week, we proudly hosted in our cross-border Geopark, a Secondary school of Freamunde, Paços de Ferreira, near Porto – working on an ERASMUS project "Approaching sustainable development through Geoparks".

Karawanken-Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark participated at 10th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks, which took place last week in the Moroccan city of Marrakech.

Within the framework of the project activities in the frame of Interreg Alpine Space Project I-SWAMP, the Karawanken-Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark, together with an external expert E.C.O Institute of Ecology, started with the removal of invasive plant species (Solidago, bamboo, …) at project sites in the Municipality of Lavamünd and at the lake Pirkdorfer See.

A time machine as a cure for Kralj Matjaž's heartbreak? And what role does a rare stamp play in the emergence of Ante Pante's customs?

Partners of the project met in Bükk National Park in Hungary on April 17th to 19th 2023 at the project’s kick-off meeting.