In the frame of the Horizon 2020 Be.CULTOUR project ‘Beyond Cultural Tourism’, all partners coordinated by ICHEC Brussels Management School are launching a call for passionate innovators to shape the future of cultural tourism through innovative services and/or products in the following Be.CULTOUR Pilot Heritage Sites:

• Vulture-Alto Bradano area, Basilicata Region, Italy;
• The cultural park of Rio Martin, Teruel province, Aragon region, Spain;
• Larnaca rural cultural landscape, Larnaca Region, Cyprus;
• Forsvik and Rydal Industrial Heritage Sites, Västra Götaland Region, Sweden;
• Bač, Sremski Karlovci and Irig in Vojvodina Region, Serbia;
• The Route of Stephan the Great and Saint, North-East Romania – Moldova cross-border area.

19 applications will be selected to participate in the Hackathon which will take place in Brussels from 7 to 9 September 2022. Selected applicants will be given the opportunity to access the Be.CULTOUR Accelerator, a training programme of 4 months in which they will have the possibility to develop their innovative solutions to a close-to-market stage.

Starting from the challenges linked to the targeted deprived, remote or over-exploited areas, the selected participants will develop circular cultural tourism services and/or products that will focus on creating attractive destinations taking into account post-COVID-19 pandemic scenarios.

Deadline for submission of application is May 2^nd 2022 at 18:00 (CET). Detail on the Call and Application form on https://becultour.eu/hackathon.