Fiľakovo Town Hall
Radničná 25, 986 01 Fiľakovo
Tel.: +421-(0)47-4381001
Email: mesto@filakovo.sk
Monday - Thursday:
7:30 - 11:30 a.m. /
12:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Friday: 7:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Name of project: Slovak-Hungarian GeoTouristic Partnership
Project acronym: GEOTOP
Reference number: SKHU/1902/4.1/038
Program: Interreg VA Slovakia - Hungary
Priority axis: 4. - Enhancing cross-border cooperation of public authorities and people living in the border area
Specific objective: 4.1. Improving the level of cross border inter-institutional cooperation and broadening cross border cooperation between citizens.
Lead Beneficiary: Bükk National Park Directorate
Funding of project: The Project is co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund in the total amount of 159,578.32 €.
Project grant for the Mesto Fiľakovo: 20 553,00 €
National contribution: 2 418,00 €
Co-financing of the Mesto Fiľakovo: 1 209,00 €
Duration of the project: December 2020 - March 2022
The goal of this project: is to develop and implement new services in the Novohrad-Nógrád Geopark and the Bükk Region Geopark. We consider it important to expand the geotourism network and to train professionally trained tour guides and geotourism specialists, through which the partners provide a training package for tourism service providers and professionals interested in guided tours in order to expand their services. The training package includes general knowledge (on geology, accident prevention, cultural history, biology) and area-specific modules.