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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