Donegal to get slice of funding through Atlantic Area Programme

 
Donegal is to receive a share of over €9 million in funding through the Atlantic Area Programme.
38 Irish Partners along with Donegal County Council for their TrailGlazers project, have secured funding.
INTERREG Atlantic Area is a European funding programme that promotes transnational cooperation among Spain, Portugal, UK, France and Ireland and supports projects in the fields of Innovation & Competitiveness, Resource Efficiency, Territorial Risks Management, Biodiversity and Natural & Cultural Assets.
TrailGlazers, led by Donegal County Council has received €2 million in funding.
The project, will explore how new technologies such as Go Pro cameras, Drones and Talking Heads can be used to showcase trails to Atlantic tourist visitors via virtual experiences.
By sharing experiences and knowledge, the project will develop Destination Management Plans to preserve natural and cultural assets for future generations and will impact on policy makers with a framework that identifies the required levels of investment, programming and management required to assist trails to become more economically and socially driven, thus increasing and attracting more visitors to the Atlantic regions.