Third Workshop Iron Curtain Trail - Sofia (Bulgaria) 16 March 2010

Programme:

• Final programme [2 MB]

Panel 1: The Iron Curtain Trail as a EuroVelo route – strengths and weaknesses

• The Iron Curtain Trail - Sustainable tourism in the former Death Strip [11 MB]
  Michael Cramer, Member of the European Parliament
• The Iron Curtain Trail as a EuroVelo route [2 MB]
  Bernhard Ensink, European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF)
• The Iron Curtain Trail: results from the EuroVelo study [736 KB]
  Eke Eijgelaar, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands

 

Panel 2: Cycling & Tourism - European Good Practices as models for the Iron Curtain Trail

• Success factor networking – the example 'Schweiz Mobil' [5 MB]
  Lukas Stadtherr, StiftungSchweiz Mobil, Switzerland
• Cyclists welcome – successful certifi cation of cycle-friendly tourist businesses in Central Europe [2 MB]
  Juraj Flamik, Czech Greenways Program, Czech Republic
• Long distance biking in the North of Europe [5 MB]
  Jens-Erik Larsen, Foreningen FrieFugle, Denmark
• Via Verde de la Sierra, Example of Sustainable Tourism in an isolated rural area [7 MB]
  Carmen Aycart Luengo, Spanish Greenway Program and EGWA (European GreenwaysAssociation), Spain
• Naturathlon – a bike event along the Green Belt [3 MB]
  Daniel Mourek, CzechEnvironmental Partnership Foundation, Czech Republic

 

Panel 3: The Central part of the Iron Curtain Trail – biking experiences in the region - Next steps for the Iron Curtain Trail

• Mountainbike Tourism and Romanian Cycling Network [3 MB]
  Radu Mititean, Federatia Biciclistilor Din Romania, Romania
• Danube Biking Trail in SEE [5 MB]
  Jovan Erakovic, Cycle Association “Cyclonaut”, Serbia
• Danube Greenways Day – festival of culinary specialities and cultural traditionsalong ICT [4 MB]
  Radostina Marinova, Foundation Ekoobscnost, Bulgaria
• Pannonian Peace trail between Osijek – Vukovar and Novi Sad, example of crossborder cooperation supported by IPA, IUCN a. o. [9 MB]
  Dusko Medic, Green Network of Voivodina, Serbia

 

Panel 4: The Iron Curtain Trail as a means for sustainable regional development European Territorial Cooperation for Cross-Border Projects

• Regional Development Initiatives: Successful Project Proposals [11 KB]
  Michael Förschner, Centre for Social Innovation, Austria
• Opportunity of funding offered by the South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme [462 KB]
  Roberta Calcina, Joint Technical Secretariat “South East Europe (SEE)”, Hungary Ministry of Economy and Finance, Managing Authority OP “Greece-Bulgaria”, Greece: "
• presentation [2 MB]
  Margarita Velcheva and Ms Evdokia Dimitrova, Managing Authority IPA CBC(Instrument for the Pre-Accession Assistance), Bulgaria