RESTART MED! Sustainable Tourism Summit

RESTART MED! Sustainable Tourism Summit

Palermo, Italy

EU-project RESTART MED! organises Sustainable Tourism Summit on World Tourism Day in Sicily “Better policies to increase sustainability in Mediterranean tourism” to take place on 27 September 2022 in Palermo, Italy RESTART MED! SUSTAINABLE TOURISM SUMMIT @ Officine Baronali - Via Villa Rosato, 22 Palermo, Italy Tuesday, September 27th 2022 from 9:00 to 18:00 #RethinkingTourism The RESTART MED! project will celebrate World Tourism Day on 27 September 2022 with a summit organised by project lead CISP – International Committee for the Development of Peoples – at Officine Baronali, in Palermo, Italy. As per the United Nations, this year’s “World Tourism Day will be celebrated as the shift towards tourism is being recognized as a crucial pillar for development and as progress is well underway”. Where is tourism going? What can we do to help it grow in the most sensible way? The RESTART MED! summit will answer these questions throughout the day with the participation of representatives of Ministries, local authorities, civil society organisations, entrepreneurs, youth, and universities from many Mediterranean countries. “Better policies to increase sustainability in Mediterranean tourism” will lead attendees to discuss and propose policies for a sound development of sustainable tourism in the Mediterranean area, considered as an integral tourism destination with common challenges. With the aim to reinforce the networking among sustainable tourism stakeholders in the entire region, the summit will focus on policy perspectives to connect actors of different networks and countries, to build capacity by disseminating tools and best practices, and to raise common standards and expectations in the sustainable tourism community. The full day event will include presentations, thematic panels and focus groups and will be live streamed to allow participants from all over the world. The event will take place in English and Italian, with an interpreting service. **About the project – RESTART MED! – REvitalization of Sustainable Tourism Across Regions in The MEDiterranean – is a €1.1 M project co-funded by the European Union through the ENI CBC MED Programme. The project is led by the Italian NGO CISP and implemented in Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Spain and Tunisia with the partners behind the standard projects CROSSDEV, Med GAIMS, Med Pearls, and Medusa. **About the organizer – CISP, International Committee for the Development of Peoples, is an Italian NGO that has been engaged in international cooperation and the fight against social exclusion since 1983. CISP is active in 30+ countries worldwide with initiatives for the affirmation of fundamental rights and social inclusion, the fight against inequalities and social injustice, the creation of economic and social opportunities as well as the protection of marginalised people #RethinkingTourism Registration link to live streaming --> https://bit.ly/3TRFxxH Website https://enicbcmed.eu/restart-med-project-organises-sustainable-tourism-summit-world-tourism-day

RESTART MED! Sustainable Tourism Summit
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