Speaker
|
Country
|
Organisation
|
Theme
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WORKSHOP OPENING
|
Mr. Juris Lujāns
Minister
|
Latvia
|
Minstry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia
|
Opening remarks
|
Ms. Asnāte Ziemele
President
|
Latvia
|
Latvian Country Tourism Association "Lauku ceļotājs" |
Opening remarks from the host
|
Mr. Klaus Ehrlich
President
|
Spain
|
European Federation of Farm and Village Tourism "EuroGites"
Andalusian Network of Rural Accommodations "RAAR"
|
Opening remarks - A follow-up to the 1st European Congress on Rural Tourism (October 2003)
Chairperson of the session Information Technologies
|
Mr. Francesco Frangialli
Secretary General
|
Spain
|
WTO (World Tourism Organization) |
Opening remarks
|
| QUALITY |
| Ms. Dr. Heike Glatzel |
Germany |
Environmental, tourism and regional consulting company "Futour"
|
Chairperson of the session
|
Mrs. Antra Damberga
Project specialist |
Latvia |
Latvian Country Tourism Association "Lauku ceļotājs" |
A common understanding of rural tourism quality in Europe
|
Mr. David Stanbridge
Head of Quality department
|
UK |
"VisitBritain"
|
Quality assessment schemes in England |
Mr. Mag. Manfred Gaber
|
Austria
|
Institute for Customer Satisfaction of Tyrol
|
Modules for measurement of customer satisfaction in farm holidays
|
| TRAINING |
Ms. Gudrun Thora Gunnarsdottir
|
Iceland
|
Holar Agricultural College
|
Chairperson of the session
|
Mr. Naut Kusters
Manager
|
The Netherlands |
"ECEAT Projects"
|
Towards quality rural tourism training in Europe
|
Ms. Jean O’Sullivan
|
Ireland |
"West Cork Leader Co-Op." |
Provider training in support of a strong brand of the product
|
Ms. Pia Kattelus
|
Finland
|
University of Helsinki, Institute for Rural Research and Training
|
Developing educational methodology for rural animators
|
| ENVIRONMENT |
| Mrs. Ērika Lagzdiņa |
Latvia |
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
|
Chairperson of the session
|
| Ms. Nicola Breier |
Belgium
|
European Commission, DG ENV, unit: Environment and Industry
|
The EU eco-label for tourist accommodation services |
| Mr. Herbert Hamele |
Germany |
European Network of Experts and Organizations in Tourism, Environment and Regional Development "ECOTRANS" |
Sustainable tourism in Europe - harmonisation of diversity and promotion of ecolabels
|
Ms. Agnese Jakoviča
Project specialist
|
Latvia
|
Latvian Country Tourism Association "Lauku ceļotājs"
|
Success and sustainability of eco-tourism products. Round table of experts
"The Green Certificate" - eco-label for rural tourism establishments in Latvia
Presentation
|
Mr. Jonathan Proctor
|
Scotland
|
"Green Business UK"
|
Success and sustainability of eco-tourism products. Round table of experts
“Green Tourism Business Scheme” – eco-label in Scotland |
Ms. Christa Morawa
|
Germany
|
German Environmental Agency
|
Success and sustainability of eco-tourism products. Round table of experts
"Viabono" - eco-label in Germany
|
Mr. Ronan Girard
|
Belgium
|
European Landowners Organization
|
Success and sustainability of eco-tourism products. Round table of experts
Rural development and rural tourism in Europe, more than an opportunity a means of revitalisation
|
Mr. Michal Burian
|
Czechia
|
ECEAT - International
|
Success and sustainability of eco-tourism products. Round table of experts
ECEAT sustainable tourism quality concept
|
| INFORMATON TECHNOLOGIES |
Mr. Ģirts Ziemelis
System analyst |
Latvia |
Latvian Country Tourism Association "Lauku ceļotājs"
|
Open source information and reservation system development for small and micro enterprises in rural areas
|
Mr. Pascal Boulet-Gercourt
Manager
|
France
|
French Federation of Rural Tourism "Gites de France"
|
Implementation and running a computerised reservation system – specific requirements of rural tourism
|
Mr. Mag. Hans Embacher
Manager
|
Austria
|
"Austrian Farm Holidays"
|
Opportunities and limits of on-line reservation systems for rural tourism providers
|
