Learning the Business of Eco-Tourism
Execution period: 1.11.2009 - 31.10.2011
Chief financier: The EU Lifelong Learning Programme, LLP
- Making a business out of eco-tourism
- Project headed by PIKES
- Partners in: Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria, Ireland
- Determining the principles of and creating a training programme for eco-tourism.
- A focus on tourism entrepreneurship in rural areas.
The aim of our ecotourism project, which will run from November 2009 to October 2011, is to develop environmentally sustainable tourism. The main goal of this project is to create an internet-based adult education study program focusing on the principles and practices of eco-tourism, and to pilot the introduction and implementation of tourism practices in the target area. The eco-tourism project is administered by PIKES, and its partners include Maailmankylä Oy (Joensuu, Finland), Varna Free University (Bulgaria), Meath Partnerships (Ireland), Business College (Lithuania) and the European Center for Ecological Agriculture and Tourism (Poland). The EU's Lifelong Learning Programme will finance 70% of the project's €385,000 budget.
For more information:
Heidi Tanskanen, Project manager
Mobile: +358 40 7313039
heidi.tanskanen(at)pikes.fi
Skype: hetanskanen
Veli-Matti Hurskainen, Coordinator
Mobile: +358 50 303 1211
veli-matti.hurskainen(at)pikes.fi
Skype: vmhpuhelin