Programme: Local Development, Poverty Reduction and Enhanced Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups

The project proposal is aimed at promoting local identity and preserving local traditions and cultural heritage. This need has been identified in the Strategy of the Stamboliyski Municipality LAG. Although the local community is making efforts to provide conditions for the preservation and promotion of living cultural heritage, there are still deficits. The available traditional costumes in the community centers are insufficient, the cultural assets are not sufficiently researched, described and systematized. Target groups that will benefit from the project are local cultural creative groups at the community centers in the municipality - dance groups, choirs, instrumental groups and other groups of amateurs who will have the opportunity to present local cultural traditions and identity, such as popularize during the holidays of the holiday calendar of the territory. The target group includes both young amateurs and adults. The project will serve the needs of all settlements in the territory, which include people with different ethnic composition.
The main activities in this proposal are related to the production of authentic Thracian costumes for youth, men, girls and women (a total of 50 pieces), which will be used by all folklore and dance groups, stage ensembles and all whose activities have a presentation of local cultural heritage and the need to present it in an authentic way. 
To promote the local identity, a banner (1.8 m. X 0.65 m.) will be made, which will be installed behind the stage during public events. 200 branded T-shirts will be made to promote the cultural heritage and the CLLD approach, which will be distributed during the events. A logo and visual identification will be developed to present in a unified way the cultural heritage of the territory.
As a result of the project implementation, it is expected to create conditions for popularization of the local identity and the CLLD approach.