After three intense and inspiring years, the Interreg CE project “Centralparks” is approaching its successful conclusion. The project will present its conclusive outcomes to the wider public at its final conference, titled ‘Transnational cooperation for the sustainable future of the Carpathian region’. The conference will take place from the 23rd to the 24th of March 2022 in Wieliczka (PL) and online-participation is possible! The Centralparks project...
Centralparks is one of the key Carpathian projects, which supports the implementation of the Carpathian Convention Protocol on Sustainable Tourism (2011) and Protocol on Conservation and sustainable use of biological and landscape diversity (2008). Centralparks aim and objectives Centralparks project aims to: improve integrated environmental management capacities of Carpathian protected areas for the protection and sustainable use of natural...
On 15th of April 2021, 10th Meeting of the Carpathian Convention Working Group on Sustainable Tourism will be conducted. This time it will be held in online format. Meeting purpose The main purpose of the meeting is an update on the implementation of the Protocol on Sustainable Tourism to the Carpathian Convnetion in the Carpathian countries. Moreover discussion on future activities of the Working Group for development of sustainable tourism in the...
Sustainable tourism in the Carpathians is currently gaining more and more momentum. It is true, especially now, when the number of visitors in nature is growing and local economies require new impulses. In order to support this transformation, numerious experts and the European Wilderness Society are involved into the implementation of the Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians (Carpathian Convention)....
The 6th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Carpathian Convention was held on 25 November 2020. The first time the event took place in an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Secretariat of the Convention expressed its appreciations, especially to Hungary as a previous Presidency as well as to the newly appointed Polish Presidency for the great communication and guidance during Conference preparations. Active contribution and...
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This year 10th Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee was conducted in the capital of Hungary, Budapest on 11-13 December 2019. Sustainable Tourism Progress Report One of the reporting sections was dedicated to the Sustainable Tourism. The main presenter was Alina Szasz. Mrs.Szasz is the head of the Romanian Sustainable Tourism Center of the Carpathian...
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10th meeting of the Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee (CCIC), will place on 11-13 December 2019 in Budapest, Hungary. Issues for discussion As usually, progress of each Protocol of the Carpathian Convention implementation will be presented during the event. And they will follow the Programme of Work of the Carpathian Convention 2018 – 2020. Moreover update...
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As a part of the Carpathian Convention Sustainable Tourism Working Group, European Wilderness Society is supporting sustainable development in the Carpathian region. Therefore, we are supporting initiative Group Free Svydovets in its effort to protect biodiversity, glacier lakes, old-growth forests and wildlife of the unique Svydovets massif in Ukrainian Carpathians. On...
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From 17th to 18th December 2018 the 9th meeting of the Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee (CCIC) took place in Vienna. Following the Carpathian Convention progress and events since several years, the European Wilderness Society attended this event as an observer. CC Working groups The Carpathian Convention implements their objectives through the work of...
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Following some provisions of the recent meeting of the Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Centers(CSTCs) and stakeholders in Bratilasva, discussion dedicated to the further work of the CSTC Ukraine in Uzhhorod took place on 02 of February, 2018. Iryna Shchoka (European Wilderness Society), sustainable tourism expert Michael Meyer (Ecological Tourism in Europe), Valik...
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On the 25 and 26 of January, 2018 the meeting of the 3 Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Centres (CSTC) of Poland, Romania and Ukraine will take place during Tourism fair Slovakiatour in Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Participants of the meeting will discuss: Joint work programme and indicators for the 3 CSTCs for 2018- 2020 yearsJoint reporting format to Tourism Working...
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As we already informed our readers, on the 5th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Carpathian Convention, held on 10-12. October 2017 in Lillafüred, Hungary one of the Plenary sessions was dedicated to the Sustainable Tourism. After various interesting presentations such proposals we made: The Slovak Delegation presented its proposals for the future priorities of...
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Cycling Tourism is one of the most fast growing tourism activities. In Germany more than four million active mountain bikers are known. In any area where long distance routes have been explored, described and promoted the number of guests increasing quickly. On the Danube Cycling Trail (started in 1984) more than 400,000 cyclists have been counted in 2010 and 680,000 in...
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