Opening Day - 10 May 2011
Day 2 – 11 May 2011
OPENING DAY – 10 MAY 2011
07:30 – 8:45 Registration
09:00 – 11:00 Room Kocatepe
Official Welcome and Opening of WEDF 2011
Global leaders in trade, development and tourism will set the stage for the WEDF debate, looking at the contribution of the services sector to growth, focusing in on the potential for tourism’s contribution to inclusive and sustainable development.( Session Summary) (Video)
Chair: Ms. Patricia Francis, Executive Director, ITC
Speakers:
Opening address by Ms. Patricia Francis (Speech)
Welcome address by H.E. Mr. Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime Minister, Turkey
Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD (Speech)
Mr. Pascal Lamy, Director-General, WTO (Speech)
Mr. Ed Fuller, President and Managing Director, Marriott International Lodging (Presentation)
H.E. Ms. Victoria Ndikumana, Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Burundi (Speech (FR))
Dr. Taleb D. Rifai, Secretary-General, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
H.E. Dr. Luzius Wasescha, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the WTO, representing the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) (Speech)
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 Room Kocatepe
Plenary Session 1: Private Sector Engagement with LDCs and LDCs’ Commitment for Sustainable Tourism-led Growth
The session is an interactive debate where high-level representatives and CEOs will discuss the challenges and the benefits of tourism-led growth. The discussion will also explore the implications of the policies and incentives required to achieve the development of national capacities and backward linkages to the local economy. (Session Summary) (Photos) (Video)
Moderator: Ms. Valentine Sendanyoye Rugwabiza, Deputy Director-General, WTO
Speakers:
Mr. Kemal Fahir Genç, Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkey
Mr. Hasan Arat, Vice President, Tourism Assembly of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB)
Mr. Guy Johnson, Secretary-General, Ministry of Handicrafts and Tourism, Benin
Mr. Hiran Cooray, Chairman, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Chairman, Jetwing
Mr. Ronald Hepburn, Founder, Chamber Member and Managing Director, Etoile Partners, UK
Ms. Rosette Chantal Rugamba, Founder, Songa Africa, Rwanda
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch in the Büyük Foyer
Promoting tourism for sustainable development and poverty reduction
Steering Committee on Tourism Development (SCTD) SPECIAL EVENT Room Camlica, Istanbul Congress Centre
15:00 – 16:30
Parallel workshops exploring specific project challenges and opportunities
Workshops held in parallel. Each session will work towards concrete ideas of developing ways of integrating small- and medium-sized enterprises in LDCs into the global value chain through tourism.
Room Kocatepe
Inclusive tourism as a market opportunity for the developing world:
Two cases – Ugandan handicrafts and Ethiopian cultural heritage (Photos ) (Video)
The workshop will highlight the contribution of handicrafts and cultural heritage in tourism-led growth in LDCs. The projects to be developed will aim to show how handicrafts developed through market-led design capability can be sustainable in the tourism sector in Uganda, as well as how cultural heritage can become a more fully integrated part of the tourism value chain in Ethiopia. Participants will work on a project that will develop a structured approach to product development for tourism value chains by linking micro-producers of handicrafts to the tourism industry and by integrating the development of cultural heritage projects into tour operators’ supply chains.
Ugandan and Ethiopian case studies (Workshop Summary)
Among the contributors were:
Mr. Ephraim Amare Awgichew, Director, Heritage Inventory Directorate, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ethiopia
Mr. Cuthbert Baguma, Executive Director, Uganda Tourism Board
Ms. Grace Barya, Consultant, Ethical Fashion, Kenya
Mr. Ousseynou Dieng, Director of Planning, Ministry of Tourism, Republic of Senegal
Mr. Madibaye Djimadoumbaye, EIF Focal Point, Director of External Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Republic of Chad
H.E. Mr. Tina Dith, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia
Mr. Mahmut Evkuran, Director-General of Research and Education, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkey (presentation)
H.E. Mr. Ali Rasheed Hussain, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Development, Maldives
Mr. Christophe Jocktane-Lawson, Global Account Manager-Europe, Middle East and Asia, Ecobank Group
Mr. Guy Johnson, Secretary-General, Ministry of Handicrafts and Tourism, Benin
Ms. Florence Kata, Executive Director, Uganda Export Promotion Board, Uganda
Mr. Dick de Man, Deputy Managıng Director, Centre for the Promotıon of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI), The Netherlands (presentation)
H.E. Mr. Darlington Mwape, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Zambia
Ms. Shinta Oosterwaal, Senior Strategic Advisor, Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI), The Netherlands
Mr. Touka Mahmat Saleh,EIF National Coordinator, Republic of Chad
H.E. Leopold Ismaël Samba,Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Central African Republic to the UN and WTO in Geneva
Mr. Abdoulaye Sanoko,Permanent Mission of Mali to the UN and the WTO in Geneva
Ms. Saeeda Umar, Coordinator, National Implementation Unit for EIF and Aid for Trade, Ministry of Economic Development, Maldives
Ms. Joyce Wangui, Country Buyer, Serena Hotels, Uganda
Mr. Hailu Zeleke Woldetsadik, Senior Archaeological Expert, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ethiopia
Room Fevzi Çakmak
Integrating Horticulture in the Tourism Supply Chain (Photos)
The objective of the workshop is to create the link between the horticulture sub-sector in Tanzania with the tourism industry. Participants will explore the ideas around how agri-business collection and distribution centres are established and managed, and the backwards linkages of these to the tourism industry. The workshop will develop a model that could be used, with adaptation, by many countries.
Tanzanian case study (Workshop Summary)
Among the contributors were:
H.E. Ms. Iruthisham Adam, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the UN, Geneva
Ms. Naffie Barry, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Employment, The Gambia
Mr. Ravi Bhattarai, Under Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Supplies, Nepal
Mr. Chandra Kumar Ghimire, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Supplies, Nepal
Ms. Engin Guvenc, Executive Director, Turkish Business Council for Sustainable Development, Turkey
Mr. Ferit Karakaya, Sustainable Tourism Expert, Turkish Business Council for Sustainable Development, Turkey
Ms. Mamello Morojele, Head Investment Promotion, Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation, Lesotho
H.E. Felix Mosha, Ambassador, Chairman, Horticulture Development Council of Tanzania, Tanzania
Mr. André Soumah, Executive Chairman, ACE (Audit Control Expertise Global Ltd), Switzerland
Ms. Mpai Tseole, Director of Tourism, Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture, Lesotho
Mr. Miguel Tungadza, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Mozambique in Geneva
Ms. Nukhet Unat, Purchasing Manager, Intercontinental Hotel, Turkey
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 - 18:30
Parallel workshops exploring specific project challenges and opportunities
Room Kocatepe
Engaging women vendors in the tourism value chain: Impacting human and economic development (Photos) (Video)
Panellists will explore the business and development cases for engaging women in tourism value chains. Participants will leave with an understanding of what can be and is being done by governments in LDCs and other countries to help women exporters thrive in this sector. Private sector participants will learn how they can improve the integration of women vendors in their procurement processes and the benefits therein.
Examples of ITC programmes, with a special focus on the Asia Pacific region. (Workshop Summary)
Moderator: H.E. Mr. Pan Sorasak,Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce, Royal Government of Cambodia
Amongs the contributors were:
Ms. Liz Benham, International President, BPW International, USA
Ms.Letty Chiwara, Chief, Africa Division, UN Women
Ms. Naila Chowdhury, CEO, Grameen Solutions, Bangladesh
Ms. Amanda Ellis, Deputy Secretary for International Development for the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)
H.E.Mr. Roy Mickey Joy, Ambassador of Vanuatu to the EU and the Kingdom of Belgium
Ms. Florence Kata, Executive Director, Uganda Export Promotion Board,Uganda
Ms. Virginia Littlejohn, President and CEO, Quantum Leaps, Inc., USA
Ms.Margret Malua, President, International Women in Development Inc, Samoa
Ms. Arzu Ozyol, BPW Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Alexis Rwabizambuga, Advisor to the President, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Egypt
Ms. Louisa Sifakula, Senior Trade Manager, Pacific Islands Trade & Invest Office, New Zealand
Ms. Linda Trenkner, General Manager, Fresh Change Ltd., Vanuatu
Ms. Elizabeth A. Vazquez, CEO and Co-Founder, WEConnect International, USA
Ms. Mereia Volavola, CEO, Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO), Fiji
Room Fevzi Çakmak
Recovering Tourism after a Crisis (in collaboration with UNWTO) (Photos)
How can a country resurrect its tourism industry after a major shock, be it political instability or natural disaster? This workshop will be developed and implemented in conjunction with the UNWTO’s Risk and Crisis Management programme, which aims to identify and mitigate global and local risks related to travel and tourism, including the development of crisis management systems. Participants will focus on developing a guide for restoring tourism in an LDC after a crisis. Practitioners from Jordan will transfer their know-how to practitioners from LDCs. (Workshop Summary)
Moderator: Mr. Moussa Oumarou, Director of the Industrial and Employment Relations Department, ILO
Among the contributors were:
Mr. Hiran Cooray, Chairman, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Chairman, Jetwing
Dr. Dirk Glaesser, Manager, Risk and Crisis Management, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Spain
H.E. Mr.Issa Gammoh, Secretary General, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Jordan
Ms. Hala El Khatib, Secretary-General, Egyptian Hotel Association and former communication adviser to the Minister of Tourism, Egypt
Mr. Dexter Koehl, Communications Specialist and former Vice President, Public Relations & Communications, Travel Industry Association of America, USA
Mr. Martin Roche, Partner, Etoile Partners, UK
Mr. Koray Yetik, Secretary General, Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TYD)
18:45 Group photo with all WEDF speakers and participants
19:00 WEDF Cocktail reception in the Kare Foyer
20:00 WEDF Dinner in the Büyük Foyer
DAY 2 – 11 May 2011
10:00 – 11:30 Room Kocatepe
Plenary session 2: Inclusive sustainable development led by sustainable partnerships, ethical investment and intelligent resource management in the tourism sector
Panellists will discuss how to foster sustainable partnerships, examining the conditions for successful public-private partnerships in the tourism sector. The issues of ethical investment and intelligent resource management will be considered within the framework of how they can lead to inclusive sustainable development. (Session Summary) ( Photos ) (Video )
Moderator: Mr. David Eades, BBC News anchor, United Kingdom
Ms. Dorothy Tembo, Executive Director, EIF
Ms. Amanda Ellis, Deputy Secretary for International Development, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)
Prof. Geoffrey Lipman, Director of Greenearth.travel and Advisor to the UNWTO Secretary General
Mr. Alexander Barkawi, former Managing Director, SAM Indexes and Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
Mr. Patrick Ramonjavelo, Honorary President of Malagasy Travel Agencies Association, Madagascar
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break the Büyük Foyer
12:00 - 13:00 Room Kocatepe
Closing: Presentation of private-public partnerships
The WEDF 2011 Closing session will showcase the LDC-related projects and programmes which are ITC’s outputs from WEDF. These projects are being realised with the support of stakeholders from the public and private sector as well as UN partners, and Mrs. Francis will invite key stakeholders of these outputs to join her on the stage. Each presenter will describe the project and its goals. (Session Summary) (Photos ) (Video )
Moderator: Ms. Patricia Francis, Executive Director, ITC
Presentation of the Steering Committee on Tourism Development (SCTD) Portfolio as an achievement, by Ms. Zoritsa Urosevic, Programme Manager, Institutional and Corporate Relations,UNWTO
Remarks by Mr. Dick de Man, Deputy Managing Director, Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI), The Netherlands
Presentation by key stakeholders of programmes and workshop projects:
- Inclusive Tourism as a Market Opportunity for the Developing World
- Ugandan handicrafts, presented by Ms. Florence Kata, Executive Director, Uganda Export Promotion Board, Uganda
- Ethiopian cultural heritage, presented by Mr. Ephraim Amare Awgichew, Director, Heritage Inventory Directorate, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ethiopia
- Integrating Horticulture in the Tourism Supply Chain, presented by H.E. Mr. Felix Mosha, Ambassador, Chairman, Horticulture Development Council of Tanzania, Tanzania
- Engaging Women Vendors in the Tourism Value Chain, presented by H.E. Mr. Pan Sorasak, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce, Royal Government of Cambodia
- Recovering Tourism after a Crisis (in collaboration with UNWTO), presented by Mr. Martin Roche,Partner, Etoile Partners, UK
Closing statement by H.E. Mr. Darlington Mwape, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Zambia