Active interior repair and exterior restoration works that have to be finished till autumn of this year, commence at the Observatory of Pip Ivan mountain after long-term winter period.

On June 01, Infrastructural Group Meeting of the PIMReC Project “Adaptation of former observatory on the Pip Ivan mountain to the needs of alpine rescue service training center“ (PIMReC) that is being implemented under financial assistance of the European Union within the cross-border cooperation Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2014-2020 took place.

On May 31, Additional Coordination On-line Managers Meeting of PIMReC Project “Adaptation of former observatory on the Pip Ivan mountain to the needs of alpine rescue service training center“ (PIMReC) that is being implemented under financial assistance of the European Union within the cross-border cooperation Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2014-2020 took place.

On May 27, V Coordination On-line Steering Committee Meeting of PIMReC Project “Adaptation of former observatory on the Pip Ivan mountain to the needs of alpine rescue service training center“ (PIMReC) that is being implemented under financial assistance of the European Union within  the cross-border cooperation Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2014-2020 took place.

Online Info Day of the project “Adaptation of the former observatory on Mount  Pip Ivan to the needs of the high-altitude rescue training centre (PIMReC)” within Cross- Border Cooperation Programme Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2014-2020 was held. This meeting was devoted to safe tourism in the mountains and improvement of rescuers operation in the high mountain area due to equipment, procured within PIMReC project and further establishment of International Training Centre for rescuers.

A new initiative of the Specialized Search and Rescue Unit of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Ivano-Frankivsk region “Safety in the Mountains” has been launched. During the first online meeting, the topics that are the most interesting for the tourists were announced, as well as questions from tourists using social networks were answered. Taras Brynda, Head of the fourth specialized search and rescue group, also announced the next round of Q&A. It will be held on May 18 as part of the Info Day within the project “Adaptation of the former observatory on Mount Pip Ivan for the needs of Alpine Rescue Training Center” (PIMReC), funded by the European Union under the Cross-Border Cooperation Program “Poland-Belarus-Ukraine-2014-2020 ».

On February 18, IV Steering Committee Meeting of the Project “Adaptation of former observatory on the Pip Ivan mountain to the needs of alpine rescue service training center“ (PIMReC) that is being implemented under financial assistance of the European Union within  the cross-border cooperation Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2014-2020 took place partially offline in Tatariv (Ivano-Frankivsk region) and partially online.

On February 18, PIMReC Project IVth Steering Committee Meeting will be held under online platform pu.webex.com based on Cisco CollaborationFlex Plan software that allows to conduct online events for all the stakeholders under Webextechnology in video conferencing mode. 

It is planned that PIMReC Project Coordinator – theRector of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian NationalUniversity – Igor Tsependa, Head of PIMReCInfrastructural Group, the Vice–Rector of VasylStefanyk Precarpathian National University – Yaroslav Shynkaruk, Head of Project ManagementDepartment, PIMReC Manager – Lyubov Zinyuk,Project Managers at the University of Warsaw – JanTygielski and Yurii Tkachuk, Project Partners at theDepartment of State Emergency Service of Ukraine, headed by the Deputy Head Mykola Burlaka, ProjectManager at the Mountain Volunteer Search andRescue Bieszczady Group – Karolina Kiwior, Managers of the Joint Technical Secretariat of theCross-Border Cooperation Programme Poland – Belarus – Ukraine 2014-2020 will participate in the meeting.

The rescuers install additional route signs for the hiking tourists not to get lost in
the heaps of snow. During heavy snowfall they help the tourists to orient
themselves. A shooting team of one of central television channels of Ukraine visited
the Observatory.