The Councilor for Rural Development of the Municipality of Lorca, Ángel Meca, announced that LEADER European funds, through the local action group Integral, are going to subsidize two projects proposed by the Lorca City Council that aim to promote and disseminate the districts of the north of Lorca.
El Edil stressed that "through this line of funding we will be able to develop two strategic projects that have been selected by Integral to be subsidized with a total of 43,787 euros of LEADER funds." The first of the projects is production, recording and dissemination of a film that reflects the cultural heritage of the high districts of the municipality, while the second consists of the edition of a book that also aims to promote this space of so much value ".
Meca has held a working meeting with the manager of Integral, Jesús Ruiz, in which they have discussed the technical aspects of both projects, which will be developed during the coming months.
They have also analyzed the selective process of aid LEADER that is currently open until December 20 and can be attended by associations, non-profit organizations and individuals to apply for this line of aid to the realization of projects that are going to develop within the territory that belongs to the scope of action of the local action group Integral.
In the specific case of Lorca includes the districts of Avilés, Béjar, Coy, Culebrina, Cońa Inés, Fontanares, Humbrías, Jarales, Nogalte, Ortillo, La Paca, Torrealvilla, La Tova, Zarcilla de Ramos, Zarzadilla de Totana and Zarzalico.
The City Council of Lorca offers a free advice service to potential beneficiaries of LEADER aid.
On the selected projects, the Councilor for Rural Development has indicated that "the project of production, recording and dissemination of the documentary will be endowed with 26,000 euros and aims to capture the cultural heritage of the high districts of Lorca as the storyline of the film. of the tape will be residents in the territory, serving as a source of direct information to reflect the ways of life, the role of women, ethnographic and environmental elements of the area.The project will be an element of promotion of the territory of indirectly through the storyline of the film that, being shot in the high districts, will collect among the recording scenarios places of interest such as BIC and areas of the Natura 2000 Network, LIC territory and ZEPA. very innovative way to promote this territory with such charm, 500 DVDs of the film will be published, which will have subtitles in
Castilian for people with hearing disabilities and with English subtitles to facilitate its diffusion for tourist purposes ".
Regarding the second project, Meca has detailed that "the creation of a book for knowledge, promotion and dissemination of the heritage of the high districts has a budget of 17,787 euros, with the aim of embodying the wealth of cultural heritage , ethnographic and environmental of these deputations To achieve this objective, qualitative and quantitative social research techniques will be used in order to collect the greatest amount of information directly from the protagonists of the territory, which are not other than its inhabitants. catalog to identify the elements of the idiosyncrasy that makes the districts of Lorca a territory with its own character, 500 copies of it will be published, specifically 350 in Castilian and 150 in English to facilitate its dissemination for tourism purposes.
Mecca recalled that "these projects are linked to the already approved LEADER aid, but framed in the strategy" Territory Campoder: growing together ", consisting of the making of a documentary on the cultural heritage of the southern districts of the municipality, With a subsidized amount of 10,103'50 euros, the rural areas of Lorca are aware of the European aid at their disposal to publicize the enormous natural and cultural heritage that they possess and that makes these territories unique spaces full of charm that we want make known through strategic projects such as those announced. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca