ShMILE  LIFE project for the EU ecolabel Sustainable Hotels in Mediterranean Islands and Area Moving toward more environmental-friendly tourist accommodation services The objective of this project is to support EU-wide, effective and sustainable promotion and implementation of the EU ECO-LABEL ON TOURIST ACCOMMODATION SERVICE (ELTAS), through demonstration actions in Mediterranean Islands and area, and through EU-wide dissemination of final products. Four Countries are involved in the project: France, Italy, Greece and Austria. The project, started in October 2004 until January 2007, is co-founded by the European Commission under the LIFE-Environment Programme. Detailed information on objectives, actions and results are provided in different languages in the project summary pages. Enjoy your visit!	EU Ecolabel The European Eco-label for tourist accommodation services (April 2003) and camp site services (April 2005) was created by the EU Commission to reward tourist accommodation services and tourists that respect the environment. More details in the EU Eco-Label section.
Last events and News	The ShMILE Project Team
new! June 2007 Download here the Final Layman's Report of the ShMILE project (available in English and in French)! new! June 2007 Download here the final tools of the ShMILE project! new! June 2007 The ShMILE International Workshop on the EU Eco-label and Sustainable Development in Tourism: 8 November 2006, Paris. PROCEEDINGS AVAILABLE NOW HERE The ShMILE project and the EU Eco-label at Equip'Hotel: 5-8 November 2006, Paris National Workshops on the ShMILE project and the promotion of the EU eco-label (Oct-Nov 2005) PROCEEDINGS AVAILABLE Visit the Green Drachma II project for the sustainable development in the Greek Region of Halkidiki	Click on the picture to enlarge

Last update: 6 June 2007

Project co-founded by the European Union's under the LIFE Environment Programme