2. LEADING IDEA “AREA SISTEMA”. TO EXPLOIT THE RURAL, NATURAL, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE TERRITORY, CONCEIVED AND ORGANIZED AS A MODERN “AREA SISTEMA”.

3. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES  TO STRENGTHEN AND QUALIFY THE LOCAL TURISTIC SYSTEM  TO IMPROVE THE COMPETITIVINESS AND DIVERSIFICATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM  TO WIDEN LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES NETWORKS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER TERRITORIES  TO ENHANCE HUMAN CAPITAL AND STRENGTHEN THE COMPETITIVINESS OF LOCAL ECONOMICAL SYSTEM

4. FUNDS  INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS - 12.010.000 EURO  AID SCHEME – 7.400.000 EURO  TRAINING ACTIVITIES - 2.000.000 EURO

5. Municipalities: 6 Inhabitants: 31.342 PIT area of competence: 810,08 km 2 Population density: 38,7 (persons/km 2 ) Municipalities: 6 Inhabitants: 31.342 PIT area of competence: 810,08 km 2 Population density: 38,7 (persons/km 2 )

6. The area of PIT Bradanica is located nearby the urban-industrial junction of Matera. There are various relations with the “city of stones”. For example, the manifactural sector of the area has been leaded by the development of the neighbour “wood district” in the area of Murgia. In parallel, the cultural and turistic sector could be strengthened by a closer relation with the city of Matera, which represents an important “ great attractor” for cultural and turistic flows.

7. The EU-NET project represents, surely, an important occasion for carring out fully the development strategy of this area. The territorial cooperation is a necessary instrument in support of the prospective idea to create a modern and functioning “system area”, dynamic in itself and able to be integrated in the international and European context

8. The area of the PIT has a very interesting natural and cultural heritage, even it is still poorly exploited and integrated with the turistic and hospitality system. The improvement of the entire cultural and turistic sector from a global point of view, will represent one of the main goals of the territorial cooperation strategy for the next programming period 2007-2013.