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and five consultants from the Expert Committee Initiative Leader Europe. The OECD No. 48256 1995 published the summary of this workshop. In Chapter 5, Pierre Guerry, a consultant of the Federation, presents two new axes for rural areas: Quality Certification and
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to establish the first map of this network, called the "European Touring Nature Map". The direction of this UNESCO Division gave written permission to the consultant to affix its logo to the European map. The first test was executed in the
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with a membership of 270 regions in Europe. Four counties, 73 villages and 150 local professionals signed the project charter. Some 5,000 maps in two languages were published. These maps had the first layout of the five European routes:
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The Minister of Planning and Hungarian Tourism gave a press conference from the print and two television channels on this as "an example to follow for all the regional territories in Europe wishing to promote their specificities".
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to enable the local authorities to co-finance the project. The project could not continue to be financed from the European fund; the consultant, who is also the project initiative, chose to fund its own development.
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In 2013, the ecotourism pan-European routes finalized the layout of the five routes across 36 countries, 230 regions, 154 stages and 180 sub-steps.
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In 1995, the European Federation of the Mountain (EFM) had a consultant represent EFM's concern with the rural development of its territories at an
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The Ecological Sciences division of MAB at UNESCO proposed a selection of sites based on their landscapes or their architecture.
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Workshops held by the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) let 130 countries exchange ideas for
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The consultant asked the PhD students of the Alpine Geography Institute of
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In 1998, the Ecological Science division of UNESCO offered 120 accredited
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In 2007, the Assembly of European Regions presented the project to the
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were represented to discuss the proposals from three experts from the
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routes. The map was approved by the rural tourism group of the
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for local products, accommodations and sports activities.
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In 2005, a second test was executed in the region of
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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
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signed contracts with 630 private companies, mainly
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This route crosses eight countries. 842:The Occidental route (about 10,400 km) 134:contains content that is written like 1210:adding citations to reliable sources 1177: 343:United Nations Environment Programme 118: 56: 15: 574:This route crosses five countries. 570:The Atlantic route (about 8,300 km) 320: 13: 1333:Convention on Biological Diversity 1048:The Central route (about 7,200 km) 650:The Nordic route (about 11,500 km) 336:European Regional Development Fund 76:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 1500: 1437: 1155:: 2 stages, 1 sub-step, 2 regions 846:This route crosses 14 countries. 654:This route crosses 13 countries. 424:This route crosses 10 countries. 31:This article has multiple issues. 1373:. 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