PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARPATHIANS
Action 5.10 «Developing professional skills in tourism – Train the Trainers»
TRAINING SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Paranesti-Greece, 16-19 September 2007
PROGRAMME
Sunday, 16.09.2007
15.00 Arrival at Makedonia Airport, Thessaloniki
16.00 Departure to Xanthi
19.00 Arrival at Elisso Hotel, Xanthi
21.00 Dinner
Monday, 17.09.2007
1st Training Session
08.15 Guided trip by train to the Nestos gorge. Departure from Xanthi Railway Station: Mr Orestis Mposkos, Guide
12.00 Arrival at Paranesti, Rhodope Mountain Range
12.00-12.30 Coffee Break
12.30-13.00 Visit at Rhodope Natural History Museum and Environmental Education Centre: Mr Iordanis Giantamidis, Municipality of Paranesti
13.30 Lunch
2nd Training Session: Conference room of Rhodope Natural History Museum
16.30-16.50 Welcome speeches
Mr Konstantinos Tatsis, President of Prefectural Authority of Drama-Kavala-Xanthi
Mrs Aliki Sotiriadou, Mayor of Paranasti Municipality
Mr Vassilios Skarlatos, President of Rhodope Mountain Range Management Authority
Mr Viktor Teres, Heifer Association
16.50-17.10 INTERREG CADSES project Protection and sustainable development of the Carpathians: Mr Lampros Tsourgiannis, Prefectural Authority of Drama-Kavala-Xanthi
17.10-17.30 The training material for sustainable tourism development – Aims and objectives of ToT seminar: Mrs Maria Katsakiori, Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre
17.30-17.45 Coffee Break
17.45-19.45 Training Module 1: Strategic Tourism Development
Lectures and workshops: Mrs Maria Alebaki, Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre and Mrs Stavriani Koutsou, Associate Professor, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki
20.30 Dinner
Tuesday, 18.09.2007
3rd Training Session: Conference room of Rhodope Natural History Museum
09.00-11.00 Training Module 2: Sustainable Tourism Product Development
Lectures and Workshops: Mrs Katrin Gebhard and Mrs Anniκa Burger, Ecological Tourism in Europe
11.00-11.40 Rural tourism and Women’s Agrotourism Cooperatives in Greece, complementarities and limitations: Mrs Olga Iakovidou, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
11.40-12.00 Coffee Break
12.00-14.00 Educational visit to Domaine Costa Lazaridi at Adriani village
Wine tourism as a tool of rural development: Mrs Maria Alebaki, Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre
Guided tour at the vineyard: Mr Hariton Maronikolakis, Public relations and Marketing Department, Domaine Costa Lazaridi
14.00-15.30 Lunch at the Domaine
15.30 Departure to Paranesti village
4th Training Session: Conference room of Rhodope Natural History Museum
17.30–18.15 Training Module 3: Quality improvement in tourism business
Lectures and Workshops: Dr Maria Partalidou, Scientific consultant of the Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre and Mr Efstratios Despotis, Manager of the Enterprises Network of Halkidiki S.A.
18.15-18.30 Coffee Break
18.15–19.30 Training Module 3: Quality improvement in tourism business (continue)
19.30-20.00 Evaluation of training seminar – Conclusions: Mrs Maria Katsakiori, Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre and Representative of the Prefectural Authority of Drama-Kavala-Xanthi
21.00 Dinner
Wednesday, 19.09.2007
10.30 Departure to Chryssoupolis Airport, Kavala
12.30 Arrival at the Airport
14.40 Departure to Kiev
Project Partner 7 External Expert
PREFECTURAL AUTHORITY OF DRAMA-KAVALA-XANTHI GREEK BIOTOPE/WETLAND CENTRE