2 nd half: ADRAT activities’ between Oct/08 and Sept/09 Graz, 7 th September 2009

1. 2nd half: ADRAT activities’ between Oct/08 and Sept/09 Graz, 7th September 2009

2. Information actions • Working Meeting with local and regional partners (14.April): • Regional Entity of Tourism of North Portugal • Municipalities • Agriculture Cooperatives • Local Development Associatios • Chaves’ High School of Nursery

4. Collaboration agreements • We obtained 1 more collaboration agreement, added to the 4 already signed agreements, being: • 1 Agriculture Cooperative • 2 Touristic Enterprise (SME) • 1 Cultural and Sportive Association • 1 Forestry Association

6. Diffusion to other entities • We made contacts through e-mail and personal meetings: • 5 Regional Development Associations • 1 Geo Park • 1 Forest Federation • 2 Consultancy SME’s • 1 Regional Public Entity of Tourism

7. Diffusion to other entities • We also promoted the project in 2 other meetings of Lifelong Learning Projects, evolving other different entities (12 in total).

8. Informative pamphlet • Edition of the Portuguese and English versions, available through Internet: • www.adrat.pt (PT) • http://project-agronatur.com (all languages) • www.adam-europe.eu (EN) • http://www.enter-network.eu (EN)

10. Utilization of NTIC • Using a mailing list as well as ADRAT’s webpage, we used these technologies to promote the project and the partnership. • The project was also promoted in other websites.

11. www.adrat.pt

12. www.javsport.pt

13. www.naturlink.pt

14. Use of NTIC • We also used the E-mail alert system allowed by ENTER, disseminating the project brochure to 59 entities from 22 countries: • Albany • Austria • Belgium • Bulgaria • Croatia • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Finland • France • Germany • Italy • Latvia • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Slovakia • Spain • Sweden • The Netherlands • Turkey • United Kingdom

16. Project Webpage • This was a delayed task, finally achieved in March-09: http://project-agronatur.com

18. Project Webpage • Between March and September-09, the webpage was visited by 2136 persons, from ggg countries.

19. Project Webpage • The months with more entries were March and April, corresponding with the majority of the pilot-courses actions’ (???).

20. Pilot Course • We made specific contacts with 13 entities for the preparation, diffusion and carry out of this task: • 6 Municipalities • 4 Private Tourism Companies • 2 Sport Clubs • 1 Agrarian Cooperative

21. Pilot Course • The pilot course was undertaken in April, in Vidago, concerning Active Tourism. • The modules were: • Horse riding • Mountain Cycling • Climbing and Abseiling • Trekking • Paragliding • Legal Framework of Tourism Activities

22. Pilot Course • The trainees were mainly men (51,5%), from ADRAT’s intervention area (55,6%). • After the pilot-course we also produced a conclusions report and proceed with the questionnaires for the trainees follow-up.

29. Training Manuals and Linguistic Guide • Jointly with ADRAL, we finished the Portuguese version of the Training Manuals resumes’ and of the Basic Linguistic Guide, available both in digital and paper formats.

31. Transnational Meeting • 3rd Meeting, Graz (Sept.2009), prepared together with the host partner ENTER.

33. Networks Contacted • We contacted other existing networks, in order to discuss the possible adhesion of any partner of AGRONATUR, as a way to continue disseminating and working on the project thematic’s.

34. Networks Contacted • ECOTRANS: European Network of Experts and Organisations in Tourism, Environment and Regional Development, seeking to promote good practice in the field of sustainable Tourism. • TNTEE: Thematic Network of Teacher Education, aiming a flexible multilingual transnational forum for the development of teacher education in Europe

35. Networks Contacted • Nature and Rural Realm Interpreters Network: collaboration regarding the development of the professional profile of nature interpreters. • RTI-TN: Rural Tourism International is a Network of Trainers and Training Organizations in Rural Tourism. • TOURING NATURE: dedicated to ecotourism planning and implementation.

36. Thank you.