Programme No
Seminar AD04700100
Institutions
InWEnt - Zschortau in co-operation with
The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BFN), the
State Department of Tourism and Resorts, Georgia and WWF Caucasus
Regional Office Tblisi
Date and Duration
August 4-11, 2003,
plus 2-day workshops in all 3 countries (13-14 or 14-15 August)
Venues
Kazbeki and Bakuriani, Georgia
Tbilisi, Yerevan and Baku
Programme Language
Russian and English
Certificate
Certificate of Attendance
Admission requirements
University or college degree with a min of 5 years of professional
experience
Contact
Ivan Vashakmadze, Sustainable Tourism Centre, Tbilisi
Mail: stc@gol.ge
and
Inwent - Zschortau (near Leipzig)
Dr. Thomas Petermann
Fax +49-34202-845 777
E-mail: thomas.petermann@inwent.org
janet.lechner@inwent.org
Internet: www.inwent.org
Website: www.dse.de/zel/landinfo |
Target Participants,
Institutions and Countries
The training course is designed
for planners and sector specialists from governmental institutions
or NGOs that have a mandate in planning for or the management
of protected areas, rural development and tourism development.
Also the tourism business sector, re-searchers and lecturers
from Universities, Colleges or Applied Research institutions
are invited.
They are from the Caucasus region: Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Objectives (may need
some adjustment!!)
This seminar aims at a constructive
dialogue on concepts to promote sustainable tourism development
in order to link biodiversity conservation and development to
contribute to a sustainable livelihood of people in the surroundings
of protected areas.
The seminar addresses issues that are relevant for protected
area systems planning and management in a regional context with
a special focus on planning for sustainable tourism development.
The seminar combines elements of dialogue to share regional experience
and training to acquire technical knowledge and practical planning
and management skills in an interactive adult learning environment.
Programme Outline (1st
draft)
The course will be implemented
at two locations:
- Kazbegi (Monday - Wednesday)
- Bakuriani (Thursday - Sunday/Monday)
- National meetings in Tbilisi,
Baku and Yerewan
The course has four parts:
- Introduction. Keynote. Introduction
to key themes
- Basics of tourism development
planning
a. Tourism as a business
b. Information, Public relation
and site interpretation
c. Marketing and promotion of estinations
d. Infrastructure operation and
management
e. Tourist services in protected
areas and surroundings
f. Institutional meachnism (local
participation; local government)
- Field trips: Kazbegi and Borjomi
(mountain tourism; agro-tourism, biodiversity-related tourism
with nature trails in a national park)
After the training course, two-day
workshops in all three countries will be held for senior planners
and managers, policy makers and programme managers: To inform
policies:
Dates need to be arranged during the period 13-16 August, 2003
in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia |