January, 2022

The third expert group meeting of the project "Valorisation of the historical and cultural heritage through the development and promotion of the Carpathian Cultural Route"

On January 21, 2022,  the third 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 Center 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 Program 2014 -2020. The project is co-financed by the European Union.

The meeting of the expert group considered the implementation of the project "Valorisation of the historical and cultural heritage through the development and promotion of the Carpathian Cultural Route", the implementation of the sociological surveys of cultural and historical objects of Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions, their visitors. The database and selection of cultural and historical objects of Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions for their inclusion in the Carpathian Cultural Route, the logo and slogan of the Carpathian Cultural Route were discussed.

Mariya Kovaliv – Vice-chairman of the NGO “Association of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk (AEDIF)”, project manager, Deputy Chair of the Expert Group familiarized participants with the project implementation “Valorisation of the historical and cultural heritage through the development and promotion of the Carpathian Cultural Route”, with the project tasks, namely assessing the potential of cultural heritage through analytical research, sociological surveys and database, informed the expert group members about the implemented and planned activities within the project on the Ukrainian and Romanian sides.

Liudmyla Arkhypova – Head of the Tourism Department of the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Project Coordinator, presented the results of the sociological survey of cultural and historical objects of Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions and the sociological survey of visitors to cultural and historical objects of Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions.

Oleg Mandryk - First Vice-Rector of Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Project Communication Manager noted the extensive work done to conduct sociological surveys on cultural and historical objects of Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions and their visitors.

Volodymyr Burdeniuk – Project Coordinator of the NGO “Association of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk (AEDIF)”, secretary of the expert group,  noted that all activities and works implemented under the project “Valorisation of the historical and cultural heritage through the development and promotion of the Carpathian Cultural Route” are thorough, reasonable and highlight the real picture of the tourism industry of the Carpathian region, as well as carried out taking into account future developments. In particular, the database of objects of Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions included 572 objects of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, as well as related infrastructure and folk crafts to include them in the Carpathian Сultural Route.

The discussion of these project activities (analytical research, sociological surveys, database, selection of cultural and historical objects of Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions, for their inclusion in the Carpathian Cultural Route, logo and slogan of the Carpathian Cultural Route) was attended by:  Oleg Mandryk – First Vice-Rector of Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Project Communication Manager, Maria Makivnychuk –- Deputy of the Verkhovyna Village Council, Andriy Stasiuk – Head of the Scientific and Educational Department of the National Reserve "Ancient Halych", Halyna Bednarchyk – Director of the Ivano-Frankivsk Museum of Local Lore, Yaroslav Adamenko – Head of the Department of Ecology of the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Roman Shevchyk – local development and business expert, Iryna Fediv – Deputy Director General for Research of the Yosafat Kobrynskyi National Museum of Hutsulshchyna and Pokuttia Folk Art.

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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.

 

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