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‘North Hunt’

‘North Hunt’. Sustainable Hunting Tourism – Business Opportunity in Northern Europe Colin Hunter, Geography & Environment, University of Aberdeen. North Hunt. Involves 10 Partner Institutions from Finland, Iceland, Scotland, Sweden & Canada

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‘North Hunt’

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  1. ‘North Hunt’ Sustainable Hunting Tourism – Business Opportunity in Northern Europe Colin Hunter, Geography& Environment, University of Aberdeen

  2. North Hunt • Involves 10 Partner Institutions from Finland, Iceland, Scotland, Sweden & Canada • Runs from 1/1/08 to 31/12/10 (actually started May 08); €1.1 million

  3. Presentation Outline • Project Partners • Overall aim and focus • Key objectives • Outline of Work Packages • Progress update

  4. Project Partners • Finland: Ruralia Institute, Uni. of Helsinki (lead); Haapavesi Vocational School • Iceland: Research Centre, Uni. of Akureyri; Tourism Research Centre; Environment Agency • Scotland: Macaulay Institute; Uni. of Aberdeen • Sweden: Uni. of Agricultural Sciences; Rural Business Development Ltd • Canada: New’land & Labrador Outfitter’s Assoc.

  5. Overall Aim & Focus Overall Aim: • Promote the development of sustainable hunting tourism to diversify economic activity in peripheral regions of northern Europe Focus is on: • Practical facilitation – developing the operational environment & expertise for SMEs/sector; networking; information exchange

  6. Key Objectives • Reduce obstacles to entrepreneurship • Enhance the activities of SMEs • Promote discussion and raise awareness of the potential and challenges of hunting tourism • Create sustainability models and tools for managing hunting tourism in different institutional and cultural contexts • Produce criteria/training materials for the sector

  7. Outline of Work Packages • WP1: Management, co-ordination & communication • WP2: Attitudes to hunting tourism (obstacles, potential for growth; co-led by UoA) • WP3: Objective information to support SME/sector development (economic value, ecological management, relationship between SMEs & marketing/sales organisations; co-led by MI) • WP4: Developing the SME & operational environment (new/improved businesses & networks, criteria/guidelines for sustainability) • WP5: Provision of training & education materials

  8. Progress update • WP1 – agreed management structure; formal Partner meetings; web site; direct contact with relevant groups; agreed evaluation framework and communication/dissemination plan • WP2 – target/stakeholder groups identified and interview schedule developed/agreed; interviews on-going • WP3 – questionnaire for sales organisations developed/agreed; contact lists of respondents drawn up • WP4 – work underway to bring together key stakeholders in reference groups (help test relevance of outputs)/networks • WP5 – not yet underway

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