GREENWAYS Opportunities for Community-based Sustainable Development

1. GREENWAYS Opportunities for Community-based Sustainable Development Rafal Serafin Polish Environmental Partnership Foundation

2. WHAT ARE GREENWAYS?

3. A global grassroots or community-based movement, which involves business, government and non-governmental organizations working together for sustainable development • Multi-functional corridors for non-motorized transport developed and organized by local people • Promoters of environmentally-friendly tourism, healthy life-styles and quality-of-life improvements for both locals and visitors • Natural and cultural heritage are resources for local products, local enterprise • Local partnerships enable risks, costs and benefits to be shared for the sustainable development of the region as a whole • Open source, open access enables sustainability --- no one is in charge!

4. Greenways in different languages zielone szlaki – greenways (jęz polski) vías verdes (jęz. hiszpański) voies vertes (jęz. francuski) grüne hauptwege (jęz. niemiecki) zelené stezky (jęz. czeski) zelene staze (jęz. serbski) зялёныя шляхi (jęz. białoruski) зелёные маршруты (jęz. rosyjski) zöld utak (jęz. węgierski) zelené cesty (jęz. słowacki) зелени кoридори (jęz. bułgarski) drumuri verzi (jęz. rumuński) зелені шляхи (jęz. ukraiński)

5. CENTRAL EUROPEAN GREENWAYS

6. Green multifunctional corridors for non-motorized users/travellers

7. Heritage trails organized by local communities leading along linear green corridors, historic trade routes, rivers and railways

8. Trails developed & managed by local people to provide a framework for community-based initiatives on heritage protection & interpretation

9. Natural corridors linking protected areas, including national parks and protected areas

10. Signposted trails characterized by a commonly agreed/adopted branding theme or logo

11. Tourism products based on using natural and cultural heritage resources

12. Trails connecting individuals & communities; locals & visitors

13. 5 STEPS TO ESTABLISHING A GREENWAY WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES • Propose a Main Backbone (Vision) • 2. Create local loops around core heritage resources • 3. Identify potential heritage tourism products • 4. Local heritage initiatives & projects to share risks, costs & benefits • 5. Local investment through local partnerships bring in visitors & more investment

14. partnership of local partners NGOs, municipalities, business GW coordinating organisation Eco-tourist product Information/promotion Protected areas, cultural & natural sites Local community initiatives

15. Polish Greenways Program • Operating from 2001 • 7 Greenway trails, 3500 km • Over 300 partners representing NGOs, local governments, businesses, schools • Endorsed by national & regional government • Movement rather than an organization • Transnational links • Part of a global greenways movement

16. Locally oriented, but standardized infrastructure & signage‏ Investing in Polish Greenways infrastructure

17. POLISH GREENWAYS

18. SIEĆ GREENWAYS W POLSCE Bursztynowy Szlak GreenwaysKrakow - Gdańsk

19. www.greenways.pl

20. www.greenways.by

21. Greenways Toolbook

22. We invite you to become part of the Central Eastern European Greenways! Photos: Dominika Zaręba Richard Nebesky Stanisław Strzyżewski

23. rafal.serafin@fpds.pl