Priority
Activities ...
Improve the
quality of tourism services
- Signed Contact
for Cooperation with every tourist facility (e.g. hotels, guesthouses,
resorts) and tourist agency in the Municipality of Velingrad.
- Created a database
of available accommodations and local attractions.
- Offers a full
range of tourist information services for interested clients.
- Developed contacts
and signed contracts for cooperation with three Macedonian companies.
- Participated
in the establishment of the "Association of Balneology".
Create opportunities
for alternative and village tourism
- Conducted a municipality-wide
needs assessment of possible alternative and village tourism opportunities.
- Funded of the
brochure Velingrad Municipality - Holiday in Green, in both
English and Bulgarian.
- Creation of alternative
tourism routes.
- Participation
in tourism exchanges in Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna.
- Creation and
publication of A Practical Manual for the Owner of Village Accomdations.
- Co-founder of
the Fair Chance Association. (new)
- Participation
in development of an 'Internet Gate' for best eco-tourism practices
as part of the National Eco Tourism Strategy in Bulgaria and a Center
for Eco Tourism Entrepreneurship Development. (new)
Provide information
and assistance to small and medium-sized businesses
- Creation of an
information database which is available to all of the CBI's partners.
- Business Resource
Center offered to CBI's partners and clients.
- Monthly publication
of a BIC bulletin entitled InfoNavigator.
- Offers a complex
variety of advertising, Internet and administrative services.
- Internet center
with direct internet service.
- Organization
of Partners' Meetings with the goal of forming a business community
in the region.
Stimulate
the production of agricultural and organic products
- Cooperation with
Agrocenter - Plovdiv.
- Assist the process
of diversifing the creation of organic farms.
- Organization
of the National Potato Festival in Velingrad.
- Initiator of
the Association of Potato Producers whose headquaters is in Velingrad.
- Incubator for
herb cultivation. (new)
- Training and
Production Center for wild berries processing. (new)
Increase the
number of qualified workers in different branches of industry
- Courses.
- Business seminars.
- Assistance in
the accredidation of health facilities.
- Participation
in national media seminars.
- Developed strategies
for tourism development, alternative agriculture and herbs, and wood-processing.
(new)
Organize exhibitions
of locally made products
- Monthly organization
of exhibitions of companies and artisans from the region.
- Organization
of company presentations.
- Organization
and presentation of Velingrad companies at fairs and exhibitions.
Popularize
local crafts and preserve the region's traditions
- Organization
and presentation of Velingrad artisans at fairs and exhibitions.
- Design of handmade
items and criteria for selection of marketable products.
- Marketing and
commerical outlets for crafts.
Create goal-oriented
projects in line with the development of the region
- Coordination
of UNDP-Capacity 21 Programme activities in the region.
- Fulfillment of
projects for alternative agriculture.
- Creation of a
virtual incubator for the cultivated growth of herbs and self-help
in the community.
- Fulfillment of
projects for the support of business and the fight against unemployment.
- Twinning of municipalities.
- Fulfillment of
projects for the social adaptation and professional orientation of
young people.
- Participation
in the Infrastructure, Energy, Tourism, and Urbanization Commission
through the territorial unit of the Ministry of Regional Development
and Urbanization - Plovdiv, which rates projects in the Southcentral
Region.
- Fulfillment of
projects for attracting businesses and the municipal authorities for
more efficient activities against the corruption. (new)
We
are proud to have over 250 partners in the region ...
