Arthur van DisseldorpLeisure Link B.V. The Netherlands

Consultant

Thomas CarlssonVästerbotten, Sweden

Co-ordinator of the Network for Sustainable Tourism

The County of Västerbotten

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AER WEB PORTAL FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

COMMITTEE CWORKING GROUP ON SUSTAINABLE QUALITY TOURISM

Terms of reference – Gera 2003Activities:

Organise seminar on sustainable quality tourism (Devon, March 2004 and Jämtland, March 2005) and 2 meetings of the working group per year

Produce relevant documents and promote the AER’s positions at national, European and international level

Collect good regional practices and create a permanent exhibition on the AER of sustainable rural development

Set up a network of regional and university experts and other relevant experts (NGO’s, economic sector, etc.)

Etc.

The web portal projectMain objectives

The main objectives of the web portal project:

To promote efficient strategies

To lobby for achieving a full bottom-up approach to tourism policy

To promote sharing of experiences, transfer of competencies and development of new approaches

To support co-operation between the regions of the AER

The Web portal projectBenefits for the regions?

Information tool for dissemination of good practices

A framework for development of partnerships and networks between the regions of the AER

New tool for promotion of the regions

A forum for a direct dialogue between authorities and private stakeholder

Dissemination of information from AER to the regions

The web portal projectContent of the portal

AER policies and documents Links to sites of interest (EU etc) and labelling systems Presentation of participating AER regions

Facts about the regions, links to regional web sitesStakeholders, names, addressesSWOP-analysisOngoing projectsMarket data

Back Office application Search engine

The web portal projectWhat have we done so far?

The technical solution is ready The regions have delivered their information

Next steps?

The regions adjustment of their information Manual New participants

Participants!

Alba, RO

Banksa, Bysterica, SK

Calarasi, RO

Dombovita, RO

Fyn, DK

Mures, RO

Noord-Brabant, NL

Odessa, UA

South West England, UK

Tulcea, RO

Valenzia, ESP

Vejle, DK

Västerbotten, S

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