COOPERATION
Kozjanski Park is a member of various associations and communities, whose main aim is to network and promote together.
SLOVENIAN NATURAL PARKS ASSOCIATION
Kozjanski park is a member of the Slovenian Natural Parks Association, which was founded in 2011 by 11 operators of natural parks and protected areas in Slovenia. Today, the association brings together 15 protected area operators and is chaired each year by one of the protected areas.
The association is united by a common interest in nature conservation, ensuring a balance between the effective protection of nature and cultural heritage, and the sustainable development of the protected area.
More information: https://www.naravniparkislovenije.si/slo/skupnost-naravnih-parkov
Brochure Nature Parks of Slovenia: https://www.naravniparkislovenije.si/knjiznica/novice/brosura-SNPS.pdf
MAB NATIONAL COMMITTEE – MAN AND BIOSPHERE
Kozjansko Regional Park is a member of the MAB – Man and Biosphere National Committee.
UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, established the interdisciplinary Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) in 1971. It is an intergovernmental research programme that is creating a global network of biosphere areas. Slovenia has four biosphere areas: Julian Alps, Karst, Kozjansko and Obsotelje, and Mura.
CASTLES OF POSAVJE
Kozjansko Park with Podsreda Castle is part of the informal association Castles of Posavje, which was established in 2014.
The aim of the association is to raise the visibility and add value to the network of castles through an innovative approach, thereby maximising the opening-up to the wider Slovenian and international space.
At the beginning, the association Castles of Posavje brought together the administrators of six castles in Posavje, namely: Posavje Museum Brežice, which manages the Brežice Castle, the Božidar Jakac Gallery Kostanjevica na Krki, which manages the former monastery in Kostanjevica na Krki, the Krško Cultural Centre – Rajhenburg Castle Unit, which manages the Rajhenburg Castle, KŠTM Sevnica, which manages the Sevnica Castle, Terme Čatež, which owns the Mokrice Castle, and Kozjanski Park Podsreda, which manages the Podsreda Castle. Later, the Municipality of Bistrica ob Sotli with the ruins of Kunšperk Castle and the Cultural and Tourist Recreation Centre Radeče with the ruins of Svibno Castle joined the association.
More information: https://gradoviposavja.si/ or in the leaflet.
ASSOCIATION OF SLOVENE MUSEUMS
Kozjanski Park is a member of the Association of Slovene Museums, which brings together Slovenian museums and galleries in the common interest of resolving selected professional and status issues. Through its activities, it represents and promotes Slovenian museums and galleries and, through them, the entire cultural and natural heritage they care for.
More information: http://www.sms-muzeji.si/
SLOVENIA GREEN
In 2017, Kozjanski Park was accepted into the Green Scheme of Slovenian tourism and was awarded the SLOVENIA GREEN PARK label. The wider area was also awarded the SLOVENIA GREEN DESTINATION GOLD label the same year.
SLOVENIA GREEN is a certification programme and a quality mark that indicates compliance with the requirements defined for destinations and providers by the Green Scheme of Slovenian tourism. The key strategic objective of the Green Scheme of Slovenian tourism is to introduce sustainable models into Slovenian tourism, both at the level of tourism providers and destinations. Sustainable development and care for the economic, socio-cultural, and natural environment accompany all the objectives of the strategic directions.
More information: https://www.slovenia.info/sl/poslovne-strani/zelena-shema-slovenskega-turizma
DINARIC ARC PARKS
Kozjansko park is part of the Dinaric Arc Parks Network, which primarily aims to connect national, regional and landscape parks in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Slovenia, and Serbia. In terms of beauty, geographical location, biodiversity and degree of nature conservation, the Dinaric Arc ranks in one of the highest positions on a global scale. Activities of the Dinaric Arc Parks Association, which launched a brand named Parks Dinarides – a world undiscovered, is coordinated by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF).
Some of the main goals of the Dinaric Arc Parks Association are to connect protected areas, offer technical support in terms of professional issues, as well as achieve better and joint promotion of the parks. By implementing joint development projects, the Association helps provide protected areas with assistance in raising funds. Being a regional association, it connects with similar associations and joins in the most prominent global and local initiatives for maintaining biodiversity.
More information: https://parksdinarides.org/
SAVA PARKS
Kozjansko Regional Park is a member of the SavaParks Network. It is a network of parks in the Sava River basin, involving 22 institutions, public bodies, organisations, and associations from Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. They all share a common concern for nature conservation. The network was launched in 2015 on World Wetlands Day (2 February). The network members signed a joint declaration taking responsibility for the conservation of biodiversity in the Sava River basin. They also advocate cross-border cooperation in projects for sustainable development, and the protection of natural and cultural heritage.
More information: https://www.savaparks.eu/
EUROPARC
Kozjansko Regional Park is a member of the Europarc Federation, which is committed to preserving nature, cultural landscapes, and sustainable development. It promotes improvements in protected area management through the exchange of good practices and policies, and helps protected areas to tackle the challenges they face on a daily basis.
More information: https://www.europarc.org/#
