NEST Final conference - Network of Education on Sustainable Tourism

In accordance to the internally recognized Goals for Sustainable Development, the project aims to improve the skills in the field of sustainable tourism of the operators from partner countries engaged in the Italian Cooperation and to create an operational, open and dynamic network that will consolidate permanently over the next few years.

PROGRAMME

UNIVERSITY RESIDENTIAL CENTER OF BERTINORO – CE.U.B
VIA FRANGIPANE 6, BERTINORO

Participation is open to the public

9.30 am | Registration, welcome greetings and introduction

Gabriele Fratto, Mayor of Bertinoro
Patrizia Battilani, Director of Centre for Advanced Studies in Tourism – CAST, University of Bologna
Laura Vici, NEST’s Scientific Coordinator, Centre for Advanced Studies in Tourism, University of Bologna
Elisa Masi, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation - AICS
Omar Mazzotti, University Residential Center of Bertinoro - Ce.U.B

10:00 am
CAST and the projects of sustainable and responsible tourism
Patrizia Battilani, Centre for Advanced Studies - CAST, University of Bologna

10.30 am
The international projects on sustainable and responsible tourism designed by the Italian Cooperation
Elisa Masi - AICS

11:00 am
Building sustainability in Tourism, pathways for research, policy development and local implementation. Some case studies
Giuseppe Nerilli, expert in Sustainable Tourism and Development Cooperation

11:30 am | Coffee break

11:45 am
The key players of NEST network: projects and ideas presentation
Lucy Atieno Obare (Sub-Saharian Africa Area)
Nyunt Win Naing (South-East Asia Area)
Rania Mechergui (Mediterranean Area)
Marcos Antonio Guirola Aparicio, Ricardo Antonio Rivas Basil (Central and South America Area)

1.15 pm | Lunch

2:30 pm
Initiatives of community-based tourism in and around protected areas for environmental conservation
Paola Mariani Oikos Institute

ICEI strategy for interventions in Responsible Tourism in developing countries: community-based tourism, heritage and local development
Rosaria De Paoli - ICEI

Albania, Travel In Your Own Way: Integrated Multi-Stakeholder Management of Rural and Cultural Tourism in the Regions of Argirocastro and Berat (TREC)
Giacomo Agosti - CESVI

Path of social inclusion in Palestine: from Women with Disability micro-enterprises to responsible tourism
Francesca Manzoni - EDUCAID

3:30 pm | Round table
International cooperation and sustainable tourism:lessons learnt and best practices
with Oikos Institute, ICEI, CESVI, EDUCAID and CAST.

4:30 pm | Conclusions