28 NOVEMBER 2006 OPENING AND WELCOME

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2 28 NOVEMBER 2006 OPENING AND WELCOME Time Session Speaker Registration and coffee Opening and welcome Local authorities, G.C.P. of Tourism and the Libyan Tourism Development Agency, UNEP MAP RAC/SPA, UNEP MAP RAC/CP, the Ambassador of Switzerland in Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, WWF MedPo, IUCN Med, and EGA Presentation of the agenda Paolo Lombardi (WWF MedPo) LINKING TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND NATURE CONSERVATION: THE LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAN EXPERIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES Overview of the Libyan Arab Director - EGA Jamahiriyan conservation strategy and future plans Overview of the Libyan Arab Director G.P.C Tourism Jamahiriyan tourism development strategy and future plans Coffee break Tourism and sustainability: regional needs and global strategies Arab Hoballah Head - Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch Tourism as a tool to link conservation and development UNEP DTIE Peter Dogse Programme Officer Man and Biosphere Programme UNESCO The challenges of tourism from the Sara Casagrande private sector perspective KEL Integrated coastal zone management Amal Dabaseh in Jordan UNDP Jordan Questions and answers and conclusions Lunch, Director of EGA and Director of G.P.C Tourism

3 28 NOVEMBER 2006 MAKING TOURISM MORE SUSTAINABLE : PROCESSES AND TOOLS Introduction: Approaches and aims for a sustainable tourism policy. Tourism development in Turkey: overview and examples Case Study: Market-driven strategic management of sustainable tourist destinations: approach, and case study from the Red Sea Malta: tourism and conservation Case Study: Using GIS in relation to ecotourism the Libyan Arab Jamahiriyan experience Case Study: The project Art Gold Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Coffee break Facilitated discussion Closing of the day onwards Projection of the WWF - BBC World documentary on tourism development in the Mediterranean: Concrete coasts Dinner for the participants IUCN Business and Biodiversity Programme Atila Uras UNDP Turkey Ahmed Hassan PA Consulting Tony Ellul Malta Environment Planning Authority (MEPA) EGA Giacomo Negrotto Art Gold Libya CTA - UNDP Facilitator & Rapporteurs: Ameer Abdula (IUCN Med) & Marina Gomei (IUCN Med), Catherine Piante (WWF France/MedPAN Coordinator), Abdulfatah Boargob and Abdurazak El Furgane - EGA Paolo Lombardi (WWF MedPo) WWF Mediterranean Programme Office in collaboration with BBC World

4 29 NOVEMBER 2006 NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE: WHAT OPPORTUNITIES FROM TOURISM? Time Session Speaker Introduction: nature and culture as IUCN Business and key assets for the tourism industry Biodiversity Programme Overview of the natural resources (and flag species) and cultural heritages of the Libyan coast Tourism and protected areas: a symbiotic relationship Abdulmaula Hamza EGA Steve McCool IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Coffee Break Marine archaeology and ecotourism : opportunities and threats for coexistence The experience of the National Marine Park of Zakynthos (Greece) The experience in Samadai (Egypt) Facilitated discussion Lunch Robert Grenier Park Canada ICUCH/UNESCO Georgios Paximadis WWF Greece Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara Tethys Research Institute Facilitator & Rapporteurs: Ameer Adula (IUCN Med) & Paolo Casale (WWF MedPo), Souha El Asmi (RAC SPA), Abdulfatah Boargob and Abdurazak El Furgane - EGA

5 NOVEMBER 2006 THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR Time Session Speaker Introduction: the structure of the tourism industry and role in promoting sustainability in tourism. Programme The developer perspective Tools for integrated environmental management in the hotel sector The outbound tour operator perspective Coffee break Facilitated discussion Presentation of a synthesis of key priority action points identified during the sessions. Discussion on the next steps: immediate actions that can be taken, including the possibility of forming inter-ministerial coordination and implementation mechanisms, and what the partners (WWF MedPo, IUCN MED, UNEP) could contribute with in the future Closing of the Workshop EGA IUCN Business and Biodiversity Roland Zanotelli Zanotelli Group Virginia Alzina UNEP MAP RAC CP Sara Casagrande KEL12 Facilitator & Rapporteurs: Ameer Abdula (IUCN Med) & Alessandra Pomé (WWF MedPo), Faouzi Maamouri (WWF Tunisia), Abdulfatah Boargob and Abdurazak El Furgane - EGA IUCN Business and Biodiversity Programme Facilitator + all Rapporteurs will present the complete set of action points and generate discussion about.

6 Departure from Al Bayda and arrival in Benghazi 30 NOVEMBER 2006 FIELD VISIT : Visit of the ancient city-port of Apollonia (eventually, including a visit to the Byzantine churches at Ras al-hilal and Al-Atrun). Visit to archeological site of Greek city of Cyrene, including the Temple of Zeus and the Necropolis Visit the Greco-Roman cities of Tocra and Ptolemais, the latter with its Columned Palace and huge vaulted underground cisterns