ip08012801_european_cultural_village

The European Cultural Village is an integrated centre of European cultural heritage and contemporary culture whose purpose is to promote and teach about the European cultural area. The diversity of today's 27 EU Member States implies, as well as many advantages (the diversity of the cultural area), certain weaknesses in relation to communication and understanding of this multiculturality and the common European identity, and therefore a centre of this kind presents itself as a kind of point of intersection of a multicultural Europe that is dispersed over an area of more than 4.3 million square kilometres.

The idea is to establish the first European cultural centre of this kind (ECV), where activities connected with the promotion of Europe's multiculturality will take place. The contents of the promotion of European multiculturality are linked to the widest variety of forms of social culture in EU Member States (cuisine, music, language, folklore, architecture, etc.) and of broader elements of social creativity (science, education, sport, etc.). The ECV can also market itself as a tourist attraction, an events centre, a centre for sporting events, a campsite or other form of accommodation for visitors to the centre, educational purposes, etc.

ep07122401_bi_ti_sodeloval

DoŠT (Tourism Students Association) and UP Turistica, in collaboration with the Bank of Tourism Potentials of Slovenia, present the project "Bi ti sodeloval? - BT(P)S!" [Would you like to take part? BT(P)S!]

DoŠT has set aside EUR 2000 for the public promotion of the project participants and their ideas for introducing tourism innovations in Slovenia. The project offers:

1. an opportunity to verify the feasibility of an individual idea
2. help in finding partners and funds for the realisation of the idea
3. an opportunity to promote the idea and the team

The end product of the project is an event that will take place at the end of the 07/08 academic year at UP Turistica, where students of the college of tourism and other interested participants will present their tourism development ideas to the general public in the context of a social event and thus gain an opportunity for promotion and networking.

In the months before the event, participants will be able to formulate, verify and supplement their ideas. Mentors (professors from UP Turistica) will be available to them during this period. The Bank of Tourism Potentials of Slovenia will help in the evaluation of the ideas submitted.