Promotion of sustainable tourism in Romanian rural areas
Who we are?Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European
Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
Romanian National Programme for Rural Development 2007 -2013
Romanian National Rural Network
What we do?
Contact Point
To animate the flow of information regarding RDP
To stimulate the exchange of good practices and cooperation
between network members
To maintain connections with ERDN and EU national networks
To offer specialized assistance for all rural stakeholders of the
network
TIMIŞ (Timişoara)
SALAJ (Zalău)
MUREŞ (Târgu Mureş)
IAŞI (Iaşi)
BUCUREŞTI-ILFOV (Bucureşti)
BRĂILA (Brăila)
DÂMBOVIŢA (Târgovişte)
DOLJ (Craiova)
How we do it?
How we do it?
ACTION PLAN
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A6A7A8A9A10
A11A12B3B4
B5B6Conferences
Seminars
Experts meetings
LAGS meetings
Publications
Training for LAGs
Promotion
Website
Best Practices
Thematic Working Groups
Virtual community
Cooperation
What about tourism?
Promotionalwebsite
What about tourism?
• To encourage an integrated approach for rural tourism• To explore new concepts in tourism• To promote best practices• To stimulate networking between participants
TWG 3 Promotion of sustainable tourism in Romanian rural areas
STRENGHTS A specific rural culture, that became extinct in the rest of Europe; Spectacular scenery; Model of interethnic coexistence.
WEAKNESSES
Lack of basic services and infrastructure; Lack of training in service providers; Lack of integrated services.
OPORTUNITIES
To maintain the traditions; To diversify the economic rural activities; To create associations between stakeholders.
THREATS
The migration of young people to the cities; The loss of traditions; The reinforcement of the “weekend-break” type tourism.
What about tourism?
Results
• 18 TWG were organized;
• There were more than 300 participants;
• There were more than 20 participant organizations which
became partners in existing clusters;
• One new rural touristic cluster was created;• A network of stakeholders interested in tourism was created.
Proposals
• To create a guide about how to construct new tourist infrastructures adapted to
local architecture;
• To create a data base with projects that can contain valuable ideas that can be
put into practice;
• To award a bonus from the RDP or other funding programmes to those projects
that comply with the Danube strategy and the Carpathian Convention;
• To promote rural tourism in schools.
Thank you very much!Yurena Lorenzo de QuintanaRural Development ExpertRomanian Rural Development [email protected]