1. Arthur van Disseldorp Leisure Link B.V. The Netherlands Consultant Thomas Carlsson Västerbotten, Sweden Co-ordinator of the Network for Sustainable Tourism

2. The County of Västerbotten

3. Different seasons

4. Powerful rivers

5. Exclusive activities

6. Natural menu

7. AER WEB PORTAL FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

8. COMMITTEE C WORKING GROUP ON SUSTAINABLE QUALITY TOURISM Terms of reference – Gera 2003 Activities: Organise seminar on sustainable quality tourism (Devon, March 2004 and Jämtland, March 2005) and 2 meetings of the working group per year Produce relevant documents and promote the AER’s positions at national, European and international level Collect good regional practices and create a permanent exhibition on the AER of sustainable rural development Set up a network of regional and university experts and other relevant experts (NGO’s, economic sector, etc.) Etc.

9. The web portal project Main objectives The main objectives of the web portal project: To promote efficient strategies To lobby for achieving a full bottom-up approach to tourism policy To promote sharing of experiences, transfer of competencies and development of new approaches To support co-operation between the regions of the AER

10. The Web portal project Benefits for the regions? Information tool for dissemination of good practices A framework for development of partnerships and networks between the regions of the AER New tool for promotion of the regions A forum for a direct dialogue between authorities and private stakeholder Dissemination of information from AER to the regions

11. The web portal project Content of the portal AER policies and documents Links to sites of interest (EU etc) and labelling systems Presentation of participating AER regions Facts about the regions, links to regional web sites Stakeholders, names, addresses SWOP-analysis Ongoing projects Market data Back Office application Search engine

12. The web portal project What have we done so far? The technical solution is ready The regions have delivered their information Next steps? The regions adjustment of their information Manual New participants

13. Participants! Alba, RO Banksa, Bysterica, SK Calarasi, RO Dombovita, RO Fyn, DK Mures, RO Noord-Brabant, NL Odessa, UA South West England, UK Tulcea, RO Valenzia, ESP Vejle, DK Västerbotten, S

14. www.tourisme.a-e-r.org