Tourism

Target & Mission:
The objective of the project is to create new lasting jobs in the sectors of tourism and services by using endogenous regional potential and new technology. In particular, the main task is to analyse to what extent a national park supports economic development and sustainable development of the region by:

• The opening of new markets for SMEs and tourism;
• The establishment of a brand of 'green' regions at international level;
• Transnational cooperation in market research, marketing & product development;
• Saving and creating new environmentally related jobs;
• The transfer of know-how between regions especially to those with little experience in the field of sustainable regional development, tourism & national park management

Contacts
IC Niall Sweeney County Manager, Offaly County Council, Ireland
IPM Vincent Hussey, Offaly County Council
James Stone, Midland Regional Authority

SMEs

This ITT consists of members of different organisations like regional councils, regional authorities, regional development agencies and municipalities.

This group co-operates in the following items:

• to evaluate existing SMEs, resources like wood, inhabitants, services etc.
• to work out a questionnaire study for SMEs
• to define the branches and firms for which a national park could be a location factor
• to involve at least 30 firms into the project
• to establish a network between the regions and between the SMEs
• to exchange know-how and experience between regions
• to organize the international SME-meeting

ITT - Nationalpark

Regional Information systems
Work Group - ITT Information Systems

Aims The use of the Regional IC as a coordination, marketing channel.

• Give a information about regions,
• to present NP, tourism products and service providers regionally, nationally and internationally,
• coordinate the co-operation between the Project partners in working out a common criteria and actions for the presentation of regional marketing activities.
• to exchange experience between partners.