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AGORA - Network Sustainable Tourism Development in the Baltic Sea Region. Betina Meliss University of Greifswald GERMANY. 2005 - Project AGORA approved!. Lead Partner University of Greifswald, DE Project partners 44 partners from all Baltic Sea States, incl. Russia and Belarus
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AGORA - Network Sustainable Tourism Development in the Baltic Sea Region Betina Meliss University of Greifswald GERMANY
2005 - Project AGORA approved! • Lead Partner University of Greifswald, DE • Project partners 44 partners from all Baltic Sea States, incl. Russia and Belarus • Programme INTERREG III B, Baltic Sea Region • Duration July 2005 – December 2007 • Approach Cross – sector approach Pan – Baltic approach Strategic approach approved as Baltic 21 Lighthouse Project
Lead Partner University of GreifswaldInstitute of Geography GERMANY
Pan Baltic Approach 44 partners from 10 Baltic Sea States: BELARUS DENMARK ESTONIA FINLAND GERMANY LATVIA LITHUANIA POLAND RUSSIA SWEDEN
Most important results of the project Agora:www.agora-tourism.net
a data base including information about (more than 200) tourism related projects which have been part-financed by different European programmes (e.g. INTERREG II A, C, INTERREG III A, B, C, LIFE, LEADER+….) as an expandable data base of tourism projects, to save existing knowledge and to make it easily and free accessible to the public Most important results IYepaT – the Service Hub of Tourism Projects
to measure sustainability of tourism projects as a mandatory part for assessing tourism related project applications and as a precondition for granting projects. to stimulate sustainable projects and to avoid the support of projects with negative impacts Its flexibility allows to use it for different kinds of tourism, on different levels from local to international. Most important results IISustainability Check for Tourism Projects
Fields 1 Policy for sustainable tourism; 2 Knowledge and competence development; 3 Innovation and product development; 4 Destination development; and 5 Cooperation and networking Discussed by Agora partners and approved during the final meeting Stakeholder Meeting involving international organisations Berlin, 7 September 2007, Agreement on implementation Agreement on further close cooperation on 10 most important actions for next 2 years Most important results IIIStrategy concept for developing sustainable tourism in the BSR
Participating Organisations Baltic 21 ICLEI, Local Governmemnts for Sustainability VASAB Secretariat Baltic Sea Tourism Commission (BTC) Union of the Baltic Cities (Commission on Tourism) UNWTO Task Force Sustainable Tourism Coalition Clean Baltic ECOTRANS Finnish Tourist Board Latvian Country Tourism Association Project AGORA and others…
a technical platform for exchange and networking for internal communication and international exchange Database Yepat will be established there Improved cooperation between stakeholders For example: DESTINET Portal http://destinet.ew.eea.europa.eu Hosted by the European Environmental Agency / DK (EEA), partnered by UN World Tourism Organisation (UN WTO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), administered by ECOTRANS.
Agora follow-up project in preparation - strongly involving tourism business new partnership Application INTERREG IV B (1st call: March – May 2008) Participation in different projects related to sustainable tourism development in the BSR Implementation of the Strategy Concept and the European Agenda in the Baltic Sea Region – BSR as a pilot region 2008 ff ?
Thank‘s for your attention! www.yepat.info www.agora-tourism.net