Small Islands - Green Destinations
Green Destinations
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Description
The Small Islands - Green Destination program will build capacity within small islands to become sustainable tourism destinations, through an official recognition as Green Destinations by the end of the programme. This Green Destination recognition will be the basis of the island brand, which then can be improved by the islands.Initial aspect of capacity development and training targeting local government and business include: sharing Green Destinations assessment, interactive training seminars and webinars. These initial services can be provided at no costs to all islands.In partnership with islands, further interactive steps include local implementation of criteria and indicators; continuous improvement of local knowledge, capacity, and policies; and working with local businesses in developing economic strategies and unique island sustainable tourism destination brands; and if suitable, facilitating targeted external sustainable investments.The Global Sustainable Tourism Review (GSTR) that has been developed by Green Destinations is a Destination Sustainability Support System making the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria for Destinations (GSTC-D) fully operational for any destination in the world, with the aim to help destinations in improving, measuring, my touring, and benchmarking on all relevant aspects of their tourism development strategy, including certification on the basis of the GSTC.T
Making use of the Green Destinations GSTR Destination Assessment tools, including self-assessment, it's possible at any time, online or on-site. Use will be free of charge for SIDS destinations.Every six weeks a new Green Destinations Seminar will start in another language. During each seminar period of three months a number of places will be reserved for participants from this SIDS destinations, free of charge.Green Destinations Webinars, both as part of the seminars and standalones, can be made accessible to participants from SIDS destinations.
The Green Destinations team for this partnership is Drs Albert Salman (Green Destinations NL), Professor Magdalena A K Muir (Aarhus University, Denmark), and Suzanne van der Veeken (Green Destinations Spain).Voluntary participation by island and local governments etc. with technical support by the Green Destinations team.Green Destinations is able to facilitate and ensure efficient coordination of actions together with all participating SIDS destinations through a task force (the main governing body of the partnership), using online communication tools. Key actors in the partnership will be represented in the task force, ensuring adequate and well-informed discussions within the task force.
Coastal & Marine Union (EUCC) (The Netherlands, Spain, Lithuania).
QualityCoast International (The Netherlands).
Global Sustainable Tourism Network (GSTN).
Sustainable Energy Development and Sustainable Tourism Projects & Centre for Energy Technologies, Aarhus University (Herning, Denmark).
SDGS & Targets
Goal 8
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
8.1
8.1.1
Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita
8.2
Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors
8.2.1
Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person
8.3
Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
8.3.1
Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex
8.4
Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead
8.4.1
Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP
8.4.2
Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
8.5
8.5.1
Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities
8.5.2
Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
8.6
8.6.1
Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training
8.7
Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms
8.7.1
Proportion and number of children aged 5‑17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age
8.8
Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment
8.8.1
Fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 workers, by sex and migrant status
8.8.2
Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status
8.9
By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
8.9.1
Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP and in growth rate
8.10
Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all
8.10.1
(a) Number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults and (b) number of automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults
8.10.2
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a bank or other financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider
8.a
8.a.1
Aid for Trade commitments and disbursements
8.b
By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization
8.b.1
Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment, as a distinct strategy or as part of a national employment strategy
SDG 14 targets covered
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- Africa
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- North America
- Asia and Pacific
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Albert Salman, Drs (Mr)