"EST-LAT/LAT-EST cooperation in Tourism. Today and future

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"EST-LAT/LAT-EST cooperation in Tourism. Today
and future

• Pärnu, 06.12.2007

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Topics of the presentation

• Projects in the past and now
• and
• Is this the only way?

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Project level

• Municipal projects
• Cross border projects
• Regional projects (BSR, BS)
• _________________________________
• Around 250 projects (www.yepat.info)

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Municipal projects

• Projects between municipalities more or less
  ok, different interests, lack of partners,
  twinning cities, UBC, private contacts
• Local goals, local interests, local solutions

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Cross border projects EU

• Discover the Baltic Country of Lakes
  (Latgale-Utena region Vitebsk oblastj)
• Development of Baltic Tourist Network in Via
  Hanseatica Development Zone (Saulai region, S
  Estonia tourism council, Cesis, Jelgava, Seda,
  Valka, Sigulda, Usimaa and others)
• Destilink- Network on Sustainable Tourism
  Destination Development (Linking Rural Regions
  and Research Institutions in Europe)

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BSR and BC projects
                                                    
   

• Baltic Palette
• The project focuses on tourism, environmental
  issues, infrastructure, spacial planning and
  information technology, among other things.
• Supportnet
• Livonia Maritima
• AGORA

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AGORA

• TAgriculture
• TNature
• TCulture
• TIT
• __________
• 44 partners
• 10 countries
• __________
• 2 291707 EUR
• __________
• !!! No strategy

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Role of the National Tourism Authorities in EU
projects?

• What kind of cooperation we have? CBSS, Baltic
  Assemble, Joint Tourism Committee of the Baltic
  States (marketing activities)
• Do we need common goals and platform for the BC?
• Do we have resources (human, time, financial,
  contacts, knowledge, etc)?
• If Yes, when?
• PS. Is this conference end of the project or
  beginning of next project?

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EDEN-European Destinations of ExcelleNce
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Thank you for attention !

• armands.muiznieks_at_latviatourism.lv,
• Tourism expert from Latvia