Activities
The activities of the project include:
- Summer School: a 10-day residential course in Yaremche, Ukraine in May 2005, on the theme of “Developing Sustainable Rural Tourism”. 40 participants will be accepted, who will take part in learning activities, including lectures, working groups, workshops, a study trip, case studies and presentations in plenary. Peer group learning will be encouraged, combined with hands-on, experiential learning in small groups facilitated by tutors. All expenses for travel and subsistence of the participants will be covered.
- Thematic Guide: the Euracademy Thematic Guide on Developing Sustainable Rural Tourism serves as a manual for the summer school, translated to Ukrainian. The Guide will be expanded with case-studies of good practice from Ukraine and with material presented by the lecturers and produced by the participants during the summer school, and published,
- A distance learning course based on the learning material included in the Thematic Guide that will be delivered through the internet, assisted by a group of tutors. A group of 60 students are expected to register and they will be assisted by tutors assigned by the project promoter and the co-operating partners, and by assistant tutors drawn form the participants to the Summer School.
- Provision of technical assistance to the participants of the course, who will be asked to undertake initiatives and organise pilot projects in their regions to develop sustainable rural tourism. The technical assistance will be provided by European rural tourism experts on location.
- A mid-term workshop among pilot project leaders and experts, scheduled for September 2006, to discuss the progress of pilot actions; and
- An international conference scheduled for 2007, to promote networking among rural leaders and disseminate the project results.
|
