COSPE

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COSPE

• Cooperation for the Development of Emerging
  Countries
• www.cospe.org
• by Elisa Del Vecchio

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COSPE

• Association that promotes
• intercultural dialogue, fair and sustainable
  development and human rights

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COSPESince 1983 in Italy and world wide.After
more then 25 years of development cooperation
active in more then 30 countries.
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COSPE Local partners

• Africa
• Capo Verde
• Ghana
• Somalia
• Senegal
• Niger
• Angola
• Malawi
• Swaziland

• Latin America
• Brazil
• Honduras
• Colombia
• Nicaragua
• Argentina
• Uruguay
• Cuba
• Ecuador

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COSPE Local partners

• Asia
• India
• China
• Pakistan

• South East Europe
• Bosnie
• Albania
• Croatia
• Kosovo
• Macedonia
• Montenegro
• Serbia

• Mediterranean
• Algeria
• Morocco
• Palestine
• Israeli
• Saharawi
• Tunisia
• Egypt

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COSPE - Financial resources

• The main sources for funding the activities
• of COSPE and its partners are
• European commission
• Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Regions and other local authorities
• Foundations, associations, companies
• Donations of citizens

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COSPE Human Resources

• In 2006 COSPE employed
• 50 project collaborators
• 7 employees
• 31 Italian collaborators in the areas of
  intervention
• 105 Temporary workers in Italy
• 202 local collaborators in the areas of
  intervention
• 13 Civil Service Volunteers

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COSPE Areas of intervention

• Human rights
• Vocational training
• Micro-credit and micro-finance
• Environment
• Empowerment of women, minors
• Food security
• Community development
• Responsible tourism
• Etc

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COSPE Areas of intervention
WHY Responsible tourism??
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RESPONSIBLE TOURISM for fighting poverty?

• INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
• Resolution on tourism and development 2004/2212
  Europena Union
• UN-WTO agency and UNCTAD, launched in june 2002
  the Programme Sustainable Tourism as a tool for
  Elimination of Poverty (ST-EP).
• Canary Islands declaration on Tourism in Least
  Developed Countries (2001) define tourism as a
  mean for increasing participation in global
  economy, poverty alleviation and reaching
  socio-economic progress.

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TOURISTIC INDUSTRY in Developing Countries

• In Developing Countries economies, and
  especially in the 49 poorest countries (LDC,
  Least Developed Countries), tourism is the third
  source of income
• 83 of Developing countries has tourism as one of
  the pricipal items

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MASS TOURISM (Industry Tourism) IMPACT in
Developing Countries

• ENVIRONMENTAL

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MASS TOURISM IMPACT in Developing Countries

• SOCIO - CULTURAL

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MASS TOURISM IMPACT in Developing Countries

• ECONOMIC

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WAYS for SAYING TOURISM

• Ecotourism
• Social Tourism
• Accessible Tourism
• Sustainable Tourism
• Rural Tourism
• Community Tourism
• Fair Tourism
• RESPONSIBLE TOURISM

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DEFINITION

• Responsible Tourism is inspired by principles of
  social and economic justice, and it fully
  respects the environment and the local cultures.
  Responsible Tourism is tourism which recognizes
  of the host community a central role and its
  rights to decide about its own tourism
  development seen as sustainable and social
  development of the territory. Responsible tourism
  facilitates the interactions among the tourist
  industry, the local community and travellers.
• Adopted by AITR Assembly the 9th october 2005
  in CerviaSOURCE www.aitr.org

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COSPE and RT

• ACTIVITIES
• INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION projects on RESPONSIBLE
  TOURISM
• INFORMATION, EDUCATION, CAMPAINING (Education for
  Development)
• Collaboration and direct organization of
  RESPONSIBLE TOURISM JOURNEYS - TRAVELLING

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COSPE and RT INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PROJECTS
on RESPONSIBLE TOURISM

• LATIN AMERICA
• AFRICA
• BALKANS
• ASIA

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COSPE - Cooperation projects

• LATIN AMERICA
• BRAZIL
• Valorisation of natural resources and local
  economic development responsible tourism in the
  delta of Parnaiba River.
• ARGENTINA
• Farm holydays and rural tourism for sustainable
  development in the province of Misiones
  -www.redagroturefas.com.ar

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COSPE - Cooperation projects

• AFRICA
• CAPE VERDE - Support to the local communities of
  the Fogo Islands for the valorisation of natural
  resources and local products. www.chatourfogo.com(
  MAE)
• GHANA - Apollonia Fortress and the Nzema people.
  Communitarian administration of the natural and
  cultural assets in Western Ghana (eco-museum)
  (MAE)
• SWAZILAND - Eco-cultural tourism in the Shewula
  community

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COSPE - Cooperation projects

• AFRICA
• EGYPT
• Preservation and valorisation of the cultural
• assets and development of eco-tourism activities
• in the Siwa and El Gara oasis (MAE)
• - RESPONSIBLE TOURISM ITINERARY
• MOROCCO eco-museum

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COSPE - Cooperation projects

• BALKANS
• CROATIA
• Adriatic Project on RESPONSIBLE TOURISM, micro-
• entrepreneurship and local development
• (MAE)

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COSPE - Cooperation projects

• ASIA

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COSPE AND RT Education for development

• WHY
• EDUCATION AND INFORMATION
• CONCERNING TOURISM IN EUROPE
• IS IMPORTANT??

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COSPE and RT Education For Development

• EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
• Project on FAIR TOURISM (CD ROM, activities in
  schools, seminars, etc.)
• Didactic paths on RT (Exchanging the World)
• Production of videos

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COSPE and RT - Education

• TRES PROJECT
• OBJECTIVES
• promoting responsible tourism as a means for
  fighting poverty and building fair relationships
  among peoples
• disseminating information and education
  throughout Italy, Spain and France, addressing
  youth, tour operators and decentralized
  cooperation actors

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COSPE and RT - Education

• TRES PROJECT
• OUTPUTS
• a network for sharing best practices
• seminars, trainings, and teaching paths
• a web page on responsible tourism
• a didactic kit (CD-rom, magazine and videos about
  responsible tourism in Africa and Latin
  America)   

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COSPE and RT Campaign

• Campaign against child prostitution linked to sex
  tourism
• ECPAT -End Child Prostitution Pornografy and
  Trafficking www.ecpat.it
• (i.e. Brazil, Senegal)

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COSPE and RT - Journeys

• Collaboration and/or direct organization
• of responsible tourism journeys
• EGYPT Viaggi Solidali http//www.viaggisolidali.i
  t/
• SWAZILAND Planet Viaggi http//www.planetviaggi.i
  t/
• GHANA
• BRAZIL
• CHINA
• ECUADOR (formative journey on cooperation)
• .

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COSPE and RT - Alliances

• Since 2003 Cospe is member of AITR Italian
  Association for Responsible Tourism ww.aitr.org
• Collaboration with with fair TOUR OPERATORS
  (belonging to AITR)
• Viaggi Solidali http//www.viaggisolidali.it/
• Planet Viaggi http//www.planetviaggi.it/
• Collaboration with ECPAT
• (End Child Prostitution Pornografy and
  Trafficking)
• www.ecpat.it
• Collaboration with other NGOS, Associations,
  programmes.

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COSPE Principles of action

• Integrated approach considering
• - different components of Responsible
  Tourism (economic, socio-cultural,
  environmental)
• - development of other economic sectors
• (i.e. agriculture, handcraft, environmental
  conservation..)
• Responsible Tourism practice linked to the
  territory development issue.
• Project as a limited tool, used within broader
  development policies

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COSPE Principles of action

• Involvement of local population excluded from the
  mass tourism practices benefits/proceeds
• Involvement of local communities in an extensive
  and participative way (gender optics)
• Community tourism
• Necessity of market analysis and feasibility
  studies in order to verify the territorys
  tourist potentialities
• VALUATION Individuation of valuation
  system/indicators of quality