This section features select past projects in which GeoSavvy Development, its principals, and associates have worked on in part or in whole. Reports, presentations and links are provided where available.
Countries where GeoSavvy Development has experience:
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Bahamas
Barbados
Brazil
Costa Rica
Honduras
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Cape Verde
Ghana
The Gambia
Jordan
Kenya
Lesotho
Madagascar
Morocco
Senegal
South Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Zambia
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Armenia
Cambodia
Laos
Viet Nam
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PROJECTS:
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Tourism Sector Diagnostic Tool
by IFC Pep Pacifc
A team from GSD worked with the IFC Pacific Advisory Services Department. During the past year, the Pacific and Mekong tourism teams have led the development of a Tourism Sector Diagnostic (TSD) tool to systematically identify a country’s key impediments to sustainable development of the tourism sector, in order to prioritize solutions that IFC can deliver under future projects. Comprising a hierarchical framework of 3 drivers, 18 factors, 60 indicators and around 280 measures, the tool has been designed to use qualitative and quantitative data to develop an assessment ‘scorecard’ based on the framework. GSD was contracted to provide insight on how to implement the tool in the field, build the technical database, and deliver training on the use of the tool.
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Armenia IT & Tourism Consultancy
by USAID-CAPS
GSD, was contracted by the USAID funded CAPS program this month to lend his expertise on Information Technology and its application to the tourism sector. This the first time GSD has worked in Eastern Europe or Central Asia . GSD spent 16 days in Armenia and met with a number of firms from both sectors, academics and government officials. The capstone of the project was the hosting of a summit on April 14th for the two sectors to interact. The event was well received and generated quite a large amount of local press.
Links:
CAPS Homepage - http://www.caps.am/
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Global Business School Network: Tourism Training Network Market Research
by IFC
The GBSN program is designed to address the shortage of human capital and management capacity in the tourism industry in Africa by strengthening African tourism management training through a Tourism Training Network (TTN). The TTN will build the capacity of local training institutions and better align tourism training to the needs of the private sector. The goal of this programme is to increase the capacity of training institutions to create sustainable quality tourism management programmes that offer locally-relevant courses. GSD were selected to conduct the first phase of the project: a market survey to gain a greater understanding of current supply and demand of tourism training. The study analyzed the current status of tourism education in Africa, identified clients and determined relevant skills and knowledge that are in demand in the tourism sector. The team travelled to South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Mozambique, Madagascar, Zambia, Ghana, and Senegal to interview tourism related SMEs and managers, training institutions and tourism development professionals. The consultant presented the findings and recommendations to PEP Africa staff in Washington DC and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Documents:
Tourism Training Market Research Report
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Business Edge Sustainable Tourism Course
by IFC-MPDF
GSD was selected as the content expert to develop a specialized course for the Business Edge. The Business Edge is a project of the IFC MPDF. The course is a special capstone course for the Small Hotel Management Program of the Business Edge. GSD worked with the Business Edge instructional designers to develop the material and then delivered three pilots: Hoi An, Viet Nam; Siem Reap, Cambodia; and Vientiane, Laos. The course is intended to be delivered in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Pacific as a part of the Business Edge global rollout.
Links:
Business Edge Middle East - http://www.businessedge-me.com/english/middle.php?file=home
Business Edge Mekong - http://www.businessedge.com.vn/index.jsp?locale=1
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Swaziland SME Market Access Project
by Technoserve
As a part of the IFC PEP Africa SMART program in association with a USAID funded project managed by Technoserve, GeoSavvy Development built a demonstration e-commerce site for Swaziland. This project was in association of the USAID SWEEP program managed by Technoserve. Swazi Trails was selected as the local partner operator as they have long had a passion for the development of the Swaziland tourist industry. The project included the development of the website and an industry workshop on market access.
Links:
Swaziland Travel Link - http://www.swazitravel-link.co.sz/
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Cape Verde Scoping Study and Content Collection Exercise
by Zachary Rozga, Kip Garland and Lana Dingarac
GSD led a team of consultants on a project to scope the potential of setting up a destination portal on the Cape Verde islands. This project was jointly sponsored by the government of Cape Verde and the Millenium Challenge Corporation of Cape Verde. The project inlcuded an initial scoping study of the type of product and product potential for a destination booking portal. The project also included collecting digital content for about 30 SMME operators.
Links:
Cape Verde E-commerce Portal - http://www.capeverde-tours.com/
Documents:
Cape Verde Scoping Report
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Lesotho Content Collection Exercise and Product Audit
by Lesotho Private Sector Competitiveness Project
GeoSavvy Development was contracted to work in Lesotho with the Private Sector Competitiveness Project to conduct a content collection exercise and market readiness product audit. This project was a pilot to test the methodology development by GSD to rank products in terms of their market readiness (their readiness to be listed and sold directly to the international independent travel market). The study was delivered to the Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation, the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture, the Maloti-Drakensburg Project and the Lesotho Council for Tourism. In addition each of the participating enterprises received a CD-ROM with digital photos, English language copy and sample brochures.
Documents:
Final Report
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Project Findings
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Tanzania Market Access and Sustainable Tourism Workshop
by Tanzania Private Sector Competitiveness Project
The Tanzania Private Sector Competitiveness Project aims to deliver more market share to locally-owned SMME tourism providers. In order to accomplish this goal the GSD was contracted to build three web portals, to run a series of workshops and to manage a content collection exercise and market readiness product audit. The project started in March 2007 with the delivery of three awareness workshops in Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Arusha. The themes for the workshop were E-commerce, Market Access, Sustainable Tourism and the Independent Travel Market.
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UNWTO/RETOSA Community-based Tourism Online Database
by UNWTO
This project was commissioned by the UN World Tourism Organization Sustainable Tourism - Elimination of Poverty Program. The main output of the program was the design and development of the worlds most exstensive community-tourism database for any region. The project was run through the Regional Tourism Association of Southern Africa (RETOSA) and captured data on over 200 enterprises. In addition a Market Access training manual and course was developed to assist these types of enterprises capture market. The training was piloted in both Tanzania and South Africa.
Links:
Southern Africa Community-Based Online Database - http://www.community-tourism-africa.com
Documents:
Letter of Commendation
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Market Access Training Manual
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