Centre for Responsible Tourism, as one of the most important outcomes of this project, was conceived as an instrument of professional and educational support for development of the territory of our county, as well as informative - educational corner with headquarters in Dubrovnik, in which operate young professionals, local NGOs, tour operators and public officials,  who promote methods of responsible tourism and contribute to community development based on the principles of sustainable development.

This Center will host all operators and experts who will be engaged in the project and they will organize numerous activities aimed at raising awareness on the need to preserve natural and cultural resources of the territory, and resource exploitation on the principles of sustainability.

Adriatic centre for responsible tourism as a visitor centre

All project activities have been realized within a single space, which has been, for the occasion, decorated in April 2008 at the premises in Lazareti, and will become a "Center for Responsible Tourism of the Adriatic Region. There is still ongoing reconstruction of the part of the premises.

A part of the space in Lazareti, is intended for visitors, and presents an overview of the local culture and tradition (exibited photos, literature). In addition to exhibition activities, the Center will provide space for continuous "performance" related to the heritage and potentials of the representing territory (crafts, traditional skills, enogastronomy).

Association Centre for responsible tourism of the Adriatic Region – Mission and Vision

At the end of the project, it  is planned within the described structure, the foundation of the "Centre for Responsible Tourism of the Adriatic region“. In the work of the association the following stakeholders will take part:

• Project partners, Deša-Dubrovnik, Marche Region, Cospe Firenze
• Local associations for environment protection
• Dubrovnik-neretva county, the City of Dubrovnik and all relevant institutions from the both sides of the Adriatic coast
• Ecotourist operators and entrepreneurs who take part in the project or beneficiaries of the services provided by the structures created within this project

Potential beneficiaries of the Centre are small entrepreneurs (those existing or emerging), institutions of local government and young experts, who will continue to create projects for development and welfare of the community, to promote and develop the alternative forms of tourism, and thus significantly emphasize development of Dubrovnik Neretva County in the Adriatic Euro-region. The association Centre for Responsible Tourism of the Adriatic region will boost cooperation with numerous experts from various national and international institutions. Creating such an initiative for development of responsible tourism for the area of the Adriatic, will allow the concentration of knowledge gained in the project.

Within this activity, on November 24th 2009,  in the Small Hall of the City of Dubrovnik, the initiative committee met in order to establish the "Centre for Responsible Tourism of the Adriatic region“. The members of the Initiative Committee, besides the civil society associations  DEŠA - Dubrovnik  and Cospe - Firenze, were prominent public figures from the Croatian and Italian academic communities, Dr. Sc. Saša Poljanec Borić, Prof. Alberico di Meo and Lucija Bronzan, the City of Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik - Neretva County and Marche Region, who by this act, expressed their commitment for sustainable development of the Adriatic region.