Klosterland

MISSION
Klosterland is a non-profit organisation created in 2013, to establish trans-regional, cross-border cooperation among abbeys and promote the preservation and revitalisation of monastic heritage. Under the Klosterland umbrella, members also present their offerings as well as network products, like exhibitions, concerts, events and information media. As a monastic network, the monasteries receive advice in different fields. They have experts with an abundance of knowledge, experience and case studies at their disposal that can help member organisations for guidance and consultations. The member organisations, are mainly located in Germany and northwest of Poland. They usually organise meetings for networks of monasteries within German-speaking countries and provide stakeholders with the opportunity to get to know each other, enabling professional exchange and mutual inspiration to create projects in collaboration.

ACTIVITIES

MARKETING OF MONASTIC PRODUCTS

The organisation conducts press and publicity for its members. They create marketing activities for cultural tourism products and facilities knowledge exchange between the member organisations.  Their main focus in on monastic culture. They develop activities and educative offers for its members.  They also develop products that help to generate revenue for financing cultural work and function as representatives for the organisation.

EUROPETOUR

The European project Europetour, in which KLOSTERLAND is a partner, will bring together and connect a diverse range of rural areas in Europe with the aim to enhance local cultural tourism. It will do this by setting up and providing a relevant training scheme pinpointed at lacking skills and qualification needs of those people active in rural cultural tourism all over Europe. The used methodology is in its essence bottom-up and based on the input of the complete partnership and their stakeholders.

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