September, 2021
The first expert group meeting of the project “Valorisation of the historical and cultural heritage through the development and promotion of the Carpathian Cultural Route”
On September 15, 2021, an expert group meeting was held in Ivano-Frankivsk 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.
During the meeting, Mariya Kovaliv – Vice-chairman of the NGO “Association of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk (AEDIF)”, project manager, familiarized participants with the project “Valorisation of the historical and cultural heritage through the development and promotion of the Carpathian Cultural Route”, as well as with Provisions and Regulations of the expert group, noted its importance for the project realisation.
Members of the expert group approved its composition, Provisions and Regulations, confirmed the implementation of the project measures, namely the creation of the Carpathian Cultural Route as an integrated tourist product of cultural heritage, and the development of the concept of the Carpathian Cultural Route; conducting an analytical research to study the state and prospects of the Carpathian Cultural Route; conducting a sociological survey on the inclusion of historical and cultural heritage sites in the Carpathian Cultural Route; creation of a database of objects of the Carpathian Cultural Route.
The discussion of these project activities was attended by: 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, Chairman of the Expert Group, Volodymyr Burdeniuk – Project Coordinator of the NGO “Association of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk (AEDIF)”, Secretary of the expert group, Liudmyla Arkhypova – Head of the Tourism Department of the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Project Coordinator, Mykola Prykhodko – Professor of the Department of Land Management and Cadastre of the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Yaroslav Adamenko – Head of the Department of Ecology of the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Maria Makivnychuk – Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovyna Village Council, Iryna Fediv – Deputy Director General for Research of the Yosafat Kobrynskyi National Museum of Hutsulshchyna and Pokuttia Folk Art, Roman Shevchyk – local development and business expert, Viktor Kuzmyn – member of the Board of the public organization "Research and consulting center of business, marketing and law", Andriy Stasiuk –Head of the Scientific and Educational Department of the National Reserve "Ancient Halych".
Members of the expert group expressed their propositions concerning the researches, discussed the importance of the project’s expert group activity as a deliberative and consultative body and the implementation of the project measures.
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Project “Valorisation of the historical and cultural heritage through the development and promotion of the Carpathian Cultural Route” is implemented 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.
