•Rjukanlys works with programs for rehabilitation and Rjukanlys works with programs for rehabilitation and the central goal is to help people back to work.the central goal is to help people back to work.• Our statistics show a 50 - 60 % success in helping Our statistics show a 50 - 60 % success in helping people back to work.people back to work.• Rjukanlys is running two guest houses located in the Rjukanlys is running two guest houses located in the heart of Rjukan. This is our main facilities regarding to heart of Rjukan. This is our main facilities regarding to help our clients to improve their function in such way help our clients to improve their function in such way that they can regain or maintain their work capasity.that they can regain or maintain their work capasity.

Rjukanlys

Getting people more healthy………..

Preserve natural environment for contemplaition, reflection and inspiration, facilitate feeling of connection to something beyond human concerns

Spiritual

Provide variety of settings and infrastructure for various levels of sport and recreation, e.g. Running, cycling, walking, picnicking, dog training etc.

Physical

Preserve ecosystems and biodiversity, provide clean air and water, maintain ecosystem function and foster human involvement in the natural environment

Environmental

Make nature available for restoration from mental fatigue, artistic inspiration and expression, educational development, e.g. Natural and cultural history

Mental

Provide settings for people to enhance their social networks and personal relationships.

Social

Towards a Healthy Outdoor Towards a Healthy Outdoor EconomyEconomy

Interreg IVB 2007 Interreg IVB 2007

Tinn and Vinje communitiesTinn and Vinje communities

THOE

BackgroundBackground

Interreg IVB – Nordsea regionInterreg IVB – Nordsea region

Mountain region Vinje/TinnMountain region Vinje/Tinn

Number of people living in urban areas will exceed those living in rural environments for the first time in human history

Partners

hip

Nature plays a vital role in human health and well-being.

HealthEconomy

Towards a HealthyOutdoor Economy

Nature

Goal Vinje and Tinn:Goal Vinje and Tinn:

Keeping and getting people more healthy by the mean Keeping and getting people more healthy by the mean of using and communicating nature in an innovative of using and communicating nature in an innovative way and making nature more accesible to different way and making nature more accesible to different groups of people wich leads to less costs in health groups of people wich leads to less costs in health care, more effective human production means and a care, more effective human production means and a new form of sustainable employment and economy in new form of sustainable employment and economy in nature areasnature areas

ObjectivesObjectives

Development of new health and wellness activities that can Development of new health and wellness activities that can benefit visitors and around communitiesbenefit visitors and around communities

Provide a diverse range of value added experiences for Provide a diverse range of value added experiences for visitors, like wellness vacation packages, healthy eating visitors, like wellness vacation packages, healthy eating places (balanced diet), treatment with mineral waters, places (balanced diet), treatment with mineral waters, healthy life style education to manage stress, solving healthy life style education to manage stress, solving personal problems like depression, reducing stress and personal problems like depression, reducing stress and negative aspects of every day lifenegative aspects of every day life

Provide information for visitors and create awareness of Provide information for visitors and create awareness of the benefits of health and wellness tourism among the benefits of health and wellness tourism among population through marketing and promotional effortspopulation through marketing and promotional efforts

ObjectivesObjectives

Gain knowledge and exchange experience with other Gain knowledge and exchange experience with other partners dealing with similar issuespartners dealing with similar issues

Improve opportunities and access to nature for disabledImprove opportunities and access to nature for disabled Support community based tourism iniatives and provide Support community based tourism iniatives and provide

entrepreneurial opportunities for residentsentrepreneurial opportunities for residents Create partnership between parks, recreation agencies and Create partnership between parks, recreation agencies and

health organizationshealth organizations Create health and wellness recreation networkCreate health and wellness recreation network

Expected outcomes of the projectExpected outcomes of the project • Establishment of sustainable and high quality health and

wellness tourism in the chosen destinations

• Development of innovative health and wellness products

• Improvement of health of the visitors and communities

Partners found already : Partners found already : • Province of Fryslân, Province of Overijssel (Netherlands),

Svalöv Municipality (Sweden), British Waterways (UK), Tinn and Vinje communities, Nordjyllands Amt – Lille Vildmose (Denmark) Insel- und Halligconferenz, Das Wattenmeer National Park (Germany).

• More local partners : Rjukanlys, ”Grønn omsorg” Tinn and Vinje, Attføringssenteret i Rauland, Folkehelseprgrammet i Telemark, Telemark University College, Hardangervidda National Park Senter.