The policy brief prepared by CNVP North Macedonia on Meleshevski mountains – Rural tourism emphasizes that the country has richly authentic, cultural, natural, and traditional resources, thereby offering good opportunities for rural tourism development. In the eastern part of the country, where the Maleshevski Mountains are, rural tourism is characterized by hiking and biking trails, waterfalls, lakes, and a clean mountain environment. The rural tourism value chain is closely related to the transformation of the value elements of rural production, life, ecology, and culture. The full article can be read here

CNVP North Macedonia is implementing the MOVING project with a consortium of 23 partner organizations (research centers and institutes, industry representatives, rural developers, and innovation agents) to co-design the policy framework that allows the development of value chains guaranteeing the sustainability & resilience of mountain areas. Within the project framework, activities in North Macedonia are focused on the Maleshevija region.

The project Mountain Valorization through Interconnectedness and Green Growth- MOVING, aims to build capacities and co-develop policy frameworks across Europe for the establishment of new or upgraded and upscaled value chains, contributing to the resilience and sustainability of mountain areas, valorizing local assets, and delivering private and public goods.

The overall objective of MOVING is to build capacities and co-develop — in a bottom-up participatory process with value chain actors, stakeholders, and policy-makers— relevant policy frameworks across Europe for the establishment of new or upgraded/upscaled Value Chains that contribute to resilience and sustainability of mountain areas.

MOVING project is financed from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program and will be implemented through 2024.