ECOTOURISM - Sustainable Tourism?

Rural TourismVillage TourismNature TourismCultural Tourism

Local products, materials and labour

HOW?

The Finnish Educational System

University

Upper Secondary School

Comprehensive School

Polytechnic 4 years

Vocational School

3 – 4 years

Age 6/7 - 16

Ministry of Education

Finnish National Board of Education

Rovaniemi Municipal Federation of Education

Lapland Vocational College

Nature and Environment

Lapland Vocational College

Nature and Environment

www.lao.fi

Metsäruusuntie 18 96400 RovaniemiFinland

Education and EnvironmentVocational Qualifications in Finland

Basic Vocational Level (2 – 3 years)Study Programme in

* AgricultureRural Entrepreneur

* Landscape IndustriesGardener

* ForestryForest Machine Operator Forest Ecosystem Worker

Education and EnvironmentVocational Qualifications in Finland

Basic Vocational Level ( 2 – 3 years )Study Programme in

* Environmental Operative* Entrepreneur in Nature-

based Services* Reindeer Farming

Entrepreneur

Education and EnvironmentVocational Qualifications in Finland

Further Qualifications ( 1 year)in

* Nature-basedProduction

* Hiking and Nature Guide Services

* Rural Tourism

Education and EnvironmentVocational Qualifications in Finland

Specialist Qualifications (1 year)in

* Rural Development* Game Management

for * Nature Surveyors

in Nature-based Produktion!!

Study Programme in Entrepreneur in Nature-based Services

Nature Guiding and Tourism 20 study weeks

Guiding in foreign languageRecreation servicesCulture and local knowlegdeWilderness tours

Learning by doing 8 study weeks with enterpreneurs

Entrepreneur in Nature-based Services

Wilderness quiding 10 study weeks

Hiking in winterFishing in winter

CanoenClimping

OrienteeringGroup dynamics

Entrepreneur in Nature-based Services

Special skills in nature guiding 10 study weeks

nature trails, guiding for special groups (children, the disabled )

Entrepreneur in Nature-based Services

Taking care of cultural environments 10 study weeks

Environment programmesTraditional landscapes

Wilderness Guide ( 10 months )

Nature- and Wilderness Guide`s Professional Examination Wilderness skills, security, nature and

tourism, entrepreneurship, marketing skills, customer service, knowledge of culture and evironment, language studies, a special topic

Skill tests

Evaluation

Selfevaluation Enterpreneurs are evaluators Professional skills and how you

work = a new method to evaluate

National criterions and standards

Evaluation with

Commercial and industrial life Enterpreneurship Representative of education

And what else?

Snow mobile guide Mountain guide Experience guide Swamp guide Boat guide Extreme conditions Guiding with animals, horses, dogs,

birds…

Nature, Environment and Inhabitants

Sustainability of ecotourism from the environmental, economic and socio-cultural points of view

Empowerment of local communities and people in the ecotourism development process, in management and monitoring of ecotourism activities, and in the sharing of benefits resulting from it.

The Future is

Birght

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