September, 2021

The Opening conference of the project “Valorisation of the historical and cultural heritage through the development and promotion of the Carpathian Cultural Route”

On September 7, 2021, the Opening Conference was held under the project “Valorisation of the historical and cultural heritage through the development and promotion of the Carpathian Cultural Route” implemented by the NGO “Association of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk (AEDIF)” in partnership with Development Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Maramures (Romania) and Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas in the framework of the Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENI CBC Programme 2014-2020.

Official opening of the project “Valorisation of the historical and cultural heritage through the development and promotion of the Carpathian Cultural Route” was the very aim of the conference.

More than 50 representatives of historical and cultural objects, tourism companies and tourism-related service providers, the government and local self-government institutions, scientists, public organizations of Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia Region (Ukraine) and Maramures County (Romania) partook in the Opening conference.

The conference participants were welcomed by: Viktor Rudnytskyy - Chairman of the NGO “Association of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk (AEDIF)”, Doru Alexandru Lazar - Vice President of the Maramures County Council (Romania), Radu Big - Executive Director of the Development Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Maramures (Romania), Oleg Mandryk - First Vice-Rector of Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Communication Project Manager, Vitaliy Perederko - Head of the Tourism Department of the Department of International Cooperation, European Integration, Tourism and Investments of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration, Oksana Shyychuk - Branch Office expert of the Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENI CBC Programme 2014-2020.

The main highlights of the project “Valorisation of the historical and cultural heritage through the development and promotion of the Carpathian Cultural Route”, the historical and cultural potential of Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions and Maramures County, current state and trends of the tourism industry were presented to the attendees by the conference speakers.

Mariya Kovaliv – Vice-chairman of the NGO “Association of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk (AEDIF)”, Project Manager familiarized participants with the project itself and outlined the main project objectives and project activities. Radu Big – Executive director of the Development Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Maramures, Project Coordinator in Romania and Liudmyla Arkhypova – Head of the Tourism Department of the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Project Coordinator presented their activity as project partners. Vitaliy Perederko – Head of the Tourism Department of the Department of International Cooperation, European Integration, Tourism and Investment of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration gave a presentation of the current state and trends in tourism development in the Ivano-Frankivsk Region. Vlad Pascu – Project Expert of the Development Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Maramures (Romania) described the historical and cultural heritage of Maramures County.

Conference participants discussed the importance of the project implementation in the target region, received exhaustive answers to their questions, and expressed their willingness to participate in the project activities.

Reference:

Project “Valorisation of the historical and cultural heritage through the development and promotion of the Carpathian Cultural Route” isimplemented in the framework of the Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENI CBC Programme 2014-2020 financed by the European Union https://huskroua-cbc.eu/. Overall objective of the Project is support to valorisation of the cultural and historical heritage in the Carpathian Euroregion through the development and promotion of the Carpathian Cultural Route as integrated cultural heritage tourism product within the cross-border regions of Romania and Ukraine. Specific objectives are: to create an integrated cultural heritage tourism product “Carpathian Cultural Route” that connect places of historical and cultural heritage with other attractions and services; to improve the skills and knowledge of cultural tourism representatives through the training programme; to promote an integrated cultural heritage tourism product “Carpathian Cultural Route” in the regional and international markets through the development of promotional materials, joint online information sources and mobile application. 

 

 

 

 

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