Latest Programme News

18 May 2015


Visit new website for latest news

The website for the 2014 - 2020 programming period is now launched. Please visit www.northsearegion.eu for the latest programme news.

21 April 2015


Record number of project ideas submitted

20 April marked the deadline for submission of project ideas for project developers interested in a feedback session with secretariat staff. The turnout of 81 ideas submitted was the best in programme history. 

20 April 2015


Great interest in the North Sea Conference 2015

Three weeks after registration opened, 170+ participants have already signed up for our annual conference in Assen, the Netherlands, 16 - 18 June. Join us by signing up today.

Latest Project News

09 July 2015


World Heritage cooperation programme with business partners
The study compiled the existing business cooperation programmes in the Wadden Sea and analysed the feasibility of establishing a transnational World Heritage business cooperation programme. Such a programme would be an opportunity to develop a collaborative network across the entire property, connecting existing programmes and developing a coherent set of standards and engage different business sectors in World Heritage.

06 July 2015


Study on touristic bird watching offers
The study "Offers and marketing of touristic bird watching in the Wadden Sea World Heritage Destination" analyses available bird watching offers and gives practice examples as well as further recommendations for tour providers, regions and destinations concerning among others marketing, communication, partnerships, accessibility, sustainability and arrangements in order to help to tap the potential of bird watching tours.

30 June 2015


Guidelines World Heritage Package Tours
The guideline for the development of World Heritage package tours is a tool to enhance sustainable tourism in the Wadden Sea World Heritage Destination. The guidelines were developed as a pilot project for the Lower Saxon region as an exampe to formulate concrete guidance how the World Heritage status can be applied by tourism stakeholders.

Project Ideas

The first step towards a project under the IVB North Sea Region Programme is to develop the idea and concept behind it. Visit the Project Idea Section of the website to view and submit project ideas. There are currently 70 ideas submitted.



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