ARCHICHARTER

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• ARCHICHARTER
• The European Charter for sustainable tourism
  applied in 6 protected areas of the ARCHIMED
  regions integrated with EMAS, Agenda 21 and
  Ecolabel

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tourism and voluntary tools
Food labels
ISO 14001
Ethical certification
Tourism and sustainable development
Local Agenda 21
ECOLABEL
Park labels
EMAS
European Charter for Sustainable Tourism
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...ARCHICHARTER...

• is an EU INTERREG IIIB project
• is applied in 6 protected areas from
• June 2006 December 2007
• includes a common strategy and a plan for action
  for a sustainable tourism shared with the local
  tourism operators
• website http//infosig3.frascati.enea.it/archicha
  rter

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the partnership
Project leader P1 Serre Regional Park,
Calabria, IT, P2 Nebrodi Regional Park, Sicilia,
IT, P3 Matese Regional Park, Campania, IT, P4
Zakynthos Marine Park, Ionian Islands, GR P5
Border Region Delta Rhodopi, East
Macedonia-Thracia, GR, P6 Nevropolis, Thessaly, GR
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The project leader Serre regional Park,
Calabria, IT

• 17.687 ha
• 26 municipalities
• around 20.000 people involved

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Serre Regional Park
nature and men
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Serre Regional Park
plants and animals
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Serre Regional Park
landscape and culture
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P2 Nebrodi Regional Park, Sicilia, IT

• 86.500 ha
• 23 municipalities
• around 100.000 people involved

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Nebrodi Regional Park
forests and landscapes
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Nebrodi Regional Park
humans and nature
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Nebrodi Regional Park
history, traditions and local products
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Nebrodi Regional Park
special animals
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P3 Matese Regional Park, Campania, IT

• 33.326 ha
• 20 municipalities
• around 50.000 people involved

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Matese Regional Park
human settlements on mountain
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Matese Regional Park
mountain, lakes, rivers and fields
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Matese Regional Park
human activities and culture
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P4 National Marine Park of Zakynthos, Ionian
Islands, GR

• 89.200 ha on the sea
• 14.200 ha on the land
• 11 of the Zakynthos island
• 2 municipalities involved

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Zakynthos Marine Park
Introduction
very crowded place for tourism during summer
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Zakynthos Marine Park
very rare animals and habitats Loggerhead sea
turtle, Monk seal, Eleonoras falcon, Natura
2000 areas
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Zakynthos Marine Park
tourism, turtle nesting control, education
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Zakynthos Marine Park
partnership with local operators, local turtle
spotting trips
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P5 Border Region Delta Rhodopi, National Park of
East Macedonia and Thrace, GR

• 146.680 ha the East macedonia and Thrace National
  Park
• 55.000 ha the area of the Nestos river delta
• 8 municipalities
• 40.000 people involved

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Border Region Delta Rhodopi
lakes, lagoons and landscapes
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Border Region Delta Rhodopi
animals
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Border Region Delta Rhodopi
forests and flowers
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Border Region Delta Rhodopi
tourism and facilities
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Border Region Delta Rhodopi
history, culture and traditions
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P6 Nevropolis Agrafa and Plastiras Lake,
Thessaly, GR

• 14.100 ha
• 3 municipalities involved composed by 17 small
  villages
• 4071 people involved

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Nevropolis and Plastiras lake
mountain, lake, forests
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Nevropolis and Plastiras lake
tourism and education
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Nevropolis and Plastiras lake
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rare plants
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Nevropolis and Plastiras lake
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interesting animals
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Nevropolis and Plastiras lake
culture and traditions
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Nevropolis and Plastiras lake
landscapes
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... The European Charter...

• the Charter for Sustainable Tourism is for the
  European Parks
• promotes local development and sustainable
  tourism in protected areas
• is an innovative and advanced tool
• http//www.european-charter.org

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why the European Charter for Archicharter?...

• It is a new way to work together
• It is a never ending process
• It requires the cooperation of public and private
  subjects, each one with its role and
  responsibility

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... The Charter main points...

• Sharing roles and responsibilities
• Solidarity and subsidiarity
• Social equity
• Environment conservation as a resource

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...The European Charter...

• agreement protocol - common strategy
• NETWORK

local administration public subjects
privates tourism operators
citizens other economic activities
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...the actors...

• protected area managers, Municipalities, other
  public administrations
• for planning and management
• tourism enterprises
• for a tourism offer conformation, an increase in
  value of local resources and heritage, a
  sustainable management of the enterprises
• tour operators
• for an offer coherent with the strategic
  objectives of the territory
• anyone must play its own role

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... general objectives of the project and of the
Charter...

• to consider natural resources as a bank account
• to sustain local economy
• to influence the visitor behavior
• to promote alternative mobility
• to promote de-seasonality
• to take care of the environment and surrounding
  area
• to sustain local initiatives

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..how to manage our complexity?

• with the integration of different voluntary
  tools!!!
• we have to manage
• natural resources conservation
• promotion of new sustainable a activities
• monitoring
• territorial and ecosystem approach
• integration with local action and policies
• implementation of the international environmental
  policy

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parts common to all voluntary tools
relationships between the state of the
environment and its degradation causes
institution
citizens
participation and sharing with stakeholders
projects and actions
improvement of the environment and life quality
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stakeholders involvement local Agenda 21

• has a strategic approach aimed at promoting and
  control the sustainable development
• the environment health and quality is the base
  for a territory development
• Aalborg Charter European Conference on
  sustainable towns, Aalborg, Denmark, May 27, 1994
  
• http//www.a21italy.it/a21italy/index.php

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...quality of services Ecolabel...

• European label of ecological quality regulation
  of the European Commission 880/92/CEE and
  1980/2000/CEE
• from 2000 not only products but services too
• ecolabel for tourist accommodation services,
  decision 2003/287/CE from 2005 camp site
  services too
• http//ec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel/index_en.
  htm

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accommodation services
ECOLABEL
improvement of the services and products
quality promotion of the environmental
information and communication
reduction of the impacts on the environment
through the reduction of the basic resources
and energy use, waste recycling, etc.
global environment water, energy, CO2 emissions
local environment all our surrounding environment
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...quality in management the Environmental
management system...

• Helps to control and decrease human impacts with
  a consequent improvement of the environment
  quality
• Helps to work by process underlining
• who does what, how, when and where
• which are the objectives and targets to achieve
• which are the expected and obtained results
• how to verify and monitor processes, indicators
  etc.

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EMAS 761/01/CEE steps
Environemntal analysis
Environmental declaration
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the steps of Archicharter

• common strategy (concluded)
• environmental, tourism and social assessment
• involvement of local stakeholders
• strategic objectives individuation
• shared plan for action
• assessment of roles and responsibilities
• monitoring plan

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.....and go!
the end of the project will be just the start
of the game