EUROPARC Federation was represented by Ignace Schops, President of EUROPARC, at the “New European common qualifications of Heritage Interpretation in tourism sector” conference, organized by Diesis coop and supported by EARTH (the European Alliance for Responsible Tourism and Hospitality), on the 17th of September 2015, in Brussels.

Ignace highlighted the importance of tourism in Protected Areas, in a presentation entitled “Interpreting Natural Heritage”. The conference was realised in the framework of the European project “Interpreting our European Heritage”, financed with the Life Long Learning program for a period of 2 years, leaded by KOAN consulting in Spain and realised in 6 different European countries (Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Belgium and Germany). The conference aimed to inform stakeholders and users on quality, relevance and effectiveness of the results of the project, to foster their transfer to decision-makers and their adoption and application by end-users. More information about the meeting is available here.