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This proceedings volume explores the socio-economic dimension of the heritage sector from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective. Featuring contributions from the 2016 ALECTOR International Conference held in Istanbul, Turkey, this book presents current theoretical and empirical research related to such topics as: R&D and ICT in tourism; heritage products and services; climate change; finance and tourism; cultural communication; anthropological cultural heritage;  and heritage management. Collectively, the papers presented in this book provides methodologies, strategies and applications to measure the socio-economic dimension of the heritage sector and also good practices in the heritage sector that drive regional, cultural and economic development and sustainability. The EU Neighbourhood Info Centre (ENPI) Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) Black Sea project “Collaborative Networks of Multilevel Actors to Advance Quality Standards for Heritage Tourism at Cross BorderLevel”, or ALECTOR, focuses on different types of heritage assets as a means to invest in human capital and tourism innovation in order to achieve socio-economic development and cooperation with social partners in the Black Sea region. Featuring collaborations from Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova Ukraine, Georgia and Turkey, the project proposes a cognitive and educational framework for using a region’s assets, which would guide final beneficiaries (regions, communities, SMEs) to identify, signify, valorize and manage their natural and cultural resources, in order to use heritage potential as a vehicle for tourism. Presenting case studies of successful initiatives, the enclosed papers are divided into two parts: •  Part I: Economics of Heritage features innovative research results on the heritage and tourism topics from countries such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Russia, and Romania •  Part II: Best Practices features best practices, experiences, and promotion plans for cultural heritage through tourism from countries such as Bulgaria, Republic of Moldova, Turkey, Russia, and Romania

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Valentina Vasile is Senior Researcher, Professor and PhD advisor in Economics and Scientific Director of the Institute of National Economy at the Romania Academy. She is also Vice President of the General Association of Economists of Romania.Currently Prof. Vasile is involved in international research projects on cultural heritage economics, focusing on the new model of the heritage innovative valuing and valorization, based on ITC devices for heritage conservation and marketing as smart cultural products. She is (co)author of research many papers and books on cultural heritage economics. With a wider specialization in different aspects of socio-economic sustainable development, Prof. Vasile has expertise in interdisciplinary cooperation and research promoting a better understanding of the diversity and complexity of heritage, and also as an alternative entrepreneurial culture in the heritage sector.

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