Establishment of a Business Council in the Sustainable Tourism sector

 

On February 18, 2022 at 13:30 in Haskovo was held a meeting for the formation of a Business Council concerning the tourism sector in the border areas of Blagoevgrad, Haskovo, Kardzhali and Smolyan, the activity is carried out under the project "Business Council - BC 6275" financed by the INTERREG V / A GREECE-BULGARIA 2014-2020 program, Subsidy contract № B6.3a.18 / 13.04.2021.

The meeting was attended by 6 people who were representatives of the Tourism sector from the border districts of Haskovo, Kardzhali, Blagoevgrad and Smolyan. The meeting for the constitution of the business council started on time in person, and online access was provided for members who did not have the opportunity to attend physically.

The moderator of the event welcomed all those present (including those who participated remotely), making a proposal for the agenda. The first item on the agenda was the Rules of Procedure of the Business Council on Tourism.

The meeting started a discussion between those present, each presenting himself and his activities. The main problems on which the representatives of the sector united were the lack of skilled labor, incl. and seasonal labor, the lack of sufficient state aid to deal with the covid crisis and the energy crisis. The ways in which each representative of the sector present tried to apply in order to save costs and to stabilize the business in times of crisis without cutting workers were discussed.

After the interview, the moderator invited all participants, incl. and those involved online to present both themselves and their activities. All representatives of the Tourism sector exchanged their contacts in order to facilitate communication between them. In addition, the initial tasks and work initiatives to help the sector to be addressed by the business council were identified and discussed.

The beneficiary has prepared registration forms for the participants in the business councils, the completion of which will be finalized in a personal meeting in the process of work, due to the availability of personal data and the need to sign each interested member.

After the discussion, the moderator explained about the shared (cloud) space of BS, explaining its functions and goals. In the shared space, each member of the business council will have access to various documents. Issues related to the election of the Management Board of the current Business Council were raised and discussed, but the present representatives of the sector decided to discuss whether there will be a Board at the next meeting.