I wrote some project applications for educational projects in the last weeks. Its hard work and I could not have manage that without exchanging my ideas with Isabell and Hagen, without their feedback and support. There are always some tricky points in such applications and you have to answer, among others, how you will sustain the envisaged impact of the project beyond its lifetime. This is tight connected to the methodology you will use to achieve the aims of a certain project. The following generalized summary mirrors the main points of what I have written for different projects.
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I had the opportunity to attend the Global Tourism Forum (GTF) in Andorra on Monday this week. Approximately 200 representatives, leaders of global players in the tourism industry, politicians and lobbyist where attending that event, organized by UNWTO.
The forum was hosted by the government of Andorra, sponsored by Visa, Andorra Telecom, Feda, the Andorra energy supplier and the media partner was CNN.
Il ya quelques semaines que nous avons commencé un autre projet européen, il s’agit de vieilles maisons. Tous ceux qui me connaissent, bien sûr, sourient maintenant, parce que j’aime les vieilles maisons! C’est une des raisons pour laquelle, nous, Isabell et moi, avons écrit une proposition de projet et fait une demande de financement.
Hier, nous avons eu notre deuxième réunion locale pour travailler sur le projet places2b project.
Juste pour vous rappeler, ce projet vise à engager un processus participatif entre les acteurs locaux, les décideurs et les habitants locaux sur le développement durable des structures touristiques et à créer un groupe local qui établit un guide touristique local/régional.
La création du guide touristique local est probablement plus facile à réaliser et implique plus de plaisir.
Last week, I attended a workshop about The Future of Tourism: Tomorrow’s Tourist Today, held in Llandudno Junction, Wales.
We already started the work at the places2b project, locally and inside the partnership and I have to state that this work is really challenging for different reasons. We aim to bring together local authorities and local people to discuss the development of tourism and to create a regional tourist guide, containing unique places of the region. Sounds good, nearly everyone likes this idea, even the local authorities. So they’re saying. But when it comes to step up, they have many reasons not to show up. I know, that this is a long haul and we have to be really optimistic.
Due to fast globalization and the possibility to get to every place in the world in less time, people want to have authentic and individualized experiences while spending their spare time. The preservation and promotion of their landscape and culture for developing sustainable touristic structures will be important for European regions and its embedded local areas. That can also be a chance for supporting the diversification of regional economies.
Join us in Fitou from April 4th – 8th 2011 by taking part in the course “All is linked together in the web – How to communicate, manage and learn“. We’ll bring together teachers, trainers, managers and non-educational staff from around Europe to share experiences, try new tools and learn new methods.
The course is listed under reference number FR-2010-318-001 in the Comenius-Grundtvig Training Database
Most of the time, I really like what I do but sometimes, I feel a bit privileged, when I go to work, such as today. I started early in the morning to meet Cecile from Domaine Revelh. The one hour drive from Fitou to Cassagnes, where she lives, really impressed me. It’s just a gorgeous landscape, with thousands fragrances and fantastic views.
As you probably might know, I love old houses. I love to unearth the little secrets hidden in a house, explore how it was built, the materials used and of course, I love to restore it. It was obvious to create a European project out of this love and so I did. I wrote down the idea and searched for partners in Europe who might be interested in doing that project.