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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN IRKUTSK AND THE
LAKE BAIKAL
The International Baikal University is a permanent working
forum for young specialists from different backgrounds such as
town planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design,
civil engineering, geography, ecology, transport, sociology, economics,
city management, etc. who , after having grouped into an international
team (of 5-6 persons) will have to defend its project of development
on urban problems. The International Baikal University was established
in 1999 by the Irkutsk City Administration together with other
public and international organizations. The driving guidelines
for the sessions are based on the large experience of the Europeean
University of Town Planning and Urban Design (Summer workshop
of Cergy-Pontoise) that has set up the original functioning strategies
for the summer sessions having been experienced throughout 20
years over different countries and that has the property of the
concept. The main goal of the Baikal University is to encourage
its participants' interest in creative work by involving them
in different regional investment projects so as to promote a high
professional and social urban planning culture in tackling some
relevant urban issues.
June 28th till July 23rd, 2004 Irkutsk
IRKUTSK TOURISM AND BAIKAL
Irkutsk has saved its historical planning structure,
city center scale, wooden buildings - unique phenomena not only
for urban cities of Siberia, Russia, as well as for the whole
world that served in 1997 being included into the Preliminary
Worldwide Heritage list. Researchers and evaluations of tourism
potential of Irkutsk, having conducted for the last 5 years by
native and foreign specialists, note an insufficient using of
the city's possibilities as the Eastern-Siberian cultural-historical
center. Irkutsk with its own unique historian-cultural and natural
heritage is not able to attract a significant flow of tourists.
But Irkutsk can become a suitable and pleasing stay point (station
of Trassib) for traveling to the Baikal, Far East, Mongolia and
China. Irkutsk's image is closely attached to the presence of
Lake Baikal (about 50 kilometers away), which isbelieved to be
natural marvel containing 20% of the fresh water reserved on the
globe. Lake Baikal is a pearl among the lakes of the world. Its
size, depth, clear and transparent water, unique landscapes, variety
of representatives of flora and fauna (80% of which are endemic
species) allow to include Lake Baikal in World Heritage List.
Tourist potential of the Baikal and Irkutsk is huge, there for
it can be successfully developed into all forms of tourist business
from extreme-athletic up to scientific and cultural ones.
6-th Summer Workshop
THE PURPOSE OF THE SESSION can be determined as a search
of conceptual ideas directing to creation of the optimum conditions
of tourism and vital activity of person development on the given
territory and for conservation of the historian-cultural and natural
heritage. Tasks of the session: - Analysis of condition of tourism
infrastructure and potential; - Forming of the tourism ideology
in the Irkutsk and on Lake Baikal; - A determination of balance
of the interests between tourist use, environmental actions of
this unique ecosystem and interests of the local population; -
Development of economic, social, architectural-planning offers
and recommendations in conditions of activity regulation at the
specifically protected territory; - Development of the offers
of the regulation for architectural-planning and building practical
persons at the Baikal.
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN IRKUTSK AND THE
LAKE BAIKAL
1st STAGE FORM BY RERTURN
Selection mode: The candidates intending to take part
to the Workshops have to send by return the form, tow photographs,
a copy of the passport (.jpg black and white 300 dpi) and their
details (CV) before 31/03/04 Informing the organizers
of their engagement to produce a preliminary research work. Each
engagement means a candidate will be able to pay the registration
fees (EUROS 250). In return, the candidates will receive the complementary
information.
2nd STAGE: 15 MAY 2004
Preliminary research This Preliminary must be sent before
the 15/05/04 by e-mail:
The preliminary work should consist of one of the following options:
- An analysis of comparable experiences in the country of origin
of the candidate;
- A personal reflection on a theoretical case;
- An analysis of one of the sites of application for the participant
who have the possibility of going there. The work will be composed
of a 3-5 pages writing report (with reduced maps and photos).
The work will also be presented on A3 and be the basic for a
little exhibition in the Technical University of Irkutsk.
3d STAGE: June 26th or 27th 2004 IRKUTSK,
RUSSIA
Arrival in Irkutsk on June 26th or 27th, the session
beginning on June 28th and finish the July 23rd ( the calendar
will be delivered on the website of the workshop of Cergy-Pontoise)
During the session of the workshops, the participants will: present
their preliminary research work; visit the city building sites;
follow a set of conferences related to the subject; then will
constitute within teams so as to produce a team project (5 or
6 teams will be constituted). Fluent English is required to share
their ideas with the others. They will workout (in their multi-disciplinary
international team) a project carried out through discussion with
the professionals and exchange with the rest of participants.
At the end of the session the participants will have to present
their work in front of an international jury.
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN IRKUTSK AND THE
LAKE BAIKAL
MODES OF PARTICIPATION
Students may take part in the Workshop in Irkutsk if
they have already graduated or if they are about graduate: architects,
urban planners, urban designers, economists, landscapers, geographers,
engineers, etc.
For quality and efficiency reasons, the number of registered participants
is limited up to 30 persons and toe students per school or university
with no exception possible. It is impossible that each school
or university sends their best representatives and it is also
desirable that students coming from the same school should be
integrated in different teams.
The comity workshop will provide bed and board, visits, conferences
and necessary working material.
The participants pay their flight ticket;
The registration fee is of 250 EUROS.
The participants must have a good level of spoken English of French
and/or Russian.
Tow possibilities of participation:
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participation through the university:
the university decides to take part in the session and proceeds
to the selection of the best representatives after the research
work leaded by the teacher.
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individual participation: graduated young
professionals (in architecture, urban planning and engineering
offices) willing to participate individually are also eligible,
provided that they prepare a preliminary work, are able to
pay the registration fee and respect the schedule.
For more information please contact:
Address in Russia:
Boris LITVINOV , Director of the INTERNATIONAL BAIKAL UNIVERSITY
OF URBAN PLANNING tel/fax e-mail: ,
Internet:
Address in Europe:
Jean-Claude MILAK, Director of the Ateliers d'Ede de Cergy-Pontoise
33 (0) 1- -95, 33 (0) 1--00 e-mail:
LESATELIERS D'ETE DE CERGY-PONTOISE UNIVERSITE EUROPEENNE DE MAITRISE
D'OEUVRE URBAINE Rue de la Gare B.P. 4795020 CERGY-PONTOISE Cedex
France
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