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Side-Meeting on the Development of the European Charter at the EUROPARC 2007 Conference in Čzeský Krumlov
10.10.2007
Click here for a short report of the Side-Meeting
Czeský Krumlov, Photo: Radek Drahný
Verification process of 11 new Charter Protected Areas concluded
09.08.2007
11 Candidate Charter Protected Areas where visited by different verifiers during April and May. Following the official verification of the Park’s work under the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas, the Evaluation Committee, at its recent meeting, examined carefully the thorough report which the appointed verifier prepared as a result of his visit to the Park. It was unanimously agreed to award the Charter certificate to the following 11 protected areas:
Brecon Beacons National Park (UK)
Parque Natural Sierra Maria-Los Vélez (E)
Parque Natural Sierra de Cardena y Montoro (E)
Parque Natural Sierra Magina (E)
Parque Natural Sierra Norte de Sevilla (E)
Parque Natural Sierra de las Nieves (E)
Parque Natural de Breña y Marismas del Barbate (E)
Parc Natural del Delta de l'Ebre (E)
The first official
ceremony for the award of the Charter to the successful parks will be held
during the EUROPARC Conference 2007 from 26th to 29th September in Český
Krumlov (CZ).
The European Charter Section II text was finalised and approved by the council
06.06.2007
The revised text for the second part of the Charter has been finalised and now approved by the EUROPARC Federation Council. We hope to make it available in French and other languages in due course.
You can download the text here:
European Charter Section II - text
As you know the text offers a
framework for integrating businesses into the Charter process. The
exchange of expertise and experience concerning its implementation is
crucial to the Charter’s further development and we therefore encourage
the Charter networks – at European, section, national and regional levels
– to make this a focus of their work in the period ahead. A guidance note
is being prepared.
Thanks again to everybody who
contributed their wisdom in the process of revising the text.
New verifiers join Charter evaluation team
20.03.2007
With more than 20 parks registered for evaluations under the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas, and the established Charter Parks now undergoing re-evaluations to renew their Charter status after five years, there was a clear need to expand the team of expert verifiers to meet demand.
With the financial support of the travel operator TUI, EUROPARC held a training workshop at the Naturgut Ophoven, near Cologne, Germany, at the beginning of March. Seven new verifiers were trained to undertake the task of evaluating a candidate park’s application. The trainers included member of the Evaluation Committee Richard Denman, verifier Bettina Kreisel, and Josep Maria Prats, who is both a verifier and member of the Evaluation Committee.
The new verifiers are: Lucy Barron (England, UK), Fernando Correia (Portugal), Jacques Decuignières (France), Dagmar Diwok (Italy), Barry Ferguson (Northern Ireland, UK), Amanda Guzmán (Spain) and Wolfgang Mattes (Austria). A number of them will be deployed in the spring to evaluate the 11 candidate parks that have submitted their application for Charter status this year.
EUROPARC at the Reisepavillon 2007
06.02.2007
From 2nd to 4th February 2007, EUROPARC Federation participated at the Reisepavillon in Hannover – the international marketplace for alternative travel. At a joint stand together with TUI AG and CMS (Convention on Migratory Species) EUROPARC presented its work with a focus on the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism. This included general information panels about EUROPARC Federation and the Charter in particular as well as the presentation of information material (leaflets, flyers, brochures) from the protected areas.
Presentation from Parco Naturale Adamello Brenta
EUROPARC 2005 at the European Nature Conference
21 - 25 September in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
Find more Information in English, French, German on this website: http://www.europarc.org/international/data/E2005/e2005.htm
