PROJECT DESCRIPTION
BACKGROUND
The main aims of the project are: 1) Establishment of the European Ecomanagement and Ecoaudit Scheme in tourist installations. 2) Training of technicians and managers so that they can establish Ecomanaging systems. 3) Determine feasibility studies for the pilot experiences. 4) Provide information toi the European Commission about the possibility of extending the European Scheme to tourist installations.The aim of this project is to establish an adequate instrument for the improvement of environmental quality in the tourist sector. Environmental effects of tourism are very large, especially in the Mediterranean coast. This project pretends to demonstrate, through pilot experiences, the validity of an instrument for the establisment of environmental quality in tourist installations. The aim is not to develop new technologies, but to design the methodology to stimulate the application of economically viable natural resources saving and environmental protection technologies, already existing, to the tourist sector. The project will be developed through the following stages: -Establishment of the European Ecomanagement and Ecoaudit Scheme in tourist installations. -Training of technicians and managers so that they can establish Environmental Management Systems in tourist installations. -Determine feasibility studies for each of the pilot experience. -Determine the applicability of several Environmental Performance levels in the ecomanagement scheme. -Provide information to the European Commission about the possibility of extending the European ecomanagement and acoaudit scheme to tourist installations. -Divulgation throughout the European Union of results. Actions that are going to be carried on are the following: helps to the establishment of environmental management systems in 20 voluntary pilot installations, training and educative actions, edition of technical handbooks, popularisation of the European ecomanagement and ecoauditscheme and managing, direction and promotion of the project.