“Greenways Outdoor”

Creation and transnational promotion of outdoor tourism product linked to European Greenways

Kick off meeting 2-3 July 2015

Objectives:

Introduce the partners
Detail the objectives and work plan
Detail the Contractual, financial and implementation issues
Networking & cooperation
To know on the field the experience of an concrete greenway (infrastructure and SMS companies that base its activity in the greenway) + (Accommodation / lunch and dinner in SMS enterprises linked and located in the greenways)

Agenda:

Day 1 – Thursday 2 July 2015

17:00 Getting together.

19:00 Leaving from the Hacienda Minerva hotel (by car)

19:20 Welcomed of the Mayor of Doña Mencía at the Subbetica CycletourismCentre; visit to the micro enterprise specialized in tourism on greenways (Partner project – Subbetica Bikefriends).

20:00 Technical visit to Subbetica Greenway by bike (possible by card depending on the weather)

21: 30 Arrival at Hacienda Minerva hotel – (by car, possible by bike)

22: 00: Leaving for dinner at hotel Mencía Subbetica

23:15: End of the dinner and back to the hotel (Hacienda Minerva) (by food or bike)

Day 2 – Friday 3 July 2015:

9.00 – Welcome Message and Round of Introductions [EGWA / All]

9.30 – Basic Project Outline: Objectives and Targets [EGWA]

9.45 – Activities & Tasks

o Work Package 2 Diversify Tourism Offer [Lead partner: FFE + Pangea / Diversport’] [10+ 5’]

o Work Package 3 Better information & marketing [Lead partner Tourismusagentur Ostbelgien + EGWA] [10+5]

o Work Package 4 Promotion & communication. [Lead Partner: EGWA / all partners] [8 + 7]

10.15- Questions & Discussions [ALL]

10:45 Subbetica Greenways – presentation

11.00 – Coffee Break + Greenways Outdoor presentation for Press, local authorities and SMS’

11.15 – Work Package 1 [EGWA]

o Management Tasks and Tools (WP1)

o Milestones and Deliverables

o Duration and Action Plan

11.30 – Questions & Discussions [ALL]

12.00 – Contractual, financial and implementation issues [EGWA]

o Financial aspects of the grant implementation

o Operational aspects of the grant implementation

12.30– Questions [ALL]

13:00- Summary: Agreements and Next Steps [EGWA / ALL]

o Questions, discussions, specifications

o Round of Feedback

13.30- End of the meeting / Photo session [ALL]

14:00 Networking & Lunch

16:00 End of the kick-off-meeting

Participants: representative of all partners:

ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DES VOIES VERTES AISBL-EUROPEAN GREENWAYS ASOCIACION (EGWA) (Belgium -European Scope) Lead Partner/Coordinator:
FUNDACIÓN FERROCARRILES ESPAÑOLES (Spain),
VIDZEMES TURISMA ASOCIACIJA (Latvia),
PANGEA EDUCACION Y DEPORTE EN LA NATURALEZA SL (Spain),
COMUNIDADE INTERMUNICIPAL VISEU DAO LAFOES (Portugal),
GRUPPO DI AZIONE LOCALE POLESINE DELTA DEL PO – ROVIGO (Italy),
FUNDACION VIA VERDE DE LA SIERRA (Spain),
TOURISMUSAGENTUR OSTBELGIEN (Belgium),
DIVERSPORT EMPRESA DE SERVEIS ESPORTIUS SC (Spain),
SERVICIOS DEPORTIVOS, CULTURALES Y DE ANIMACION DXOCIO SL (Spain).

Venue:

Doña Mencía (Cordoba) – at Hacienda Minerva . (In Subbética Greenway) (Andalucía), where it is located one of our partner subbeticabike’s friends,)

Doña Mencía is located at aprox. 70 km away from Cordoba; 125 Km from Malaga (international airport: possible transport by taxi -aprox. 135 Euros one way); Granada (aprox. 100 KM). From Madrid: high speed train to Cordoba (1:45 – 2 hours ) + Doña Mencía aprox 65 km) by car (possible to arrange a taxi). Please let me know the details of your trip when possible.