About Lrcp
Project Overview












Local and Regional Competitiveness Project (LRCP) is a four-year investment operation financed with a grant from the European Union (IPA II), and consists four components.
LRCP is based on a holistic approach to tourism development and destination management and will provide investment funding and capacity building to support sector growth, investment in destinations, and specific destination prosperity.
The Project Development Objective of the LRCP is to enhance the contribution of tourism to local economic development and improve the capacity of the Government and public entities to foster tourism growth and facilitate destination management.


Компоненти на проектот
Project Fact Sheets
Objective
Enhance the contribution of tourism to local economic development and improve the capacity of the Government and public entities to foster tourism growth and facilitate destination management.
Budget
The Project is funded by an 18.000.000 euro grant from the European Union’s Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance II and co-financed by the Government of North Macedonia with 3.176.471 euro.
22.914.925 €
Duration
14.01.2016 – 31.12.2019
Donor
European Union
Administrator
World Bank * П The project is administered by the World Bank, through a Trust fund (Local and Regional Competitiveness in Tourism Trust Fund) using applicable World Bank
guidelines and procedures on environmental and social management, financial management, procurement and implementation support.
Implementing agency
Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister for EconomicAffairs (CDPMEA)
Project Components
1. Technical Assistance for Tourism Development.
2. Strengthening Destination Management and Enabling Environment.
3. Investment in Tourism-Related Infrastructure and Linkages at Destinations.
4. Strengthening Project Management.
Roles and Responsabilities
LRCP is managed as a Hybrid Trust Fund.Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs is the responsible implementing agency. The main implementation unit of the LRCP project is the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) established within the Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs.World Bank Group is responsible for overall supervision of the Project (Components 2,3 and 4) and execution of Component 1.The Delegation of the EU has an advisory role to the Project Steering Committee.Project Steering Committee is composed of 9 representatives nominated from the following institutions:
Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister in charge for Economic Affairs and coordination of economic departments, as Chairman of the Project Steering Committee; Secretariat for European Affairs; Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Economy; Ministry of Local Self Government; Ministry of Culture; Ministry of Transport and Communications; Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning; Agency for Promotion and Support of Tourism
Results
Additional private sector investment generated in tourism-related activities at beneficiary destinations.
Increase in the number of tourism-related jobs created at beneficiary destinations.
Consultative public-private dialogue destination management process

