Section: Community Ecotourism Network South West , Networks and Events
Taigüey give Technical Assistance Community Ecotourism Network Enriquillo
June 5, 2007
The Araucaria Project , an initiative of the Spanish Cooperation (AECI) and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Rep, Taigüey Foundation hired for a six-month technical assistance, to support the establishment of the RED ENRIQUILLO community ecotourism as a regional platform consultation and coordination of the various ecotourism initiatives in the region.
The expected results are:
1. Community Ecotourism Network Enriquillo made
2. Internal tools and instruments developed
3. Strategic Plan developed five years
4 5/6 Project proposals developed
5. Community ecotourism products properly structured
6. Promotional material produced
7. Established network of contacts
The activities carried out by the Foundation are:
Result 1 Enriquillo Community Ecotourism Network incorporated
Activities
a) Preparation workshop agenda 7-8
b) Send in the net current draft constitution before workshop
c) Facilitate workshop Cachote RED (June 7-8), (we review the proposed bylaws, in plenary, and reviewed internal regulations)
d) Preparation of minutes / reports of meetings.
e) Completion and submission of documents to the online network for validation by the membership.
Outcome 2 Instruments and developed internal tools Activities
Activities
f) Preparation of draft instruments
g) Presentation to the network (online) for validation by the membership.
Strategic Plan Outcome 3 for five years
Activities
h) Review of material available for the Strategic Plan
i) Presentation and discussion on key elements of the Plan in the workshop from 7-8 June.
j) Conduct of a draft
k) Conduct a second workshop in Barahona. (July / August 2007)
l) Second Draft
m) Provision of an online discussion on the Plan
n) Termination of the document
Outcome 4 Six technical proposals
Activities
o) From the draft Strategic Plan to identify priority areas for RED proposal (seeking the implementation of the PLAN)
p) validation in the participatory workshop in Barahona (July / August 2007)
q) Identify the network with potential donors and formats / approaches required
r) Prepare draft and validate them in an online discussion on the Plan
Result 5 products properly structured community-based ecotourism
Activities
s) Definition of a methodological framework for the development of network products defining the type of market / public topology of products, marketing channels,
t) to define at what level the network operator to offer service, channel, and generate income.
u) Make data matrix / form systematically collect data on projects
v) Field visits to ecotourism projects and initiatives
w) Product documentation
x) Validation online with membership
Outcome 6
Promotional material prepared Activities
y) define the terms for design and production of promotional materials (product PDF document Network brochure, website)
z) monitoring its implementation
Outcome 7 Networking created
Activities
aa) Define Database format
bb) survey data entities and companies involved in ecotourism development and marketing.
cc) Making a contact database
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