Capacity building, training and stakeholder engagement

Using over 20 years of practical and academic experience, through data collection and research, as well as extensive time spent in rural communities, Sue has the ability to develop practical, thorough capacity building and training programmes for numerous different sectors.

2017:      Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Online course on Sustainable Tourism, 20th November.  Invited to present on Week 4: Conservation and Community.  Presented on: Measuring the Quadruple Bottom Line: focusing specifically on the inclusion of biodiversity conservation and community development into the tourism model.

2017:      UNWTO Technical Workshop on Sustainable Tourism for Development: Challenges and Opportunities for Africa, Lusaka, Zambia, 16th November. Invited participant and presented on:  Measuring the quadruple bottom line.

2017:      Long Run Initiative Annual Members Meeting, 22-26th September, Cape Town.  Stakeholder engagement with private sector operators from around the world, including from Brazil, Costa Rica,  Finland, Kenya, Indonesia, Phillipines, and South Africa.  Presented on: The impact of sustainability reporting on profitability and brand value.

2017:      IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group and CBD project conducting capacity building related to tourism concessions in protected areas.  Co-facilitated two workshops (South Africa and Namibia) with delegates from 13 Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries.  Developed workshop materials and guidelines for protected area tourism partnerships and concessions.  Download guidelines here.

First workshop held at iSimangaliso Wetland Park, 29th May – 2nd June 2017.  Read more about the workshop here

Click here for a press release issued by iSimangaliso related to the workshop.

For copies of the presentations done at the workshop click here.

2017:       Represented Wilderness Safaris at the 16th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Bogota, Colombia in a Forum on Peace Tourism: Culture, Conservation and Social Development.  Invited and hosted by ProColombia, a government  department responsible for tourism, the visit included an ecotourism experience to advise them on responsible tourism as well as meetings with various government officials, including the National Parks Director, Head of Biodiversity Research, Head of Planning, etc. to discuss and advise on responsible and sustainable tourism development in Colombia.

2016:      Harvard Extension School course on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: guest lecturer on Measuring   Wilderness’ Quadruple Bottom Line, October 2016.

2015:       Conservation Land Trust Workshops, Argentina, 15th – 26th May. Invited to participate in various interactive workshops with stakeholders from government, NGOs, academia and the private sector.

Presented on: Socio-economic and environmental impacts of tourism, engaging stakeholders, building capacity, including examples from Africa.

2015:      Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on the draft Operational Guidelines for Community Based Tourism Initiatives, National Department of Tourism, Pretoria, 27th October 2015. Invited participant.

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2015:       Sustainable Tourism Certification Alliance Africa 4th Annual Conference, Durban, South Africa, 7th May.  Bridging the gap between tourism and conservation – southern African challenges and opportunities.

Invited participant and moderator for a session on professional knowledge and capacity

2014:       CBNRM Trainer of Trainers Workshop on non-consumptive use of natural resources, Maun Lodge, 6th-7th October.

Workshop facilitator and presented on:

  1. Understanding the potential of photographic tourism to contribute to CBNRM
  2. Wilderness Safaris’ experiences: The contribution non-consumptive tourism can and does make to CBNRM
  3. Best practice for engaging with communities and the main roles of tourism stakeholders

2014:       Ngamiland Environmental Education Stakeholder Workshop, Maun, Botswana, 13th February.  Theme: ‘Partnership for environmental education sustainability-an action towards greening the future generation.  Presented on: Children in the Wilderness: Environmental education programme in southern Africa.

2014:       Technical Workshop on concessioning and investment in Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs),  Garden Court OR Tambo Hotel, 2-3rd September 2014

Invited to participate in reviewing the Tourism Concession Guidelines for TFCAs in SADC as well as to participate in a panel discussion on Transboundary event products, promotion and challenges.

Presented on: Supporting transboundary tourism and conservation: the Tour de Tuli.

2011:       International Labour Organisation (ILO) training module on Business Sustainability and Community Engagement: 21st September:

Participated in an interactive workshop as part of the review of the ILO Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) programme Module 3

2011-Ongoing:   Children in the Wilderness, environmental education Eco-Mentor training in numerous southern African countries, as well as assisted in the development of environmental education resources and training materials.