1. Community-based Ecotourism School CI-China Yuan Shuangling

2. 保护国际 中国项目 CI – China Introduction We hope to enhance communitie s’ capacity in the China We hope to enhance communitie s’ capacity in the China hotspot. hotspot.

3. 保护国际 中国项目 Question 1. How to deepen our work in ecotourism project? CI-China’s strategy: Community-Based Ecotourism “School”

4. 保护国际 中国项目 Question 2. Why we choose this strategy?

5. Tourism developing: Tourism developing: Two-edged sword

6. Great demands from communities becomes a bottleneck.

7. Gap of providing systematic training for communities

8. Good opportunity of organizing community and communities to take part into conservation. community and communities to take part into conservation.

9. 保护国际 中国项目 Question 3. Why is the Community- based Ecotourism School different from others?

10. 1. Curriculum Framework From Household-managed business to stakeholder cooperation 1. Curriculum Framework From Household-managed business to stakeholder cooperation

11. 2. Practical Skills Exchange

12. 3. Platform of Different Stakeholders

13. 4. Self-development + Networking

14. 保护国际 中国项目 Question 4. Who are participants in the School? Farmers who plan to manage tourism business. Farmers who plan to manage tourism business. Leaders of Community Leaders of Community Participants of other NGO projects Participants of other NGO projects

15. 保护国际 中国项目 Question 5. Who are our trainers of the school? Farmers with much experience in tourism management Farmers with much experience in tourism management Experts with rich practical experience and community communication skills from institutes and Industries Experts with rich practical experience and community communication skills from institutes and Industries

16. 保护国际 中国项目 Question 6. How is the training designed? Class Study in Chengdu or Kunming （ 3 days ） Field trip and exchange （ 5 – 6 days ）

17. 保护国际 中国项目 Question 7. How is the school operated? Non profitable +Marketable: Professional Academic Institute+ CI-Shanshui + Scholarship CI-Shanshui + Scholarship

18. CI’s long-term role Advice and M & E; Networking; Follow-up technical and financial supports

19. 保护国际 中国项目 Our Achievements: Curriculum framework developed Curriculum framework developed Database and promotion materials Database and promotion materials 2-3 demonstration communities could be used for field trip 2-3 demonstration communities could be used for field trip A faculty team combining excellent farmer teachers and academic teachers A faculty team combining excellent farmer teachers and academic teachers Participatory teaching method Participatory teaching method

20. Song Pan Jia Ju Tibetan Village Muni Township

21. 保护国际 中国项目 Our Main Challenges: Lack of good academic teachers who fully understand community demands, their capacity needs to be improved Lack of good academic teachers who fully understand community demands, their capacity needs to be improved Difficult to find diverse demonstration communities in China Difficult to find diverse demonstration communities in China A practical and attractive manual book A practical and attractive manual book A good mechanism to ensure self-development and networking of exchange A good mechanism to ensure self-development and networking of exchange

22. 保护国际 中国项目 扎西德勒 ! (Tibetan)