projet polaris

Formation EMAS
Evénementiel, Médiation des Arts et des Sciences
PROJET POLARIS
Présentation de POLARIS
This project intents to undertake a comparative study of two different regions : Siberia (Russia) and Patagonia (Argentina). These regions have
series of common features as for their natural and cultural heritage, and are destined to experience the same changes due to the global warming and
globalisation processes.
The protection and the promotion of cultures, territories and heritages strengthen a socio-economical development process for local communities.
Such sustainable valorization should generate high level knowhow and good practices that can be transferred to specific territories with national and
international protection (National Park, National Reserves, UNESCO Labels, etc.). Huge natural spaces in Arctic and SubAntartic regions get specific
attention from international community (UN and EU) due to current global warming and the impacts of climate change on cultures and territories. These
regions have fragile ecosystems, that can be rapidly damaged by a mass tourism or by a not well-controlled development strategy implemented by
public institutions or private companies.
This project has the main to study these extreme regions, train professionals working in public administrations in order to improve their educational
background, and students in higher education with postgraduate curricula linked to tourism, geography, natural heritage, politics and socio-economic
profiles. Cross-cultural training transfers and valorization process applied to tourism industries, cultural heritage and territories will be offered. Long
term sustainable actions will be implemented at international level, such as an international Tourism Observatory, national and regional networks and
@Learning platform to diffuse collected data, surveys and pedagogical materials.
Partenaires
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ, France)
North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU, Russie)
Lund University (LU, Suède)
Kaunas University of Technology (KTU, Lituanie)
Southern Patagonia National University (UNPA, Argentine)
Informations complémentaires
Programme européen : FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES
Durée : 48 mois
Budget : 329 300 €
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