Our project partners met in Moravske Toplice, Slovenia from 5th to 7th October for the 5th Steering Committee meeting and field trip. Main aims of the meeting were to review project progress in the last period per each workpackage and to clarify any ambiguities or questions regarding the project. Host of 5th SCOM was Municipality of Velika Polana

Meeting was also combined with the First Year Review by the Danube Transnational Programme. Via ZOOM connection Mr Gusztáv Csomor, project officer from DTP, joined our meeting.

Coordinated by each workpackage leader we went through the progress and all topics.
Iskriva: management and spending overview and plans for the next reporting 
Municipality of Velika Polana: review of the past and planned communication activities
Arctur: presentation of the Responsible Green Destination Tourism Impact Model (RGD TIM) analysis
Iskriva and Trail Angels: developing the AoE Destination - joint strategy and flagship tourism products
Iskriva: agreements, next steps for the next 6 months and conclusions of the meeting
Each country also presented their digital innovation of AoE heritage

Field trip in Velika Polana and around Prekmurje region
During our stay in Moravske Toplice we had a wonderful field trip in UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Mura. 

At the same time there was also final conference of directly related project Amazon of Europe Bike Trail. This was the culmination of a 40-month project, which connected 15 project partners from Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Hungary. 
With 1.250 km of cycling trails following both sides of the rivers in 27 stages through Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia, the Amazon of Europe Bike Trail is an example of a unique sustainable tourism product that boosts the local economy and invests in nature conservation.
Amazon of Europe Bike Trail story continues and you can follow all the current information on aoebiketrail.com.

It was a very useful and successful meeting for progress of our project.