Wrap up and way forward

Anna Spenceley, Jim Barborak &

Rita Casimiro

21 March 2012, Girassol Indy, Maputo

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Objectives of the meeting

� Review best practices and challenges from

southern Africa

� Build capacity regionally on tourism

concessions

� Strengthen networks and communication

between interested stakeholders

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Achievements

� Deeper understanding of Mozambique

frameworks

� Dissemination of Mozambique experiences

� Exchange of international experiences

� Capacity building (of us!)

� Networking

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Outputs

� Documents to be delivered:

� Mozambican Concessions Manual

� Workshop report – from this meeting

� Report reviewing concessions experiences

� Powerpoints on Slideshare (available globally online)

� External materials to be produced (through TAPAS group):

� Expanded glossary, bibliography on concessions

� IUCN Best Practice guidelines on sustainable tourism (2nd edition)

� PARKS special edition

� Events

� WCC (2012)

� World Wilderness Congress (2013)

� WPC (2014)

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Way forward

� Mozambique manual – for private sector

� Incorporate comments and suggestions from

conference and participants (deadline 30 March)

� Finalize manual - working group tomorrow!

� - number of participants?

� Available in Portuguese and English

� Ownership: USAID SPEED project

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Way forward

� What is not yet determined for next steps:

� Dissemination:

� Website?

� Publication?

� Complementary manual for public sector?

� Training for stakeholders:

� Informing investors?

� Training for public sector?

� All different government departments, provincial/local

and PA agencies

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Where do we go from here?� Continue to populate the TNC concessions

learning platform, investigate other platforms

� Expand bibliography:

� laws, policies, tenders, PPTs, case studies all

linkable by URL: www.conserveonline.org

� Continue to improve online glossary of terms

� Training & outreach:

� Design a brief PowerPoint training module

� Regional learning network / projects?

� Sessions at regional conservation, tourism, rural

development conferences?

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Other potential follow-up:� Technical assistance and exchange missions

(USNPS, USFS)� south-south across Africa and with Latin America

(Brazil/Mozambique)

� Linking work to major conservation conventions:� CBD, World Heritage, Ramsar, Bonn

�Incorporate materials and modules in major PA

training institutions: � National and regional centers and universities and

African/global training

� Training of trainers

�Pilot community projects/incubator

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Other suggestions?