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Meeting of Infrastructural group and constructors in the observatory building

On April 25, 2020 during the meeting in the observatory building the final plan of construction works for this year (2020) has been discussed and settled by the partners of the project «Adaptation of former observatory on the Pip Ivan mountain to the needs of alpine rescue service training center» (PIMReC) implemented with the financial support of the European Union within the Cross-border Cooperation Program Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2014-2020.
Igor Tsependa- PIMReC Project Coordinator, Rector of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Yaroslav Shynkaruk -Head of PIMReC Infrastructure Group, Vice-Rector of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Taras Brynda – Head of the 4th Specialized Rescue Team of the Department of State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Ivano-Frankivsk region and constructors inspected the site and held a meeting devoted to the detailed plan of building works for 2020 in the Observatory building.

3rd Steering Committee Meeting of the PIMReC Projec

On April 22, 2020 partners of the project PIMReC – «Adaptation of former observatory on the Pip Ivan mountain to the needs of alpine rescue service training center» organized online coordination meeting via Cisco WebEx cloud platform. Project aim is to establish close cooperation between Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University and Warsaw University, Polish and Ukrainian rescue services to enhance the safety of mountain tourism.

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15 useful hiking apps

Nowadays mobile phone is one of the things that we almost always have in our pocket – also in the wild mountains. Modern phones provide many opportunities, and making phone calls has long ceased to be their main function. We spend more time using different apps. We asked our rescuers from Pip Ivan Mountain Rescue team and Mountain Volunteer Search and Rescue Bieszczady Group to share their favorite outdoor apps and tested them out. Here are the top fifteen useful hiking apps.

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