Oleksandr Koval

Education

• Uzhhorod National University (Zakarpattia region, Ukraine), where he obtained a professional education in 1999 with a specialty "Industrial ecology and natural environment protection"; and in 2005, he graduated from Uzhhorod National University with a specialty "Economics of Enterprises"
• In 2022 he became a graduate student of the "National Academy of Management", studying the development of tourism in the socio-economic system of the mountainous areas of Ukraine.

Experiences

• In 2002-2005 he worked as a marketing specialist in the Agricultural Marketing project, where he was involved in business planning, market development, market research, and organization of trainings for agribusiness. He gained valuable experience in the development of the agricultural sector's infrastructure, craft products, rural areas of Ukraine, the creation of associations of producers, and new sales markets.
• In 2005, he assumed the role of the head of the Tourist Information Center "Turinform Zakarpattia". As a market researcher, he worked on creating databases, bringing new products and services, monitoring the tourist market, and developing new tourist products, and marketing territories. This experience provided an opportunity to understand better the needs of the tourism industry and the impact of marketing on its development.
• Since 2007, he has been working as a lecturer at the Department of Tourism Infrastructure and Hotel and Restaurant Management at Uzhhorod National University. He teaches economic disciplines, which allows him to share his knowledge with a new generation of specialists in the field of tourism.
• To develop Zakarpattia region of Ukraine, in 2012 he founded the public organization "Carpathian Way" with his colleagues, whose activities are focused on issues of sustainable development, slow food, support of associations and producers of products, community development, preservation and popularization of the heritage of Zakarpattia.
• Today he works as an expert, scientist, and consultant in agricultural marketing and community economic development. Oleksandr is actively involved as an expert in community development projects, the creation of programs for the restoration of rural areas, the introduction of geographical indications in the territory of the Ukrainian Carpathians, training, and seminars, contributing to the development of the economy and sustainable development of rural areas. The list of scientific works can be viewed below.

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