General objective: Preserving, protecting and enhancing cultural heritage and identity in the North-East Development Region in order to stimulate local and regional development. Indicators to verify the achievement of the general objective: 1.Increase by 1 of the number of heritage objectives restored and promoted from the North-East Development Region until the end of the implementation period; 2.Developing cultural-religious tourism in the North-East Development Region by increasing the number of visitors to the restored heritage objective by a minimum of 10 % by the end of the implementation period;