PZS and ZGVS signed an agreement
11.07.2013
The Alpine Association of Slovenia and the Association of Mountain Guides of Slovenia signed a cooperation agreement
On Friday, July 5, 2013, at the Alpine Educational Centre in Bavšica, the Alpine Association of Slovenia (PZS) and the Association of Mountain Guides of Slovenia (ZGVS) signed a cooperation agreement. The agreement was signed on behalf of the associations by the presidents of both organizations, Bojan Rotovnik for PZS and Robert Rot for ZGVS.
With the signing of the agreement, the organizations aim to enhance their cooperation, which stems from concern for the safety of visitors to Slovenian mountains and preventive action in the mountains. Through cooperation, the organizations will better coordinate the field of guiding in the mountains, which is professionally carried out by mountain guides, while PZS leaders voluntarily carry out activities mostly under the umbrella of mountaineering societies and assist in carrying out mountaineering activities within educational organizations.
The organizations wish to strengthen cooperation in the exchange of best practices and the flow of experiences and knowledge between the two organizations, strengthen cooperation in the training of PZS leaders, improving the quality of services of all professional staff in mountaineering, and together they will also work on promoting guiding, developing the doctrine of voluntary and professional guiding, and improving the quality of tourist guiding services in the mountains and limiting black market work.
On the occasion of signing the agreement and the beginning of closer cooperation, PZS President Bojan Rotovnik said: "There is only one set of mountains, and it is right that all of us who are involved in the mountain world in one way or another cooperate and coordinate with each other. I am pleased that after three years of active negotiations on possible forms of cooperation between PZS and ZGVS, the agreement has now been signed, which will be a good foundation for further cooperation, which I hope will be at least as comprehensive in content as it was when mountain guiding was part of the mountaineering association's activities. The signing of the agreement in the Bovec region is no coincidence, as the histories of both mountain and voluntary guiding are strongly connected to this extreme northwestern part of Slovenia.
Robert Rot, President of ZGVS, was also pleased with the signed agreement: "I am glad that we have finally signed this agreement. And I am glad that we signed it here, in Bavšica. I hope that the cooperation between the Alpine Association of Slovenia and the Association of Mountain Guides of Slovenia will be constructive and that in the long term we will achieve certain results together that we might not have if we were on opposite sides. I think that we both have certain knowledge and certain people in certain places that will contribute to us progressing and improving the quality of guiding in the Slovenian mountains and raising it to a higher level. As for professional exchanges, cooperation is already underway, as some mountain guides are also PZS leaders and some PZS leaders are also mountain guides. Perhaps some things regarding professional cooperation will be formalized. I hope that we will meet again at some such meeting and exchange experiences."
The signatories believe that their mutual cooperation is essential for normal guiding and preventive work and is mutually beneficial at the same time. The signatories will support each other in carrying out their own activities. They undertake to keep each other informed on an ongoing basis of all matters relating to their cooperation and operating conditions (laws and other government legal acts, basic acts and decisions).