IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CARPATHIAN CONVENTION: PLATFORM FOR CONSULTATIONS
AND COOPERATION

Ecopsychology Association (Cracow)

• Working groups of the Coalition for the Implementation of the Carpathian Convention,
• International Working Groups of the Carpathian Convention.
• National Action Plan - formulation of the proposal of the national action plan for the implementation of the Biodiversity Protocol to the Carpathian Convention.
• Training courses: "Mediations for the protection of the biological and landscape heritage of the Carpathians" and "The Carpathian Leader"
• Forum of the Carpathian Communes
• The Carpathian Open University
• Carpathian Information Points
• Contests: "The Carpathian Commune" and "The Carpathian Identity"
• Publications: The handbook "The Carpathian Convention" and the informational leaflet on the Carpathian Convention

TRADITIONAL SHEPHERDING IN THE CARPATHIANS

REC Country Office Poland (Warsaw)

Tatra-Beskidy Cooperative of Producers „Gazdowie” (Leśnica)

• Purchase of sheep
• Traditional sheep grazing on mountain meadows in the Carpathians
• Field inventory of the shepherding potential and infrastructure
• Elaboration of agri-environmental plans
• Trainings on shepherding
• International Shepherding Conferences
• Promotional campaigns for shepherding products
• Web site on shepherding
• Sheep Run events
• Tourist information points
• Renovation/Construction of shepherding infrastructure

• Publications: „Ekonomika gospodarki pasterskiej” ("The Shepherding Economics"), „Zrównoważone rolnictwo na obszarach górskich” ("Sustainable Agriculture in Mountain Areas") and the photo album „Pasterstwo w Karpatach” ("Shepherding in the Carpathians")

REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

“Green Beskid” Local Tourist Organisation (Gorlice)

• Elaboration of the Strategy for sustainable tourism in the region
• Inventory: tourist and natural attractions, tourism infrastructure database
• International conference: the presentation of the Strategy for sustainable tourism
• Research on the tourist traffic in the area of the Low Beskid Mts. and the parallel strip of foothills

CARPATHIAN INFORMATORIUM

National Foundation for Environmental Protection - UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre

• Development of the web portal "Carpathian Informatorium" presenting data resources on the Polish Carpathians with the use of modern geovisualisation techniques and geoinformation technologies
• Development of the Information Exchange Network on the Carpathians
• The primary aim of the "Carpathian Informatorium" is to disseminate the information on the Carpathian Convention among three target audience groups:
  • NGO representatives, experts and scientists involved in the Carpathian issues
    at a grass-roots level
  • Representatives of local authorities (local self-governments and inhabitants)
  • Admirers of the Carpathians and those who come here for tourism purposes, being more or less aware of the natural, landscape and cultural assets of the area which they visit.