Project

Welcome to the website of the project “ATHENA”!

The project is being realized under the auspices of the Operational Programme Human Resources and Employment and as the title suggests, it deals with tourism, specifically the development of the ACCESSIBLE TOURISM in the Czech Republic. This specific area includes travelling, tourist places, products and information for travellers with special needs, namely for handicapped persons, seniors, parents with small children or other persons with limited mobility.

The project endeavours to:

Introduce barrier-free travelling as an area suitable for development of employment with the objective to find employment for handicapped persons at the labour market and integrate them into society,
Motivate the main participants of the tourist industry for mutual cooperation with the objective of implementing this area into practice
Get involved in European activities in the sector of accessible tourism with the objective of obtaining international experience and applying them to create a unified information barrier-free system in the Czech Republic

The project activities are realized in the Moravian-Silesian Region, Hradec Kralove Region, South Bohemian Region and in Prague, the capital city, and they are designed for the following TARGET GROUPS:

Regions, municipalities and organizations established by them
Bodies of state and public administration in the sphere of tourist industry and social integration
Non-governmental non-profit organizations and employers of disabled persons
Educational institutions
Employment offices and employment service institutions
Disabled persons
General public

Members of the project team set themselves the following TARGETS:

Create a accessible tourism manual
Set the rules for creation of an information system in the sphere of accessible tourism
Create a thematic network for collaboration in the sphere of accessible tourism
Organize workshops for support of the development of services in the sphere of accessible tourism
Create an electronic library of European information systems in accessible tourism
Introduce Good European examples of accessible tourism

Term of realization:
June 2009 – May 2011