Assignment context
Organization: CESVI. Role: Project Manager. Project or assignment: African Ivory Route — Sustainable Ecotourism in Limpopo. Geographic scope: South Africa — Limpopo.
Documented responsibilities and activities
- Project start up
- Establishment of legal frameworks (MOUs and agreements)
- Project work plan, targets and monitoring systems
- Strategic planning
- Enhancement of CBNRM in the framework of ecotourism development
- Design of activities, assignment of priorities to staff and human resource management
- Renovation of ecotourism infrastructure
- Introduction of green technologies and improvement of the business environmental and economic sustainability of the ecotourism business. Use or renewable energy, sustainable water management, waste management and recycling
- Environmental certification of ecotourism camps and introduction of environmental management
- Support, strengthening and development of a Public-Private-Community Partnership to develop the ecotourism sector in Limpopo
- Technical specifications for tenders and purchases
- Institutional activities, workshops and meetings
- Definition of training interventions
- Fostering dialogue and institutional enhancement between communities, private sector and government institutions
- Marketing
Assignment particulars
- Period: August 2014 – March 2018
- Organization: CESVI
- Position: Project Manager
- Programme / focus: African Ivory Route — Sustainable Ecotourism in Limpopo
- Location: South Africa — Limpopo
- Funding source / donor: European Union; CESVI
- Financial context: EUR 1.5 million (project budget)