To ensure clear and smooth communication between project partners and with the public, we will prepare a Project Communication Strategy. The main goal of the strategic communication plan is to regularly inform all target groups about the project's progress and results. In the scope of this task, we will develop the project's visual identity as well.
Status: The task has been fully implemented and completed
Results:
Project LIFE TRŠCA logo:
We will get in contact with European organizations implementing similar LIFE projects and visit their protected areas. Past project experiences of other organizations will help us execute our project activities more effectively. Furthermore, cooperation and exchange of information based on good practices open new opportunities for further international cooperation in the field of nature conservation and ensuring favourable conditions for endangered species. To disseminate our project results, active participation in conferences or other similar events is foreseen in the scope of this task as well.
Status: Task is in progress
Results:
In May 2024, our project team visited the Society for the Protection of Prespa (SPP), an organisation working in the Greek part of Lake Prespa. SPP has been running the LIFE Prespa Waterbirds project (LIFE15 NAT/GR/000936) from 2016 to 2021, and before that they have been running the following LIFE projects: LIFE Prespa Fish & Fisheries, LIFE Mikri Prespa, LIFE Stymfalia and LIFE JunEx. During our visit we were introduced to their current activities, past projects and the machinery they use for their work.
In May 2025, the project team visited the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB), Bulgaria's leading nature conservation organization and national partner of BirdLife International. It has extensive experience in implementing European LIFE projects, particularly in the field of endangered species protection, habitat management, and reducing the negative impact of infrastructure on birds. The purpose of our visit was to exchange information and experiences, particularly on the habitat requirements of the project's target species – mainly the ferruginous duck, but also the red-necked grebe. We visited several different locations in Bulgaria where both species successfully nest.
We will produce two short presentation films presenting project LIFE TRŠCA, since video materials are one of the key tools used in online communication.
Status: Task is in progress
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We will publish a project website, which will be an upgrade of the already existing page by NRP. We will update it regularly with news, activities, and results of the project. The online presence of the project will also be ensured by having a presence on various platforms of social media. Project Facebook presence will be achieved through the NRP Facebook page since it already has a wide reach and a large audience.
Status: Task is in progress
Results:
Dedicated project pages on Beneficiaries´ websites:
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
DOPPS – Birdlife Slovenia
Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation
University of Ljubljana - Biotechnical Faculty
Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
To ensure project results and various activities are known to the public, we will maintain regular communication with journalists and media houses. We will cooperate with local, as well as national media outlets. All media communication will be carried out in accordance with the communication plan prepared under task T.8.1.
Status: Task is in progress
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We will organise art exhibitions and cinema events to reach out, especially to young people who have moved to the Notranjska Park area or who are not yet closely connected to lakeside life. Such events aim to arouse their interest in the project activities and to inform them about the project's contents and nature protection.
Status: Task is in progress
Results:
Photo Exhibition "LIFE TRŠCA" 2024
Open-air cinema 2024
Photo Exhibition "Zrcalo narave: Divji svet živali Cerkniškega jezera" 2025
Open-air cinema 2025
To establish a model of co-management of the park by locals by incorporating their opinions into our work, we will, together with key Agrarian societies connected to the project area, organize social meetings with the locals. Six meetings will be organized covering all villages around the Lake Cerknica.
Status: Not due yet
Results:
We will generate a virtual reality experience of the Red-necked Grebe in its natural habitat to allow visitors of the park to see the project's target species. The VR experience will be placed in our Visitor center Lake Cerknica at the entrance of Lake Cerknica.
Status: Not due yet
Results:
For the promotion of project visibility and the work of the project’s key stakeholders, we will produce different promotional materials and other project small give-away materials. Promotional material will be used to support local events and raffles.
Status: Task is in progress
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We believe that a key demographic we need to educate and inform about our activities is young children. We will therefore create a puppet show based on the legend of the creation of Lake Cerknica.
Status: Task is in progress
Results:
Young people are the future biologists and ecologists who will someday take care of our environment, which is why it is so important to educate them now. We will perform various pedagogical activities: Creative competitions, Nature field trips for local Primary schools, and Youth nature conservation camps.
NRP, within the framework of the project, will organize four creative contests for children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years. The contests will take place in three age categories: preschool children and 1st triad (visual arts contest), 2nd triad (literary contest), 3rd triad and high school students (photographic contest). The winning works will be published online and exhibited in a local gallery.
Status: Task in progress
Results:
School year 2025/2026: Creative competition "Žabji dan v tršci"
School year 2024/2025: Creative competition "Če bi bil ptica"
School year 2023/2024: Creative competition "Slike in zgodbe iz tršce"
NRP, within the framework of the project, will organize at least 60 free natural science field trips for Primary school students in the park area. For each of the three triads of the nine-year primary school, NRP will prepare teaching sheets. Each trip will be pedagogically supported by the use of didactic aids.
Status: Task in progress
Results:
NRP will within the project organize three thematic natural science camps, which will cover habitat types and birds related to the project: a conservation camp for pupils in grades 1–3, an ecological research camp for pupils in grades 6–9, and a student research camp.
Status: Task in progress
Results:
The implementation of extensive nature conservation projects exceeds the financial capacity of the local community, therefore Notranjska Park regularly applies for projects with the possibility of co-financing by the European Union.
The implementation of large-scale conservation projects exceeds the financial capabilities of the local community, therefore Notranjska Park regularly applies for projects with the possibility of co-financing from the European Union.
