This document summarizes the objectives and outcomes of a meeting about tourism concessions in southern Africa. The meeting aimed to review best practices and challenges, build regional capacity on concessions, and strengthen networks between stakeholders. Key outputs included documents to disseminate concession experiences in Mozambique, as well as continued work on guidelines, training, and networking on concessions in the region. Next steps discussed finalizing a manual on Mozambican concessions, expanding online resources, and designing training modules.

1. Objectives of the meeting
Review best practices and challenges from
Wrap up and way forward southern Africa
Build capacity regionally on tourism
concessions
Strengthen networks and communication
Anna Spenceley, Jim Barborak & between interested stakeholders
Rita Casimiro
21 March 2012, Girassol Indy, Maputo
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Achievements Outputs
Documents to be delivered:
Mozambican Concessions Manual
Deeper understanding of Mozambique
Workshop report – from this meeting
frameworks Report reviewing concessions experiences
Dissemination of Mozambique experiences Powerpoints on Slideshare (available globally online)
External materials to be produced (through TAPAS group):
Exchange of international experiences Expanded glossary, bibliography on concessions
Capacity building (of us!) IUCN Best Practice guidelines on sustainable tourism (2nd edition)
PARKS special edition
Networking
Events
WCC (2012)
World Wilderness Congress (2013)
WPC (2014)
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Way forward Way forward
What is not yet determined for next steps:
Mozambique manual – for private sector Dissemination:
Incorporate comments and suggestions from Website?
conference and participants (deadline 30 March) Publication?
Finalize manual - working group tomorrow! Complementary manual for public sector?
- number of participants? Training for stakeholders:
Available in Portuguese and English Informing investors?
Ownership: USAID SPEED project Training for public sector?
All different government departments, provincial/local
and PA agencies
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2. Where do we go from here? Other potential follow-up:
Continue to populate the TNC concessions Technical assistance and exchange missions
learning platform, investigate other platforms (USNPS, USFS)
south-south across Africa and with Latin America
Expand bibliography: (Brazil/Mozambique)
laws, policies, tenders, PPTs, case studies all Linking work to major conservation conventions:
linkable by URL: www.conserveonline.org CBD, World Heritage, Ramsar, Bonn
Continue to improve online glossary of terms Incorporate materials and modules in major PA
Training & outreach: training institutions:
National and regional centers and universities and
Design a brief PowerPoint training module
African/global training
Regional learning network / projects? Training of trainers
Sessions at regional conservation, tourism, rural Pilot community projects/incubator
development conferences?
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Other suggestions?
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