Project Visits4u final conference – Accessible Tourism for All
On Thursday 7 December 2017, the Latvian organization of people with disabilities and their friends “Apeirons” organised the visist4u final conference at the Latvian State’s Forest in Riga.
Below you can find the full programme and links to the presentations. In Latvian and English respectively.
You can also visit our blog to read about the sessions: http://www.visits4u.eu/blog/
Programme
09:30 – 10:00 Arrival – Registration
10:00 – 11:30 Overview of Accessible Tourism Policies
Conference opening: Ministry of Economics, Center for Accessible Environments, Apeirons
European Commission Policies and Initiatives on Accessible Tourism
Mr Antonis Christopoulos, Project Officer, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Entreprises (EASME), European Commission
Government policy on accessible tourism, strategies and their implementation.
Mr Gatis Silovs, Director of the Sector Policy Department Ministry of Economics in Latvia
Accessible tourism in municipalities – involvement of municipalities in the creation of accessible tourism.
Ms Laura Skrodele, Director of Development Agency, Sigulda Municipality
Accessible tourism in Jurmalas municipality
Ms Anna Manuhina, Jūrmala Municipality
11:10 – 11:30 Comfort Break – Networking
11: 30 – 12:45 Inclusive practices in Latvian tourism
Accessible tourism in Latvia’s state forest tourism places
Latvia’s State Forest
The way from inaccessible to accessible museum
Ms Diāna Meiere and Ms Polīna Šķiņķe, Latvian Museum of Natural History
Certification of accessible natural places
Mr Jānis Matulis, Chairman of the Board, Latvian green movement
Mapeirons : accessibility application for IOS and Android
Mr Aigars Bolis, Apeirons
Inclusive environments: examples and solutions. Practical exercise
Ms Michelle Horn, Centre for Accessible Environments
12:45 – 14.00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:10 visits4u: project learning and results
Inclusive environments: examples and solutions. Practical task feedback
Ms Michelle Horn, Inclusive Environments Specialist, Centre for Accessible Environments
Project visits4u
Ms Foteini Galanopoulou, Project Manager, Centre for Accessible Environments
Panel one: Capacity Building in inclusive tourism: Training course and modules
Moderator: Ms Foteini Galanopoulou, Project Manager Centre for Accessible Environments
Ms Maya Valiseva, Project Manager, Nikanor ltd
Svetla Tagareva, Trainer, Nikanor ltd
Ms Carolina Carotta, Trainer, Turin Institute for the Deaf
Panel two: Creating inclusive tourism products / itineraries
Moderator: Michelle Horn, Inclusive Environments Specialist, Centre for Accessible Environments
Ms Olena Bilorezova, DomSpain ltd
Ms Paraskevi Moraitou, Municipality of Rhodes
Ms Natalia Maragou, Asklipiades
Juris Pabērzs, Apeirons
15.10 – 15.30 Discussion, final remarks and evaluation
Conference closes
