In France : Local authorities - Institutions
Worldwide : Local authorities and governments - Institutions
Private sector

Local authorities (France)

 

Région Réunion

  • 2006 : Assistance for integrated management of the west coast area of the island (Agenda 21): environmental, economical and social assessment of the area and animation of the collaborative workshops

 

Camargue Nature Park

 

  • 2005 : Evaluation of Camargue natural Park tourism supply

  • 2003-2004 : Survey on the evolution of land uses in the Park since 1991

 

 

Regional Business Chamber PACA-Corse 

  • 2003 : Development of environmental management in tourism firms, in partnership with François Tourism Consultants. Realisation of an assessment of environmental awareness of customers and firms. Elaboration of an environmental management resource book

 

Kaw-Roura Nature reserve - French Guyana

  • 2005 : Environmental impact assessment of tourism activities in Kaw-Roura nature reserve

 

Toulon Provence Méditerranée

  •  2005-2006 : Animation of the European project Interreg IIIC Vistoria (historical landscapes of Southern Europe)

  • 2005 : Animation of the European project Interreg IIIB SUBMED (sustainable development of submarine tourism in the Mediterranean)

  • 2004 : Drafting, with Amnyos Consultants, of the contract of agglomeration of Toulon Provence Méditerranée. Inventory of the projects, financial engineering and assistance with the negotiation with State and Regional authorities

 

 

Community of communes of the Vassivière lake - Limousin Regional Counsil

  • 2003-2004: Appraise tourist plan of development of the Vassivière lake (rehabilitation of the tourist supply of lodging, project of creation of a water park)

 

Regional Agency for the Environment 

  • 1998 - 1999 : Design of ARPE web site

  • Internet training

  • Participation in the organisation of the 2nd Regional Conference on Sustainable Development

Local authorities and governments (International)

 

Ministry of regional planning, water and environement of the Kingdom of Morocco

  • 2006 : Elaboration of national strategy for Coastal areas 

 

National Tourism Authority of Romania 

  • 2005 : Elaboration of Romania national ecotourism strategy (for World Tourism Organisation)

 

Brussels Regional Authority - Ministry of Tourism

  • 2005 : Expertise of Brussels tourism supply, in an environment and sustainable development perspective (for Rambol Management Brussels)

Institutions (France)

 

French Agency for Tourism Observation, Development and Engineering

  • 2002-2004: Realisation in collaboration with Ifen, of a data bank on the tourism supply of French coastal areas. Publication of "Offre et organisation touristique des communes du littoral métropoitain"

  • 2001-2002: In the framework of the International Year of Ecotourism, realisation, in partnership with TUKTU and THETYS, of the Know How Guide "Ecotourism. French Experiments"

  • 1999-2002: Participation to the experimental program of sustainable tourism development in the destination. Publication of "Le tourisme durable dans les destinations. Guide d'évaluation"

 

 French Institute for the Environment 

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  • 2004: Survey on the environmental impacts of gardening

  • 2002-2003: TEC is Ifen expert for the tourism sector : scientific warning, presentations to conferences and seminars, making of publications, management of the data bank on tourism and the environment

  • 2002: Survey on tourism issues in National Parks. Publication of "Les parcs nationaux, entre protection et développement", Les données de l'environnement, Ifen

  • 2000: Realisation of "Tourisme, Environnement, Territoires : les indicateurs", first environmental assessment of French tourism at a national level, based upon indicators. Project management, data collection and processing, cartography, communication on the report...

 

Ministry of Tourism

  • 2005 : Exploratory study for a research program on tourism and climate change 

 

Ministry of the Environment

  • 2005 : Financial and institutional assessment of the Natura 2000 network. Scenario analysis for 2020

 

Ministry of Transport - Scientific Directorate

  • 2004-2005 : Scenarios for tourism/ leisure mobility and its environmental impacts, for 2050. Research contract "Temps hors travail, mobilité, tourisme et loisirs : scénarios à 2050"

 

Délégation Interministérielle à l’Aménagement et à la Compétitivité des Territoires

  • 2004 : Elaboration of the Prime Minister report "Construire ensemble un développement équilibré du littoral", for the DIACT. Animation of DIACT expert group on integrated costal zone management

Institutions (International)

 

Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) - Blue Plan

  • Ghislain DUBOIS is the French Blue Plan expert for tourism

  • 2005-2006 : Elaboration of a mechanism of regional cooperation in the field of tourism, for the Mediterranean

  • 2001-2004: Elaboration of the Dossier on Tourism and Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean (MAP technical report n°159). Coordination of an international expert group

  • 1999-2001: Participation to Blue Plan initiatives on sustainable tourism development, indicators...

 

Unesco - Man and Biosphere Program  (MAB)

  • Ghislain DUBOIS is an ecotourism expert for the Man and Biosphere Program

  • Development of a project FEM/GEF "Combating desertification and enhancing biodiversity conservation in Saharan oases through quality tourism". Initial assessment, preparation of the proposal, fund raising and animation of a workshop at the international symposium on the sustainable development of the oases, Erfoud, Morocco, march 08-10, 2005

  • Contribution to the organisation of the regional workshop "Ecotourisme, Ecovillage en Afrique de l'Ouest : mythe ou réalité ?", LAMTO, Ivory Coast, April 8-10, 2002. Making of the workshop proceedings

  • Participation to the World Ecotourism Summit, Quebec, May 2002

 

World Tourism Organisation

  • 2006 : Participation to the  technical Seminar on Policies, Strategies and Tools for Sustainable Tourism Development, Almaty (Kazakhstan), April 2006

  • 2003-2004: Ghislain Dubois is a member of WTO International Working Group on Sustainable Tourism Indicators. He took part to the drafting of Resource book "Indicators of sustainable development for tourism destinations"

  • 2003: WTO expert on Tourism and climate change. Participation to the first conference on tourism and climate change, Djerba (Tunisia), april 2003. Participation International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4th Assessment Report, for tourism adaptation and mitigation issues

     

 

MedPan

  • Participation to the third MedPAN workshop, March 2006 : Protected Marine Areas of Mediterranean sea and sustainable management of tourism. Animation of workgroups, reporting and presentation of tourism stakes in the Mediterranean area with focus on Protected Marine Areas.

  • Training sessions for Protected Marine Area managers on methods and tools for planning and management of tourisme in  Protected Marine Areas of the Mediterranean sea.

Private sector

 

ACCOR group - Worldwide

  • 2003-2004 : Assistance to the elaboration of the environment and sustainable development policy of the Group. Methodological guide for the Environmental Impact Assessment of Hotel Development

 

Club Méditerranée

  • 2005 : Assistance to the elaboration of the environment and sustainable development policy of the Group

 

Ecotrans - TourBench

 

  • 2006 : Implementation in France of a monitoring and benchmarking on-line tool for the reduction of environmental impacts and costs in tourist accommodations

 

SBTouristik

 

  • 2006 : Opportunity study for tourist accomodation in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso