SESRIC and ICDT will jointly organize a workshop on “Setting-up of bankable Tourism Projects” on 15-17 February 2016 in Casablanca, Morocco, in collaboration with Republic of Guinea, the Regional Coordinator of the Project. The workshop is designed within the framework of implementing some national segments of activities of the “Regional Project on Sustainable Tourism Development in a Network of Cross Border Parks and Protected Areas in West Africa.”

The objective of the Project is to synergize the efforts of the 10 countries in order to optimize the protected areas, which they hold in common. The Project aims thereby to provide a major impetus to the improvement of living conditions of local communities and to reduce significantly the level of poverty. It also aims to build on the successful development experiences of cross border parks in East and Southern Africa and create a competitive and viable alternative ecotourism destination.

ICDT and SESRIC ensure the follow up of the implementation of the Project, which includes ten OIC Member States, namely Benin, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Sierra Leone.