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Targets of project (general objectives) Management of project Members of IC ITTs  WIC - Wood impulse centre  
The concept of a virtual wood impulse centre called WIC contains the targets of an ordinary impulse centre for SMEs in the region it is only implemented as an internet-communication platform for SMEs in the woodworking industry. The platform consists of 3 levels of communication possibilities. The internet presents the regions, the SMEs and their products. The intranet is the level for the experience exchange of known members. The extranet is special prepared as a communication platform for the implementation of common projects eg. from construction to build up a wood house. For further information please get in contact with the Mr. Alois Aigner at the Regionalforum Steyr-Kirchdorf (email address: info@regionalforum.at ) Tourism package ECOREGION The international working group of tourism in the ECOREGION project has developed a concept of co-operation in tourism. The concept contains concrete steps of interregional co-operation. The main objectives are the use of the common ECOREGION homepage as a media of advertising, a presentation of a concrete package offer of the nationalpark regions, an additional utility to the regions and the experience exchange of the regional tourism experts. Each regions developed a special package for a 3 days-holiday in the nationalpark regions with its special attractions e.g. hiking with snow-shoes, canoeing tours,... For concrete information please get in contact with Mr. Herbert Reitmann at the TMG - Technology and Marketing Association Upper Austria (email address: reitmann@tmg.at ) Wood branch meeting The main target of the ITT-SMEs was to support the small and medium enterprises in the nationalpark regions. The partners decided to work especially with SMEs in the wood working industry because wood is the raw material of the 3rd millennium. ECOREGION organised two meetings for these SMEs. The meetings in connection with excursion to regional SMEs were implemented in Austria and the Finland. About 30 SMEs took part and used the possibility for know how transfer and experience exchange with international participants. Responsible for these successful meetings are Mr. Ambros Pree at the TMG - Technology and Marketing Association Upper Austria (email address: pree@tmg.at ) and in Finland the Regional Council of Tampere Mrs. Johanna Karimaki (email address: johanna.karimaki@pirkanmaa.fi ). Please contact them for further information. Nature tourism - Hiking route infrastructure The aims of the pilots based on the application were to implement outdoor infrastructure for nature tourism and nature recreation. The other goals were to implement hiking and canoeing routes with some services. The implementing infrastructure has been linked to regional and national green belt corridor from Uusimaa, Nuuksio National Park, through Häme, Torronsuo and Liesjärvi National Parks up to Pirkanmaa, Seitseminen and Helvetinjärvi National Parks. There are ready made hiking routes along the way with only few caps. This route line might be relevant option to Euro routes. In the pilots the Finnish partners implemented about 35 kilometres hiking routes, some kilometres canoeing routes, between Häme and Uusimaa regions and the surroundings of Eerikkilä Sports Centre and Häme Visitors' Centre. Two lean-to shelters, one for public use and the other only for SME use, are built along the route. Four public and SME lean-to shelters inside the corridor are built in Northern part of Pirkanmaa. The pilots connect some SME units to one and other and offer opportunities to nature tourism business. For further information please contact: Mr Hannu Raittinen Head of Regional Planning Regional Council of Häme Phone: +358 3 647 4038 Mobile: +358 500 485 244 Fax: +358 3 647 4026 
Sanation of the former military base During the project the Latvian partners started with the sanation of their former military base. For the recreation of this area the Latvian partners employed 7 unemployed people for the work. The sanation contained that 6 building ruins were demolished, 919 tones of construction waste have been gathered, 3,5 km barbed wire have been collected, 43 hectares of forest have been rehabilitated and 14,8 hectares forest have been re-planted. This territory is now use as a recreational area for tourism. For detailed information please get in contact with Dainuvite Berzina at the Allazi County Council (email address: dainuvite@allazi.lv ). RIS - Regional Information System For the Czech partners it was important to install a regional information system in the region of Sumava. During ECOREGION they started with the implementation of the RIS to connect the region. Since summer 2001 the region Sumava has its regional information systems. For further and detailed information please contact Mr. Milos Picek at the Regional Development Agency Sumava (email address: picek(at)rras.cz ). Recreational Forestry on Cutaway Bogs in Offaly The Irish partners implemented in the region of Offaly county the study for recreational forestry on the Cutaway Bogs. The study contained 3 classes of use: forestry/agriculture, bog regeneration/wetland and amenity/recreation. The study concretised the further use of the cutaway bogs. The cutaway bogs offers well condition for amenity, regeneration and nature conservation. For detailed information please contact Mr. Vincent Hussey at the Offaly County Council (email address: vhussey@offalycoco.ie ). |