Post on 30-Dec-2015
Community-based Community-based Ecotourism SchoolEcotourism School
CI-China CI-China Yuan ShuanglingYuan Shuangling
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CI – China
Introduction
We hope We hope
to enhance to enhance
communitiecommunitie
s’ capacity s’ capacity
in the Chinain the China
hotspot. hotspot.
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Question 1. How to deepen our work in Question 1. How to deepen our work in ecotourism project? ecotourism project?
CI-China’s strategy: CI-China’s strategy: Community-Based Ecotourism Community-Based Ecotourism
“School”“School”
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Question 2. Why we choose this Question 2. Why we choose this strategy?strategy?
Tourism Tourism
developing: developing:
Two-edged swordTwo-edged sword
Great demands from communities becomes a Great demands from communities becomes a
bottleneck.bottleneck.
Gap of providing systematic Gap of providing systematic
training for communitiestraining for communities
Good opportunity of organizingGood opportunity of organizing
community and communities to take community and communities to take part into conservation.part into conservation.
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Question 3. Why is the Community-Question 3. Why is the Community-based Ecotourism School different from based Ecotourism School different from others?others?
1. Curriculum Framework1. Curriculum Framework
From Household-managed From Household-managed business to stakeholder business to stakeholder cooperationcooperation
2. 2. Practical Skills Practical Skills
Exchange Exchange
3. Platform of Different Stakeholders3. Platform of Different Stakeholders
4. 4. Self-development + NetworkingSelf-development + Networking
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Question 4. Who are participants in the School?Question 4. Who are participants in the School?
•Farmers whoFarmers who plan to manage tourism plan to manage tourism business.business.•Leaders of CommunityLeaders of Community•Participants of other NGO projectsParticipants of other NGO projects
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Question 5. Who are our trainers of the Question 5. Who are our trainers of the school?school?• Farmers with much experience in Farmers with much experience in tourism managementtourism management•Experts with rich practical experience Experts with rich practical experience and community communication skills and community communication skills from institutes and Industriesfrom institutes and Industries
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Question 6. How is the training designed? Question 6. How is the training designed?
Class Study in Chengdu or KunmingClass Study in Chengdu or Kunming(( 33 daysdays))
Field trip and exchangeField trip and exchange (( 5 – 6 day5 – 6 dayss))
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Question 7. How is the school operated? Question 7. How is the school operated?
Non profitable +Marketable:Non profitable +Marketable:
Professional Academic Institute+Professional Academic Institute+ CI-Shanshui + ScholarshipCI-Shanshui + Scholarship
CI’s long-term roleCI’s long-term role
Advice and M & E;Advice and M & E;
Networking;Networking;
Follow-up technical and financial Follow-up technical and financial
supportssupports
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Our Achievements:Our Achievements:
• Curriculum framework developedCurriculum framework developed
• Database and promotion materialsDatabase and promotion materials
• 2-3 demonstration communities could be 2-3 demonstration communities could be used for field trip used for field trip
• A faculty team combining excellent A faculty team combining excellent farmer teachers and academic teachersfarmer teachers and academic teachers
• Participatory teaching methodParticipatory teaching method
Song PanSong Pan
Jia Ju Tibetan VillageJia Ju Tibetan Village
Muni TownshipMuni Township
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Our Main Challenges:Our Main Challenges:
• Lack of good academic teachers who fully Lack of good academic teachers who fully understand community demands, their capacity understand community demands, their capacity needs to be improvedneeds to be improved
• Difficult to find diverse demonstration Difficult to find diverse demonstration communities in Chinacommunities in China
• A practical and attractive manual bookA practical and attractive manual book
• A good mechanism to ensure self-development A good mechanism to ensure self-development and networking of exchange and networking of exchange
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