1. Preservation of cultural heritage and
development of tourism in the Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe
Gulnara Roll, Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation
Tartu, Estonia
Foto: Peeter Unt

2. Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation is an international non-profit institute, which works to promote balanced development of border areas, especially in Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe region. Main directions: - environment and water management; - local development; -cross-border and development cooperation
Foto: Peeter Unt

3. Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe is shared by Estonia (44%) and Russia (56%).
Finland
Estonia
Sweden
Russia
Russia
Estonia
Tartu , Estonia
Lake Peipsi
Latvia
TARTU
Denmark
Lithuania
PSKOV
Poland

4. Challenges to the regional development
The lake area is large, not accessible everywhere
due to the wetlands and weeds on the lake coast
Mostly rural periperal areas with poor economic infrastructure – roads, internet, tourist infrastructure
Young people leaving the peripheral areas
Lacking skills for enterpreneurship and service sector
Foto: Peeter Unt

5. Praaga peculiar place where people live without roads
there are only waterways
Foto: Arne Ader

6. There are over a milion birds passing Peipsi areas
Foto: Peeter Unt

7. Mustvee
- Little town with 4 churches

8. Mustvee oldbelivers museum
- History of Russian oldbelivers
- History of Mustvee
Foto: Peeter Unt

9. Rajaküla
oldbelivers
sanctum

10. Russian oldbelivers villages near Peipsi
- Unique way to experience different culture
Foto: Peeter Unt

11. Värska the center of historical Setomaa
- famous with it´s mineral water and healthy mud
Foto:Merlin Lõiv

12. What has been done so far?

13. Lakes Life Room
Permanent exhibition in Kallaste
Foto: Peeter Unt

14. …neck of the Peipsi woods are tourism paths…
Foto: Kärt Leppik

15. Cross-border cooperation summer school
aiming to promote intersectoral and cross-border cooperation
between Euroregions, NGOs, local municipalities
and state institutions
Foto: Peeter Unt

16. BEN - Baltic Euroregional Network
to promote spatial development and territorial integration in the
Baltic Sea Region by strengthening Euroregions as competent
partners with national authorities and international institutions
Foto: Peeter Unt

17. Application of the creative businesses concept for the
Plans
Application of the creative businesses concept for the
local development projects
Establishing a local museums’ network around the lake
Long term objective of establishing thematic tourist
routes around Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe
Foto: Peeter Unt

18. Mapping needs of the museums
Planned activities:
Mapping needs of the museums
Support to developing capacity of the museums’
specialists to build their capacity in organization
management, marketing, publicity, services etc.
Infrastructure development
Feasibility studies for the tourist routes’ development
A film about the region’s cultural heritage
Foto: Peeter Unt