JSC Belagroprombank to hold the 2nd International Specialized Conference “Agroecotourism: current situation and perspectives”

9.00-9.30

Registration of participants

9.35-9.40

Roumas Sergei – Vice Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus

Welcome speech

9.40-9.45

Tozik Anatoli – Vice Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus

Welcome speech

Section 1. The transition from quantity to quality

9.50-10.00

Shulga Cheslav– Vice Minister of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Belarus

Agroecotourism in the tourism sector of Belarus, major tendencies and plans for development  

10.05-10.15

Klitsunova Valeria – Candidate of Agricultural Sciences; associate professor of the International Tourism Department of the Faculty of International Relations at Belarusian State University; Chairman of the Belarusian Public Association “Country Escape”

Agroecotourism in Belarus - current situation and development outlook: world’s best practice on the Belarusian land

10.20-10.30

Konchits Svetlana – Head of Corporate Business of JSC Belagroprombank

New approaches towards the implementation of the program of agroecotourism crediting

10.35-10.45

Chuhai Sergei – Deputy Chairman of JSC Belagroprombank

Presentation of the electronic catalogue of agroecotourism

10.50-11.10

Klitsunova V., Konchits S.

Participants – Belarusian experts in rural tourism

Discussion, questions and answers

11.10-11.25

Coffee break

11.30-11.40

Stashkevich Alla– Head of the department of scientific-methodological support to the protection of the cultural and historic  heritage of the Belarusian Institute of Culture

Immaterial spiritual heritage of Belarus: potential for Belarus.

11.45-11.55

Novogrodsky Tadeush – Candidate of History; Head of the Ethnology Department, History Faculty at Belarusian State University

Culinary heritage of Belarus as an element of the agroecotourism product

12.00-12.10

Salkovskaya Svetlana– owner of the farmstead “Nad Nemanam”

Beauty created by ourselves

12.15-12.25

Los Ales – farmstead-museum “Borok” (artist, musician, composer)

Belarusian musical heritage as a key motif of a farmstead 

12.30-12.40

Tumel Natalia – director of rural tourism complex Karobchitsy in Grodno

Organizing unique leisure experience

12.45-13.05

Klitsunova V., Konchits S., Karmazin V.

Participants – Belarusian experts in rural tourism

Discussion, questions and answers

13.10-14.10

Lunch

Section 2. Peculiarities of agroecotourism development in foreign countries

14.15-14.25

Zabaliunas Linas – Head of Countryside Tourism Association of Lithuania

Prospects for cooperation between Lithuania and Belarus in the agroecotourism sector

14.30-14.40

Ronen Tuchfeld– Marketing manager of the Association of Rural Tourism of Israel

Creation of unique tourist products based on agricultural production

14.45-14.55

Matthias Baerens– Chairman of the European Centre for Eco Agro Tourism (ECEAT - Germany)

National traditions in agrotourism in Germany

15.00-15.10

Shchigreva Svetlana–deputy director of environmental awareness of the Altai Biosphere reserve (Russian Federation)

Experience and prospects for the ecological tourism in the Altai Biosphere reserve. The role of rural green tourism in the sustainable development of the adjacent territory.

15.15-15.35

Klitsunova V, Konchits S.

Participants – Belarusian and foreign exerts in rural tourism

15.40-15.55

Coffee break

Section 3. Awards ceremony of the “Best Farmstead 2010” contest

16.00-17.00

Podkovyrov Vladimir – acting Chairman of JSC Belagroprombank

Shulga Cheslav – Vice Minister of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Belarus

Representatives of general partners of the contest

17.05-17.15

Podkovyrov Vladimir – acting Chairman of JSC Belagroprombank

Closing remarks