{"id":1656,"date":"2025-01-09T16:55:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T14:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matkailu.samediggi.fi\/?page_id=1656"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T08:37:30","slug":"certification-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/matkailu.samediggi.fi\/en\/certification-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Certificate of Responsible and Ethically Sustainable S\u00e1mi Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row unlock_row_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-420331&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; enable_bottom_divider=&#8221;default&#8221; bottom_divider_inv=&#8221;pyramids&#8221; shape_bottom_invert=&#8221;yes&#8221; shape_bottom_h_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221; shape_bottom_height=&#8221;50&#8243; shape_bottom_color=&#8221;color-xsdn&#8221; shape_bottom_opacity=&#8221;100&#8243; shape_bottom_safe=&#8221;yes&#8221; shape_bottom_index=&#8221;0&#8243; shape_bottom_responsive=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;362292&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; shape_bottom_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; row_name=&#8221;Alkuun&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;492542&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;538&#8243; caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;193133&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_horizontal=&#8221;left&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;621580&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;127808&#8243; el_class=&#8221;headingBlock&#8221;]Certification Program for Responsible and Ethically Sustainable S\u00e1mi Tourism[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;748109&#8243;]The tourism industry and visitors generally have little information about S\u00e1mi culture. The lack of knowledge makes it difficult to identify authentic S\u00e1mi tourism products. In order to provide information on and promote nationally and internationally the authenticity, responsibility and ethical sustainability of the S\u00e1mi tourism entrepreneurs, we must first create culturally sensitive, responsible S\u00e1mi tourism certification system with which we are able to verify responsibility and ethical sustainability of products and services based on S\u00e1mi values and perspectives. The S\u00e1mi tourism certificate is designed to safeguard, sustain and support S\u00e1mi community and surrounding cultural environment.<\/p>\n<p>The S\u00e1mi Parliament&#8217;s seventh S\u00e1mi tourism project, <em>The Path of the Calf<\/em>, or <em>The Responsible S\u00e1mi Tourism Certificate: Development of a Model and Digital Application Platform<\/em>, is funded by the European Union \u2013 NextGenerationEU.[\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery el_id=&#8221;gallery-174161a1&#8243; medias=&#8221;1660&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; media_items=&#8221;media|nolink|original&#8221; screen_lg=&#8221;900&#8243; screen_md=&#8221;11&#8243; screen_sm=&#8221;10&#8243; single_overlay_opacity=&#8221;50&#8243; single_overlay_anim=&#8221;no&#8221; single_text_anim=&#8221;no&#8221; single_image_anim=&#8221;no&#8221; single_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; single_border=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;189195&#8243;][uncode_share layout=&#8221;multiple&#8221; bigger=&#8221;yes&#8221; no_back=&#8221;yes&#8221; title=&#8221;Jaa somessa&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The S\u00e1mi Parliament&#8217;s seventh S\u00e1mi tourism project, The Path of the Calf, or The Responsible S\u00e1mi Tourism Certificate: Development of a Model and Digital Application Platform, is funded by the European Union \u2013 NextGenerationEU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1463,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1656","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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