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Page 1: Innovation in Rural Tourism in the Carpathians and other mountain areas (InRuTou)

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

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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.

September 25, 2014

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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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www.inrutou.eu

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)

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Geographical focus

• the Alps• the Apennines • the

Carpathians

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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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The project InRuTou has been funded with support from the European Commission.

Project Activities

Understanding the Local Needs

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The project InRuTou has been funded with support from the European Commission.

Background and context analysis

• Community consultations in pilot areas

• Identifying success factors, challenges and potentials

September 25, 2014

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Involvement of target groups

September 25, 2014

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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

September 25, 2014

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Examples from Poland, Romania and Ukraine

September 25, 2014

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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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The project InRuTou has been funded with support from the European Commission.

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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The project InRuTou has been funded with support from the European Commission.

Thank you! [email protected]

October 2, 2014