International Workshop on the creation of dissemination material & tools to
promote youth entrepreneurship in the field of eco & agro tourism was organized by Caritas Šabac from 17th-23rd of June 2018. During the workshop participants had chance to get knowledge about some toolkits that will be needed in the next phases of project implementation.

The week of the workshop started with the opening ceremony of the day care center for people with mental disabilities „Sv. Jovan“ in Bogatić. The participants had opportunity to see the start of two new social services: day care center for people with mental disabilities and supported living facilities on the Caritas Šabac land in Bogatić.

First seassion :Toolkit for measuring the potential of eco and agro-touristic activities.

Based on information collected from group work draft of the EARTH
Dashboard was made. This toolkit is designed to analyse agro or eco-touristic enterprise by scoring four subcategories (social value, stakeholders value, economic value, ecotouristic value). This tool is usefull to score any agro-eco tourism and see in which areas it needs to be improved.

Second seassion: Web-site

Teoretical part about creation of web site that will be used as promotion of the project activities included presentation about several basic information on the process of making a web-site: Web-site layouts (header, body, footer); content (logo, search, header banner, navigation menu, home); How to submit web-site; Responsive web dizajn;Web-hosting; Content managment system;

Practical part: excercise- How to maintain web-site and to keep updating it from every country (adding information, news, pictures) after creating one, how to follow its sustainability and be avere if it is successful and visited. Based on information that were collected, participants made the draft of the web-site with the name, content, design.

Third seassion: App
Theoretical part: presentation on the use of an application (layout, content).

Practical part: Based on disscusion with participans final draft on the app for the project was made.

-The other part of the workshop were visits to several eco and agro touristic destinations in Bogatić area presented as good examples of development of this part of tourism in Serbia. Participants had chance to meet owners of these places and hear their stories.

Visit of Bogatić: agro and eco-tourism places
This part of the workshop began with the tour of the most important touristic places in Bogatić and its sarounding. Participants had a chance to visit ortodox church in Bogatić, house of famous artist Milić of Mačva, historicaly very important place in Mačva county, ethno park Sovljak which represents authentic presentation of the original folk architecture and the entire interior equipment and products of folk art, artistic and economic character, as well as all objects related to everyday life in the countryside.

Agro-tourism Zmaj od Noćaja

Mr. Svetislav Čupić is responsible for ethno mansion “Zmaj od Noćaja”. The
mansion is named after famous serbian duke Stojan Čupić, whose life and heroic achievements are connected to Mačva county.

Čupić family tries to maintain the historical significance of this place.
Decorative elements and pieces of architectural designs are made in spirit of medeival fortresses and ethnic architecture. There are exhibited male and female national costumes from Mačva. Windows, tables and chairs are covered with curtains, fabrics and table-cloths from these regions.

General topics of discussion:
Offer to the visitors: home-made traditional food and drinks, tour of the historical mansion; traditional music;
Ways of promotion: web-site, „from mouth to mouth“, airbnb; hosting events (art exsibitions)..
Sustainability: interesting story; family enterprise; traditional food; good promotion;

Agro-tourism Domaćinstvo Čikić

General topics of discussion:

–Offer to the visitors: biking; home-made traditional food; barbeque facilities are available; childcare services;
–Ways of promotion: airbnb; boking.com;rentalhomes;selo.rs;facebook;
–Econimic sustainability: selling quality products; good promotion; guest rewiews;

Agro-tourism Vila Albedo

The host of Vila Albedo, Mica Kovačević, started building this agro tourism
with her husband in 2006. Their goal is the revitalization of cultural life and the development of tourism in the rural area, through the cultivation of the original tradition of the Šabac region, with a special emphasis on the preservation of family heritage.

General topics of discussion:
–Offer to the visitors: accommodation build in traditional way; traditional meals; big yard for organizing weddings;
–Ways of promotion: web-site, they are included in many campaigns about
promotion of agro-tourism on national level; guests reviews;
–Economic sustainability: selling quality products; good promotion; guest reviews; network of big companies that are organizing team building meetings;