Intensive Study Programme Lahemaa: Difference between revisions

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A number of challenges had previously been identified, and the decision was to develop the Lahemaa CIL to address the following fields:

Lack of occupational opportunities
High seasonality
Competition from companies that are based in Tallinn
Restrictions on land use
Lack of collaboration, cooperation and partnerships between state, locals and municipalities
Lack of rural and recreational tourism coordination between different stakeholders
High dependency on EU projects
Local entrepreneurs lack a number of skills: online marketing, social media content creation, guiding, law, making their services suitable for different target groups etc.

Time frame: Friday, May 1 to Sunday, May 10, 2020
Host: Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMU) and Estonian Social Entreprise Network
Focus Challenge: Nature based tourism and rural entrepreneurship
Focus topic: Wilderness powers values-based communities
Workshop Location: Lahemaa National Park and Estonian University of Life Scienes, Estonia
Participants: students and staff members from the Community Learning for Local Change ERASMUS partnership, villagers from Lahemaa Community

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-== Focus Topics and Activities ==
+== Community Innovation Lab Lahemaa ==
-*'''Context''' – Largest European wilderness stronghold in the Carpathian Mountains
+A number of challenges had previously been identified, and the decision was to develop the Lahemaa CIL to address the following fields:
-*'''Environment''' – nature tourism, sustainable landscape management, innovative local products and services
+* Lack of occupational opportunities
-*'''Community''' – the local community of the Armenis village and vicinity, local stakeholders
+* High seasonality
-*'''Goals''' – Aligning nature and local development interests at landscape level, healthy ecosystems powered by socio-economic wellbeing
+* Competition from companies that are based in Tallinn
-*'''Relevance''' – addressing challenges the villagers face through co-design with the local community
+* Restrictions on land use
+* Lack of collaboration, cooperation and partnerships between state, locals and municipalities
+* Lack of rural and recreational tourism coordination between different stakeholders
+* High dependency on EU projects
+* Local entrepreneurs lack a number of skills: online marketing, social media content creation, guiding, law, making their services suitable for different target groups etc.
+Learn more about the [[Lahemaa Community Innovation Lab|Lahemaa_Community_Innovation_Lab]]
 == Key dates of the Lahemaa Intensive Study Programme 2020 ==