October 2012
The meeting of the Steering Committee of the project “Harmonization of Tourism Development in Rural Areas of the Carpathian Region”
The meeting of Steering Committee of the project “Harmonization of Tourism Development in Rural Areas of the Carpathian Region” was taken place on October 20, 2012 which is realized by the Association of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk in the framework of the Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENPI Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013.
At the meeting it was discussed the implementation of the project in the semester #3 of the project, familiarized with the achieved results of the project, discussed the development of the Carpathian Tour Pass, development of the networks of the participants of Carpathian Tour Pass and the preparation and publication of the three-lingual brochure about the Carpathian Tour Pass, preparation and production of the plastic cards, the preparation and publication of the three-lingual catalogues of Carpathian Tour Pass members.
At the Steering Committee meeting participated the representatives of the Association of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk, Department of External Economic Relations and Tourism of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration, Development Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Maramures (Romania) and Carpathian Foundation – Ukraine.
About the project
The project “Harmonization of Tourism Development in Rural Areas of the Carpathian Region” is realized by the Association of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk in the partnership with the Department of External Economic Relations and Tourism of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration and Development Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Maramures (Romania) in the framework of the the Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENPI Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013.
Goal of the project: support to socio-economic development of rural communities of Carpathian Euroregion based on implementation of effective and efficient local policies and proactive tourism industry development and promotion mechanisms within border regions of Romania and Ukraine.
Locations of the Action: Ukraine: Ivano-Frankivska oblast; Romania: Maramures judet.
Project target groups: Regions’ rural communities; rural tourist services providers; tourist information centers; entrepreneurs and industry employees; government and local self-government institutions; relevant civil society institutions; potential tourists.
Main project activities:
1. Introduction of a joint tourism policy in accordance with EU practices through the development of the Carpathian Rural Development Strategy and an effective cross-border tourism services marketing system;
2. Facilitating the preservation of natural and cultural environment of the Carpathian Euroregion through the establishment of a joint tourism destination “Colorful Rural Carpathia“;
3. Improvement of the Rural Carpathia’s competitiveness in Europe through the implementation of the Carpathian Tour Pass;
4. Improvement of the skills and knowledge level of tourism industry professionals through the organization of the Summer school;
5. Building joint information and marketing space and a more positive image of the Carpathian Euroregion in the regional and international markets.
