IIPT is most pleased and proud
to be a sponsor of the 2008 Travelers’ Philanthropy Conference
being held in Arusha, Tanzania, December 3-5, 2008. The Conference
is being organized by the Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable
Development (CESD), a nonprofit research institution based
in Washington D.C and at Stanford University.
The Tanzania conference
builds upon the initial international Travelers’ Philanthropy
conference held at Stanford University in the USA in 2004.
The three-day conference in Arusha will bring together 200-300
practitioners from socially responsible tourism businesses,
experts in the field of sustainable tourism and philanthropy,
community based organizations and global and regional NGOs
doing development work, the United Nations and other development
agencies, philanthropic foundations, government, and the
media.
CESD aspires to promote
and strengthen this emerging form of development assistance
generated by travelers and the tourism industry by moving
Travelers’ Philanthropy from a mere set of ideals to applied
best practices. The Travelers’ Philanthropy Conference 2008
will provide a venue for collective learning and exchange
among the group of global participants. It will facilitate
discussion of the tools and capacity needed for effectively
running and evaluating community projects.
More generally, the
conference will build media and public interest in socially
responsible travel and will include presentations on some
of the leading Travelers’ Philanthropy initiatives around
the world. It will also offer a range of optional safaris
before and after the event, hosted by leading East Africa
tour operators that include visits to community and conservation
projects.
For more information,
please visit: : www.travelersphilanthropyconference.org
