Expert roundtable “Self-regulatory principles of rural green tourism services through the development of internal standards”

We invite you to take part in the work of the expert round table “Self-regulatory principles for the provision of rural green tourism services through the development of internal standards”, which will be held on December 3, 2020 at 15.00-17.00 online on the Zoom platform.

Access link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86782387277?pwd=V1l1UlpRWVV3Nzh0a1dYYkphUEtjdz09

Organizers:

NGO “Union of Rural Green Tourism of Ukraine”

Departments of Geography of Ukraine and Country Studies and Tourism of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University

Supported by:

UNDP project “Strengthening business associations of small and medium-sized enterprises”

The EU project “Support for the development of the system of geographical indications in Ukraine” (GIS Project)

Participants:

Members of the board, heads of separate units and active members of the Union of the Northwest Territories of Ukraine

Representatives:

-Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture – Department of Rural Development

– State Tourism Development Agency

-National tourist organization

– Kyiv National University named after T. Shevchenko – departments of geography of Ukraine and country studies and tourism

– National University of Bioresources and Nature Management of Ukraine – Department of Tourism and Hotel and Restaurant Business and Consulting

– State University “Institute of Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences”

– UNDP project “Strengthening of business associations of small and medium-sized enterprises”

– to the EU project “Support for the development of the system of geographical indications in Ukraine” (GIS Project)

– the event is open to all interested persons, representatives of organizations and institutions

Program

15.00 – 15.30  Opening remarks

Volodymyr Vasiliev, head of the NGO “Union of Rural Green Tourism of Ukraine

Vladlen Sysun, coordinator of the UNDP project “Strengthening business associations of SMEs”

Ivan Liptuga, president of the National Tourism Organization

Natalya Pysmenna, head of the expert group of the Rural Development Directorate of the Ministry of Economic Development

Olena Motuzenko, national expert of the GZ Project on issues of geographical indications for food products and guaranteed traditional features and enogastronomic tourism.

Maryna Radova, head of the Department of Tourism and Promotions of the KMDA

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.  Self-regulatory principles for the provision of rural green tourism services through the development of internal standards

Yuliya Slyva, consultant for the implementation of management systems in accordance with the requirements of international standards ISO22000, ISO9001, ISO14001, GlobalG.AP, associate professor of the Department of Standardization and Certification of Agricultural Products of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

16.00 – 16.20  Fundamentals of internal standards  

(clarification of the principles of state policy in the field of standardization, support of rural hospitality, formation of self-regulatory organizations, including the definition of terms, in particular, “rural hospitality”, “Ukrainian hospitable homestead”, “green homestead”, etc.

Yuriy Zinko, deputy chairman of the board of the Union of Northwest Ukraine, senior lecturer of the Department of Tourism and researcher of the Research Laboratory of Engineering-Geographical, Environmental Protection and Tourism Studies of the Faculty of Geography of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

Olena Gafurova, member of the board of the Union of the Northwest Territories of Ukraine, professor of the Department of Agrarian, Land and Environmental Law named after academician V. Z. Yanchuk of the National University of Bioresources and Nature Management of Ukraine, Doctor of Law.

16.30 – 16.50  Discussion (group members) up to 3 minutes

16.50 – 17.00  Results