Entrepreneurship and initiatives

undertaken on the Greenway

„Green Bicycle”

„Europejski Fundusz Rolny na rzecz Rozwoju Obszarów Wiejskich: Europa inwestująca w obszary wiejskie.”

Projekt opracowany przez Stowarzyszenie Lokalna Grupa Działania „Krasnystaw PLUS”

Projekt współfinansowany ze środków Unii Europejskiej w ramach Pomocy Technicznej Programu Rozwoju

Obszarów Wiejskich na lata 2007-2013

Instytucja Zarządzająca Programem Rozwoju Obszarów Wiejskich na lata 2007-2013 –

Minister Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi.

Entrepreneurship and initiatives undertaken on

the Greenway „Zielony Rower” Greenway

Eastern Carpathians

Bogusław Pyzocha

Bieszczady Foundation

Partner Group „Zielone Bieszczady”

Pieszczady Foundation

Zielone Bieszczady LAG

Partner Group „Zielone Bieszczady”

POTENCIAL

Green Bicycle- Greenway Eastern Carpathians

Central EuropeanGreenways

The Environmental and Geographic Foundation

(Lviv)

Local initiatives on the trail

Bieszczady Centre for Promotion and Local Product

Certification in Lutowiska

Carpathian Ecomuseums

6 ecomuseums in Bieszczady

• Ecomuseum „Three Cultures” (Lutowiska)

• Ecomuseum „Hołe” in Dźwiniacz Dolny

• Ecomuseum „In the land of Beavers” (Orelec)

• Ecomuseum „Pathfinders of missing traces” - Hoszów

• Ecomuseum „Green Shadow” of Maria Czerkawska’s

name (Rudenka)

• Ecomuseum „In the Land of Bojkow” (Zatwarnica)

LUTOWISKA

Lutowiska

Ecomuseum

„Hołe”

Dźwiniacz Dolny,

Leszczowate, Łodyna

Ecomuseum

„ In the land of

Beavers”

Myczkowce,

Orelec, Uherce

Mineralne,

Zwierzyń

Ecomuseum

„Pathfinders of

missing traces”

Hoszów, Jałowe

Ecomuseum

„Green

Shadow”

Of Maria

Czerkawska

Rudenka

Ecomuseum „In the Land of

Bojkow” Zatwarnica

4 ecomuseums in other parts of Podkarpackie :

• Ecomuseum „The Mountains of Freedom”

• (gmina Frysztak)

• Ecomuseum „Seven Hamlets” (Rakszawa)

• Ecomuseum of Przecław Land(gmina Przecław)

• Ecomuseum „Beskidy Hiking” (area of operation

„Kraina Nafty” LAG and „Dorzecze Wisłoka” LAG)

Ecomuseum

„Beskidy

Hiking” (area of operation

„Kraina Nafty” LAG

and „Dorzecze

Wisłoka” LAG”)

3 ecomuseums in Slovakia:

• Ecomuseum „Podoby ohňa“ (Fire Forms) – village

Snina

• Ecomuseum “Chodníkom pašerákov” („Smugglers

trail”) – Osadne village in Slovakia and in Poland

Balnica

• Ecomuseum „Po stopách Duchnoviča“ („Duchnowicz

Footsteps”) – village Topola

Ecomuseums in the Slovak part of the

Carpathian Mountains

Started operations on 1 June

2006 at the Bieszczady

Foundation – developing

process started in 2005

First in Podkarpacie area the

social enterprise operating in

the tourism market

Since November 2006, has

the tour operator license

The tourist offer based on regional human

resources, cultural and natural potential of the

region and regional ecotourism products

grouped in 3 main thematic packages: Wild Carpathians,

Multicultural Carpathians, Carpathian Mountains for Active

People

Tours and expeditions:

• of naturalists (zoological,

botanical, ecological)

• nature photography

• astronomical

• geological

• etc..

Tours and expeditions: • history

• cultural

• architectural

• ecoturism

• culinary

• astronomical

• workshops and

• demonstrations of crafts and

arts

• etc.

Tours and expeditions: • trekking

• Nordic walking

• Cycle

• kayak

• sailing

• Horse

• cross-country skiing

• Snowshoe

• etc.

distribution system, sales

and promotion services

and ecotourism products

based on a network of

cooperation in the region

and on the latest e-

technology

Network of tourism operators and tourism industry in the region cooperating

in the field of distribution, promotion and sale of high quality services and products based on the

idea of environmentally friendly tourism

„GoToCarpathia - certification system

and the idea of the development and

promotion of green tourism in the

Carpathians”

Bogusław Pyzocha

BIESZCZADY FOUNDATION

The certification of services and ecotourism products in the

Eastern Carpathians

GoToCarpathia

Eastern Carpathians subregions covered by the

certification

Polish side

Bieszczady with Sanocko-Turczańskie Mountains

Low Beskid with Jasielskim Hills, Bukowski Hills, Gorlicki Valley

and Jasielsko-Krośnieńska Dale)

Ciężkowickie and Strzyżowskie Hills

Przemyskie and Dynowskie Hills (with Rzeszow Hills) Slovak side

Horný Zemplín ( High Zemplin) - okresy (districts): Humenné,

Medzilaborce, Snina, Stropkov, Vranov nad Topľou;

Horný Šariš (HighSzarysz) - okresy (districts): Bardejov i Svidnik.

Category 1 – Accomodation services

Category 2 – Food & beverage services

Category 3 – Educational services

Category 4 – Ecotourism Product

Category 5 – Ambassador of the Eastern

Carpathian ecotourism

PRINCIPLE I: STANDARDS AND QUALITY

OF SERVICE

5 categories, 5 principles

PRINCIPLE II: RESPECT FOR THE

ENVIRONMENT

PRINCIPLE III: USE OF LOCAL FOOD AND

EASTERN CARPATHIAN CUISINE

PRINCIPLE IV: EASTERN CARPATHIAN

ARCHITECTURE THEIR INTERIOR,

SURROUNDINGS AND NATURE AROUND THEM

PRINCIPLE V: MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION AND

COMMITMENT IN THE EASTERN CARPATHIANS

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

I edition (2010) – 29 granted certification (22 in Poland

and 7 in Slovakia)

3 editions of certification

GoToCarpathia

II edition (2011) – 71 granted certification (49 in Poland

and 22 in Slovakia)

III edition (2014) –79 granted certification (66 in Poland

and 13 in Slovakia)

Catalogue of certified operators

Carpathian Centres of

Green Tourism

USTRZYKI DOLNE

ul. Rynek 14,

38-700 Ustrzyki Dolne, Polska

tel.: +48 13 4697297

tel./fax: +48 13 4696290

biuro@fundacja.bieszczady.pl

SNINA

Staničná 1026/9,

069 01 Snina,Slovensko

tel.: +421 917 425 648

info@gotocarpathia.sk

5 social cooperatives created

and functioning with the support of the

Bieszczady Foundation

performing the functions of the Centre

for Social Economy Support

Social Cooperative„Źródło” [The Source]

Social Cooperative „Biesy i Czady”

Social Cooperative „ELPIDA”

Social Cooperative „Karuzela” [Carousel]

Its activities are focused mainly on running the children's

playroom.

Social Cooperative „Z duszą”

The main activity of the Cooperative is catering. The cooperative has two dinings:

1) kitchen Zagórz where the manufacturing facilities for catering services are,

2) cafe - bar Caffe Vita in Sanok.

Partnership Fund for the Group Green Bieszczady

102 local initiatives implemented in 2007-2014 supported

from grants awarded by the Bieszczady Foundation

totaling more than 400 thousand PLN.

COORDINATION

BIESZCZADY FOUNDATION

QUALITY

CERTIFICATION

GoToCarpathia

SALE

COOPERATION

with ecotourism industry

(cluster???)

RESEARCH

on ecotourism market

EDUCATION

PROMOTION

Carpathian Centre of

Green Tourism

The management

structure of tourism in the

region, based on the

experience of the

Bieszczady Foundation

FUNDUSZ GPZB

Programygrantowe

Środki z zewnątrz

Zyski z działalności

Dotacje, sponsoring,zbiórki…

GRUPA PARTNERSKA „ZIELONE BIESZCZADY”

Kadra (ludzie)GPZB

Wsparciemerytoryczne

wiedza, umiejętności

Zaplecze techniczno-szkoleniowe

(FB – Sekretariat GPZB)

Fundraisingi promocja

Komercjalizacja

Inicjatywy GPZB

INSTYTUCJASZKOLENIOWA

Pożyczki Stypendia

Fundacja Bieszczadzka

Biuro EkoPodróżyZielony Rower

Przedsiębiorstwo Społeczne

społeczne

biznesowe

The so-called. Cross

Bieszczady - scheme for the

mechanism of sustainable

socio-economic development

(based on the experience of the

Bieszczady Foundation )

b.pyzocha@fundacja.bieszczady.pl

38-700 Ustrzyki Dolne

Ul. Rynek 14

Tel. +48 (13) 469 72 97;

tel./fax : +48 (13) 469 62 90

www.fundacja.bieszczady.pl

Bogusław Pyzocha I also want

to Green

Bicycle…

Thank you for your attention