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www.inrutou.eu
The project InRuTou has been funded with support from the European Commission.
Innovation in Rural Tourism in the Carpathians and other
mountain areasTEEM Conference 2014
Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality
University of Salamanca| October 2, 2014
www.inrutou.eu
The project InRuTou has been funded with support from the European Commission.
Project background – the problem
• Lack of knowledge about valorisation, entrepreneurship, management, promotion of tourism resources, New Media
• Lack of specified vocational educational training (VET) opportunities.
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The project InRuTou has been funded with support from the European Commission.
Rural Tourism
• Economical, social and environmental benefits
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The project InRuTou has been funded with support from the European Commission.
New Media
• Better access and operations in tourism markets
• Rural tourism strategies
• Promotion of attractions
• Exchange of information with clients and partners
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The project InRuTou has been funded with support from the European Commission.
Education and training (VET)
• Facilitates qualified abilities
• Enhances competitiveness on the global market.
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The project InRuTou has been funded with support from the European Commission.
InRuTou Aims and Goals
GOALS
•Developing and testing a set of tools and innovative models
•Training of selected opinion leaders to act as multipliers in enhancing community tourism planning
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• Supporting sustainable, community-based tourism development
• Creating tourism capacities based on local needs
• Providing new skills and competencies to rural tourism managers
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The project InRuTou has been funded with support from the European Commission.
InRuTou Project consortium
IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems (AT)
SOPHIA Research & Innovation (IT) Bournemouth University (GB) Associazione Seed (CH) EURAC - European Academy of Bolzano (IT) UNEP Vienna Interim Secretariat of
Carpathian Convention (AT) ROMONTANA - National Association for
Mountains Rural Development (RO) Ecopsychology Society (PL) Information Center “Green Dossier” (UA)
The project InRuTou has been funded with support from the European Commission.
Pilot Areas
• AT: Nationalpark Kalkalpen Region Ennstal & Steyrtal
• RO: Dorna country
• PL: Beskidy mountain range
• UA:
– Storozhynestky rayon, Chrnivtci oblast
– Kosiv district
• IT: Parco Dell’Aveto, Ligurian Apennines
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Project Activities
Understanding the Local Needs
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Background and context analysis
• Community consultations in pilot areas
• Identifying success factors, challenges and potentials
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Involvement of target groups
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Learning objectives and tools
• A set of digital tools and learning contents, delivered – in open educational resources (OER) and open
software licences (Open Source)
• Pedagogical model for local tourism developers (E-learning & Sharing Platform)
• Operational Digital Tools
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Examples from Poland, Romania and Ukraine
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Next Steps & Cooperation
• Second Training of the Trainers in Austria– October 3-4, 2014
• Finalization and translation of the training materials• Finalization of the pilot testing
• Networking conference in Vienna, Austria – May/June 2015
• Final Conference in Poland– November 2015
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Follow-up via WG on Sustainable Tourism
• Transfer of the InRuTou training to all Carpathian countries
– Other regions of Poland, Romania, Ukraine– Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, Slovak Republic
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Follow-up …• Involve Carpathian Convention partners from other
areas– Protected areas, CNPA, WWF– Cultural Heritage– Youth involvement and participation – ACUNS – Education and training – RCE, UNIDO– Research – S4C
• Build on other projects:
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