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The Karawanken UNESCO Global Geopark is this year’s recipient of the Julius Kugy Award for its outstanding cross-border development work to date!
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.
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.
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.
GEOfestival 2025 So colourful and diverse is the Geopark Karawanken-Karavanke EUROPEAN GEOPARKS WEEK 2025 18th May to 18th June 2025
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!
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.
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.
December 11 reminds us of the importance of mountains for our lives, nature, and culture.
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.
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.
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.
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".
On Saturday, 21 September 2024, the Interreg Cooperation Day 2024 took place in the cross-border Geopark Karawanken-Karavanke. This traditional annual event is organized by the Interreg Slovenia-Austria Cooperation Programme.
From September 10th to 12th, 2024, we proudly hosted the fourth project meeting in the Karawanken-Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark (Austria/Slovenia).
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