TOURISM Monitoring: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Transformative Pathways: for Better Tourism!

KOMBO BEACH HOTEL, GAMBIA 24th -26th April 2018

Hon. AMAT BAH

Minister of Tourism and Culture

April 24th is deliberately selected to host this workshop to mark the date The Gambia, like many other

colonised countries, attained a republican status from Britain in 1970, and became a country that

should rely on its own resources to survive as a nation. The date therefore symbolises the need to build

a tourism that is created for a better future for all in The Gambia. We are committed as a government

of NEW Gambia to make this a reality.

The Ministry of Tourism and Culture under my leadership is committed to implement the Sustainable

Development Goals in Tourism in The Gambia, so that, we can rebrand the Gambia as a destination

that is out to respect the sociocultural development of our people, the conservation of the environment

and to attract what I called responsible investment, that is a win-win to companies and the people of

this country.

In this regard, we are inviting everyone to come and attend this seminar on Monitoring the SDGs in

Tourism to make The Gambia, Africa and the world a better place to live in and a better place to visit

through responsible tourism practices. Come and join us and share your experience!

Adama Bah

International Centre for Responsible Tourism-West Africa

It was on 1 January 2016, that the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for

Sustainable Development, adopted by world leaders in the September 2015 UN summit, officially

came into force. It is one thing to make a declaration, another to put it into practice, and yet another

to monitor such a practice for positive impact. It is for this reason that we are organising this

workshop.

The main goal of the workshop is to transform Agenda 2030’s theoretical blueprint to a substantive,

practical and progressive direction that can provide us with the monitoring tools to build an inclusive

world free from poverty, exploitation and injustice. In practical terms this workshop will define how we

can keep track of progress using the right indicators for measuring and monitoring the SDGs in tourism.

In March 2017, over 30 participants from 19 countries, including representatives of NGOs, people’s

movements and academia joined together to prepare and sign the Berlin Declaration on Transforming

Tourism to achieve the vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of a just, inclusive and

equal world.

Following the Berlin Declaration, we appreciate the fact that the International Centre for Responsible

Tourism-West Africa, Tourism Watch, Germany and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, The Gambia

are organising a three-day International Workshop in The Gambia on the 24th - 26th April 2018 on

monitoring of the SDGs-for Better Tourism.

Come and join us!

PROGRAMME -WORKSHOP ON TOURISM MONITORING OF THE SDGs

Days TIME Activity Speaker Remarks

Tues.

24th.

April

09.00

-

09.05

Workshop

context

Adama Bah-ICRT-West

Africa

09.05

-

09.15

Government

support to the

SDGs

Hon. Amat Bah

Minister of Tourism and

Culture

09.15

-

09.30

Opening of

Workshop

Her Excellency,

Fatoumata Jallow

Tambajang

Vice President of the

Republic of The Gambia.

09.30

09.45

Coffee break

0945

10.30

From the MDGs

to the SDG’s - The

Berlin

Declaration

Antje Monshausen of

Tourism Watch, Germany

10.30

-

11.00

Sustainable Social

Monitoring tools

in Tourism

Lucy McCombes – Leeds

Beckett University, UK

11.00

-

11.30

Indicators for

Measuring SDGs

in Tourism

Judy Kepher Gona,

Executive Director-

Sustainable Travel and

Tourism Agenda, Kenya

11.30

-

12.00

Local

Economic

Development in

Tourism

Minisha Pande

Director VILLAGE WAYS,

INDIA

12.00

-

12.30

Tools for

monitoring

tourism at the

community level-

Sumesh Mangalasseri,

Chairman & Managing

Director – KABANI, INDIA

12.30

-

13.00

Community

Involvement in

Tourism-Gambian

Experience-

“Janjanbureh”

Sustainable

Tourism Initiative

and The

“Ninkinanka”

Trail

Fatou Jallow Mbenga/

Lucy McCombes

Youth Empowerment

Project (YEP) /Leeds

Beckett University

13.00

-

13.30

Is sustainable

certification the

answer?

Representative from

TOURCERT, Germany

13.30

-

14.15

Lunch Break

14.15

-

14.30

Marketing

sustainability

Linda Veråsdal

Director

Ethical Travel Portal

Norway

14.30

-

15.00

What can awards

do to support

sustainability?

CLAUDIA MITTENEDER

Director General

Studienkreis (organisers

of the To-Do Award),

Germany

15.00

-

16.00

1st. Panel Q&A Speakers on Monitoring

16.00

-

17.00

2nd. Panel Q&A Speakers on Awards and

Certification

Wed.

25th.

April.

Time

Activities

Speaker

Remarks

09.00

-

09.20

Summary of Day

1

Lucy McCombes and

Adama Bah

09.20

-

10.45

Building National

Frameworks to

implement the

SDGs.

UNDP Country Residence

Representative

10.45

-

11.00

Coffee Break Speaker/ Remarks

11.00

-

12.00

Group work:

Group 1: Building

National

Frameworks

Working group

Group 2:

Building the tools

for Monitoring

the SDGs in

Tourism

Coordinated by Antje and

Dawda Nyang

12.00

-

13.00

Group

Presentations

13.00

-

14.30

Lunch Break

14.30

-

17.00

Field Trip:

Gambia Women

at work in

Tourism: - Kotu

Cluster to meet

the women fruit

vendors and visit

crocodile Pool

where it is

believed the

water from the

pool “cures”

barren women

And Musukeba’s

batik cottage

industry.

Daouda Nyang/ Sheikh

Tejan Nyang , Director

Gambia Tourism and

Hospitality Institute/

Head of School Institute

of Travel and Tourism of

The Gambia

Thurs.

26th.

April

Time Activities Speaker Remarks

10.30

12.30

Address to tourism students on “Building Tomorrow Today -for A Better Tourism”

Guest Lecturer:

Prof. Tommy D.

Andersson, Gothenburg

University, Sweden (tbd)/

Hugh Felton- Senior

Sustainable Tourism

Executive, Association of

British Travel Agency

(ABTA).

Students from Institute of Travel and Tourism

of The Gambia; Gambia Tourism and

Hospitality Institute and University of The

Gambia.

12.30

14.30

Lunch at the GTHI

14.30

18.00

Field Trip to Ndemban Community Based Tourism

Fatou Beyai Raji, Director Product Development and Investment, Gambia Tourism Board

INFORMATION: WORKSHOP ON TOURISM MONITORING OF THE SDGs

We WELCOME YOU TO THE GAMBIA known as the Smiling Coast of Africa!

Accommodation There are five (5) main hotels in the resort area Kotu cluster of the Tourism Development

Area (TDA) of the Gambia.

They are:

Kombo Beach Hotel where the workshop is taking place www.kombobeachhotel.gm

The room rates here are £80 Single and £95 for Double per day with breakfast

Bungalow Beach Hotel- Commonly called BB is 5 minutes’ walk from the Kombo Beach Hotel,

where the workshop is taking place. Their website is down at the moment but you can get

information from this My Gambia app, which we are developing with partners in the UK or

from tripadvisor.com. The app gives you other information on The Gambia. The app needs

up dating so do not relay on all the information 100% -check with the organisers to confirm

any of the information given.

Due to the competitive rates the hotel is giving us, we will recommend this hotel for easy

access to speakers, delegates and the venue.

The hotel consists of apartments with kitchenettes and separate bedrooms. Most of the

rooms are with twin beds so you can pay much less if you decide to share your room.

The special room rates we are offered for the event are £35 for Single and

£45 double per day with breakfast

Sunset Beach Hotel- This hotel is 10 minutes’ walk from the Kombo Beach Hotel, where the

workshop is taking place.

www.sunsetbeachhotel.gm

The room rates are: Dal. 4000.00 or £68 for single and Dal. 6000.00 or £103 for double

Bakotu Hotel- This hotel is 5 minutes’ walk from the kombo Beach Hotel, where the

workshop is taking place.

www.bakotuhotel.com

The room rates are: £40 single and £50 double for standard rooms.

Airport Transfers Transfers from/to the airport will be organised for all speakers. Participants can make prior

arrangements with the organisers if they want to be picked up from the airport. This will be

charged at £13 one way. You can also take a taxi from the airport for the same amount.

Getting Round Tourist taxis (painted green) are packed outside the hotel. They have a fixed tariff and

charge for waiting time and this should be negotiated, prior to your journey. Check with the

organisers for more information on this.

Registration Fees

Registration fee of £124.56 covers your lunch, 2 tea/coffee breaks and excursions during the

3 days.

You can pay direct to the organisers when you are in The Gambia or through Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transformative-pathways-sdg-monitoring-for-better-

tourism-tickets-43303857002

Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/191574288099195/

Contacts

Adama Bah

bahs_54@yahoo.co.uk + (220) 9917343 (also Whatsapp #)

Jayni Gudka

jaynigudka@googlemail.com + (220) 7299102 (also whatsapp #)

Kadija Ceesay

mbokafestival@gmail.com + (44) 07980269138 (also whatsapp #)

Sheikh Tejan Nyang

satnyang@yahoo.com + (220)7701330 (also whatsapp #)