Florence, Italy: 2008 April, 13th – 19th

TRAINING OF TRAINERS
 A week within the BRIDGE-IT project

PROGRAMME

Sunday 13/04/08

Whole day: Arrival of partner delegations

 

Monday 14/04/08

RESPONSIBLE TOURISM AND THE BRIDGE-IT PROJECT

Morning: DIPARTIMENTO STUDI STORICI E GEOGRAFICI, UNIVERSITÀ DI FIRENZE - FLORENCE 

09.00-13.00:       PRESENTATION: PARTNERS, TERRITORIES, STRATEGIES

9.00-9.15:           Maria Omodeo - Greetings

9.15-9.45:           Elisa Del Vecchio - Cospe presentation

9.45-10.15:          Monica Meini - Unifi presentation

10.30-11.00:        Mr. Liu Guohua, Mr. Xie Dongfa -  Xiang Yuan You presentation

11.30-12.00:        Mr.  Oldov Tseden, Mr. Chadraa Chinbayar - MAS presentation

Coffee-break

12.30-13.00:        Mr. Rana Rawal Bahadur, Mr. Nischal Basnet - BIRD presentation

Lunch

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Afternoon: COSPE – FLORENCE

15.00-18.30:        RESPONSIBLE TOURISM AND BRID-GE IT PROJECT: THE AIM

15.00-15.30:        Monica Meini (University of Florence) - Responsible Tourism: concepts, goals and means: an Academic Perspective

15.30-16.30:        Nadia Von Jacobi (Local-Global sas) - The BRIDGE-IT project: goals and activities

17.00-18.30:        Open discussion: What should be done in each country, and how - Daniele Baggiani (Moderator)

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Tuesday 15/04/08

TOURIST ITINERARIES AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

Morning: COSPE – FLORENCE

09.30-11.30:       Global tourism, Local impacts

9.30-10.30:         Marcello Mariotti (Primavera Viaggi srl: www.primaveraviaggi.it) - A EU Tourist Operator experience on the Responsible Tourism

10.30-11.30:       Huang Heini (Cospe) - An Asian experience: a best practice in China

Coffee-break

12.00-12.45:       Andrea Manuelli (Local-Global sas) - Tourism, cooperation and capacity building: aspects and interactions

12.45-13.30:       Daniele Baggiani (Local-Gobal sas) - From a set of local resources to the 'tourist product': a methodology

Lunch

 

Afternoon: COSPE – FLORENCE

15.00- 18.30:      how to construct a responsible tourist product: a management scheme for the local tour operators

15.00-17.00:       Nadia Von Jacobi (Local-Global sas) - How to construct a tourist itinerary: a toolkit

17.00-18.30:       Open discussion - Daniele Baggiani: Moderator

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Wednesday 16/04/08

WORKSHOP:
HOW TO CONSTRUCT A TOURIST ITINERARY

Morning: COSPE – FLORENCE

09.00-13.30:       INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP: construction of an exemplary itinerary

Nadia Von Jacobi (Local-Global sas) - Groups constitution

Daniele Baggiani (Local-Global sas) - Starting

 

Afternoon: COSPE – FLORENCE

15.30-19.30:       INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP: CONTINUE

17.30-19.00:       Presentation of WORKSHOP results, open discussion and synthesis - Elisa del Vecchio: moderator

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Thursday 17/04/08

THE EUROPEAN RESPONSIBLE TOURISM NETWORK - VISITING ATIR

Whole day:     BOLOGNA (100 km from Florence, by train)

Visiting the AITR CONFERENCE
(Italian Association Responsible Tourism)

see the programme here     see the internet site

Organisation by COSPE    

 

Friday 18/04/08

BRIDGE-IT MANAGEMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL ISSUES

Morning: COSPE – FLORENCE

09.00-11.00:      Laura Diversi, Silvia Ricchieri (Cospe) - Revision of administrative material brought by partners

Coffee-break

11.30-13.30:      Ester Temperato (Local-Global sas) - EU AsiaInvestProject Management: Administrative and Financial Aspects

 

Afternoon:         FREE

 

Evening: (LOCATION to be confirmed)

DINNER PARTY and happiness

Saturday 19/04/08

Whole day: Departure of partner delegations

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