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program south-south cooperation­ bhutan benin costa rica systematization and analysis of the contributions of the national parks and biological reserves to the economic and social development in costa rica benin and bhutan 03-t-07 project overview · lead organization cinpe cr · partners 1 ncd bhutan objective systematization and analysis of the contributions of the national parks and biological reserves to the economic and social development in costa rica benin and bhutan description the project will analyzed the relationships between national parks and economic activities and communities in benin bhutan and costa rica through a methodological approach created in costa rica results progress · environmental conservation and sustainable management of natural resources in the different countries in the world · social helps to improve the living standards of the local communities through ecotourism as an alternative source of livelihoods in wild protected areas · economic would help to generate alternative sources of income from ecotourism for local communities · gender equity equal gender representation and participation from local communities and stakeholders · local regional and national users of nationals parks and biological reserves communities · economic activities around the national parks selected reciprocity of the project costa rica helps benin and bhutan to measure the economic impact of biological reserves in both countries indicators ü 8 case studies with the characterization of the most important socio-economic activities and communities with direct and indirect relation to the selected parks 3 in cr 3 in bh and 2 in be ü 2 workshops realized in costa rica o feedback from experts in national parks and biological reserves management of cr o validation of the methodology for the selection of the national parks that are going to be analyzed beneficiaries direct · the national ministries of environment in each country · institutions that gather information about the national park indirect:

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program south-south cooperation­ bhutan benin costa rica benin bhutan and costa rica non timber forest products 02-t-07 project overview · · lead organization inbio cr partners 1 fsa université benin 2 nmc bhutan experts from benin taught to costa rican and bhutan s technical s on edible insects to be introduced as a means of income bhutan experts teach about the treatment of edible fungi in costa rica and benin costa rica inbio helps to organize the traditional knowledge on fungi and insects of the other two countries in scientific knowledge results progress · economic the project systematizes and generates information and technologies for improving and developing new products from the wild biodiversity that will meet market demands · environmental to improve and look for new sustainable productive activities indicators ü 4 centers for mushroom cultivation built in costa rica ü 1 lab and exhibition center at inbioparque ü 4 communities in costa rica and 1 professor from benin participated in a two-weeks training of mushroom cultivation with trainers from bhutan ü a professor from benin carried out an internship on insect breeding in costa rica ü 20 technicians from benin and bhutan were trained by inbio as parataxonomists ü exchange of curators of entomological collections from benin bhutan and costa rica techniques and method for collecting and identification ü 67 direct beneficiaries ü 58 producers applying new technologies or products of sustainable production ü 4 new micro enterprises ü 2 new products/services exported objective the three organizations will work in close collaboration to enhance the institutional capacity to offer new products and services to society as part of their efforts towards the conservation and sustainable utilization of biological resources description this project includes institutional capacity and institutional developments linking domestication cultivation and marketing of mushrooms and insects management beneficiaries users of implementation agencies services more specifically insects and mushrooms local producers reciprocity of the project:

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program south-south cooperation­ bhutan benin costa rica collaboration between benin bhutan and costa rica in capacity development for biodiversity information management 1-t-07 project overview lead organization inbio cr partners 1 cerget benin 2 nbc bhutan objective the three organizations will work in close collaboration to enhance the institutional capacity to offer new information products and services to society as part of their efforts towards the conservation and sustainable utilization of biological resources · · generators and users of information about biodiversity from the three countries by regions by taxonomic group by use among others · benin ministry of the environment and protection of nature mepn department of forestry and natural resources dfrn and research centre for biodiversity and land management cerget · bhutan ministry of agriculture ministry of health and non governmental organizations royal society for costa rica protection of nature rspn and world wildlife fund wwf in bhutan · costa rica national system of conservation areas sinac organization for tropical studies ots national museum of costa rica mncr and inbio reciprocity of the project costa rica benin and bhutan are developing a biodiversity information system bis for each country based on the requirements of the stakeholders information system engineers from costa rica designed the software for the bis in benin bhutan and costa rica information is compiled the website of costa rica was launched on november 2009 www.crbio.cr results/progress beneficiaries · environmental the project supports the territorial planning and the process of decision making that aid the conservation actions social support the territorial planning and the process of decision making that aid the conservation actions research documents web portal with biodiversity information of the 3 countries · · · indicators ü needs are identified and prioritized for the design of the information system in benin workshop with 13 stakeholders from 12 institutions and bhutan workshop with 14 stakeholders from 4 institutions inbio participated in both events ü project web page available at http www.inbio.ac.cr/sursur/index-es.htm ü a procedures manual in spanish english and french has been developed and distributed among the partners ü institutional linkages between inbio cerget and nbc developed and formalized ü 50 direct beneficiaries ü 46 participants at needs assessments workshops description specifically this project includes software development and management activities between the three countries in order to build capacities in biodiversity information management.

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program south-south cooperation­ bhutan benin costa rica clean bhutan and costa rica design and implementation of an integrated and sustainable system for solid waste management in the city of san josé costa rica and in bhutan 04-b-07 project overview · · lead organization acepesa cr partners rspn bhutan beneficiaries bhutan municipalities of thimphu phuntsholing paro gaylegphug and samdrupjonkhar costa rica in san jose population from the district of hatillo san josé reciprocity of the project bhutan copy recycling activities indicators ü 241 tons of solid waste has been collected from the district of hatillo ü 8 campaigns of nontraditional waste collection have been completed and shared with the ministry of work and human settlement in bhutan and the mayor of san josé in costa rica ü 247 people 196 women and 51 men have participated in an environmental education program in schools and local communities ü celebration of clean bhutan day ü 1 transfer centre that will be administrated by the asociación de desarrollo in hatillo costa rica ü 90 people trained ü 21 local governments beneficiated ü 2 communities beneficiated participating in the project conducted successfully in costa rica as a model city of san josé cooperates with the city of thimphu objective to improve state of environment through establishing an integrated and sustainable solid waste management system and raising awareness of the people in both rural and urban area of bhutan and in the hatillo district of the san jose municipality costa rica with the participation of the stakeholders description among others inadequate management of solid waste and waste waters are some of the conspicuous issues arising either due to insufficient infrastructure planning or municipal facilities and services under the framework of this project it is planned to develop and implement an intervention with the objective to design and implement an integrated and sustainable solid waste management system which will later be used as a model for its application in other places results/progress · environmental improvement of hygiene conditions of the community selected as well as improving the aesthetic value of the community · social improvement of living conditions related to unhygienic environment · economic economic opportunities from the frequency of visitors healthy lives leading to better production capacities of all residents of targeted areas and especially in costa rica new jobs for people in the district

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program south-south cooperation­ bhutan benin costa rica sustainable tourism development strategy in zhemgang dzongkhag bhutan and rio san juan basin costa rica-nicaragua 02-b-07 project overview · lead organization cooprena cr · partners 1 tcb bh objective better position of zhemgang dzongkhag and selected communities in the rio san juan basin as a sustainable tourism destination so that communities have direct employment and benefits from tourism to supplement their livelihood while conserving nature and preserving culture description the central of this project is to implement specific strategies of sustainable tourism development that allow a better insertion of local populations in tourism development comparably local managerial and academic actors will be looked for who can learn one from another from the execution experiences of the project beneficiaries bhutan the communities and the tourism industry from the zhemgang dzongkhag costa rica asociación cultural ambiental y turística los chiles asociación de mujeres de san antonio amsa asociación ulima de caño negro asociación de guías y transportistas acuaticas de caño negro real tours fundación sostenbilbe para el desarrollo de vida silvestre de caño negro funcane asociación de mujeres productoras de mariposas asociación lhajarra jutu asociación comité de mujeres indígenas and asociación indígena kabekwa de costa rica indicators ü 2 experiences exchange events ü 3 marketing tools developed to access the sustainable tourism market ü new touristic infraestructure ü website for promotion www.gosustainabletourism ü 229 direct beneficiaries ü 144 people participating in productive activities ü 25 people trained ü 13 trained on entrepreneurial and managerial skills ü 165 beneficed families ü 5 indigenous trained ü 13 local administrators trained in sustainable tourism reciprocity of the project the participants from bhutan as well as the ones from costa rica want to apply sustainable tourism development strategies that will allow the better positioning of local social groups in social vulnerability situation for example costa rica shares with bhutan the experience in sustainable tourisms this could help zhemgang dzongkhag as a new zone for this kind of activity results/progress · local communities are benefit because of the generation of additional incomes by the tourism that complements their normal subsistence mutual learning of certain costa rican and bhutan touristic aspects · conservat ion of the environment and the preservation of the culture and the economical and social development ·

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program south-south cooperation­ bhutan benin costa rica project of education socio-economical and socio professional insertion of young people in social risk in costa rica and benin 09-b-08 project overview · · lead organization asociación ciudad hogar calasanz partners 1 ciudad hogar calasanz costa rica 2 grad fb benín objective the integral socio-professional and technical insertion of young people specially girls in social risk and poverty conditions to the work force and productive chain of each country in allada benin and hogar calasanz de san jose costa rica it also aims to create conditions of a real participation of populations by giving them subsequent skills likely to assure themselves to handle their development and consequently the development of their locality of existence is a peculiar and fundamental ambition of this project description a rescue center and productive project for each center is being established hydroponics in costa rica and weaving and sewing center at benin where the young boys and girls will be studying being taken care and trained at the same time to teach them an occupation beneficiaries young boys and girls in social risk of costa rica and benin reciprocity of the project the problems of young boys and girls in general are about the same from one country to another costa rica supports benin in the concept of a center as hogar calasanz not only in growing hydroponic vegetables but in other occupations as mechanics computers bakery etc specifically costa rica can transfer knowledge to benin in production techniques environmental care packaging and commercialization and help teaching people in this method of food production for their own consumption and to sell the projects also intend to impact in each locality by their diffusion and promotion of similar experiences to other teenagers in similar conditions · the unemployment and promotes the national economy in the case of benin the development of profitable activities as weaving and sewing allows the local economy to take a real growth gender equity integration and fully participation of women indicators results/progress · environmental in costa rica the permits to build the project respecting the environment are granted in benin a solar system to provide clean energy to the project is going to be installed social o basic education to young girls and boys o effective learning and education o insertion in the work force o establishment of micro enterprises o promotion of culture and the reinforcement of the self esteem of the teenagers economic training of the teenagers helps to reduce ü 30 direct beneficiaries ü 28 people trained in sustainable technologist ü 62 teenagers on social risk trained in technical skills and entrepreneurship ü 25 teenagers alphabetized ü 7 governmental organizations beneficiated ü 3 private organizations beneficiated ü 6 ngos beneficiated ü 94 communities beneficiated/participating in the project ü 4470 beneficiated families ü 10 international experiences exchange events · ·

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program south-south cooperation­ bhutan benin costa rica strategy for development of a technological package for organic pineapple production in costa rica and benin ntfp 03-b-07 project overview · lead organization acicafoc asociación coordinadora indígena y campesina de agroforesteria comunitaria centroamericana partners inrab institut national des recherches agricoles du benin · social the reduction in the use of chemical pesticides impacts directly in the quality of life of the workers and their families through a reduction of intoxication economic the increase of family income achieved through better profits for the sale of a product with a differentiated price in the markets · · reciprocity of the project small farmers of benin and costa rica are implementing an agricultural technological package for producing organic pineapple developed in costa rica costa rican technicians are training and monitoring the implementation of the technology acicafoc and inrab are working on the commercialization of the pineapple produced objective develop and validate a methodology for organic pineapple production and put it for the implementation and use of small producers of costa rica and benin in order to produce in a rentable and environmentally friendly way and at the same time have access to good market prices and improve their economic and social status description the project consists of the generation and promotion of the use of small producers of a technological package for organic pineapple production adapted to costa rican and benin conditions beneficiaries small producers of pineapple from costa rica and benin indicators ü 15 producers with increased incomes by sustainable production systems ü 15 farmers converted to organic production ü 15 producers with organic certification ü 15 producers marketing sustainability products ü 37 direct beneficiaries ü 16 people trained in sustainable technologies ü 15 small producers/farmer beneficiated by the projects ü 15 small producers/farmers trained ü 12 families that improved their annual incomes ü 2 new products/services exported ü 15 beneficed families results/progress · environmental o efficient use of the available resources o elimination of chemical pesticides this action impacts positively the biological stability of the ecosystems increasing the life span with the corresponding benefit for the farmers.

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program south-south cooperation­ bhutan benin costa rica bhutan costa rica cooperation on development of organic soap 20-b-08 project overview · · lead organization bio bhutan bhutan partners 1 central american indigenous and peasant coordination association for community agroforestry acicafoc conservación y manejo de los recursos forestales ascomafor asociación de mujeres de quebrada grande and asociación de productores agropecuario de los Ángeles addition to natural products through the development of new products herbal soaps indicators ü 41 direct beneficiaries ü 39 people participating in productive activities ü 18 people trained ü 39 small producers/farmers beneficiated by the projects ü 18 small producers/farmers trained ü 18 farmers trained on organic cultivation ü 15 people trained on agricultural techniques ü 15 trained on business management ü 5 communities beneficiated/participating in the project ü 4.2 hectares used for organic production ü 39 beneficed families objective value addition to natural resources through product development and marketing in bhutan and costa rica description a rescue center and productive project for each center is being established hydroponics in costa rica and weaving and sewing center at benin where the young boys and girls will be studying being taken care and trained at the same time to teach them an occupation beneficiaries reciprocity of the project costa rica is learning from the experience of bio-bhutan in marketing results/progress · environmental no industrial fertilizers and pesticides are used social sale of new products have a direct social impact on communal groups in bhutan and costa rica economic direct impact on the cash income of participating community groups in bhutan and costa rica through premium prices paid for organic certified raw material and the value · farmers of the lemon grass cooperative bepam lemon grass management committee blgmc phuensum community forestry management group pscfmg asomag asociación de productores la amistad-biolley asociación para la ·

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program south-south cooperation­ bhutan benin costa rica sustainable native costa rica and bhutan handicrafts production and commercialization 24-b-08 project overview lead organization puni gakhil handicrafts bhutan · partners 1 rse consultores s.a costa rica objective enhance a sustainable income activity for the under privileged group of the society in bhutan and costa rica by building a common capacity for sustainable handcrafts production and commercialization using the collective expertise and funding from the programme for south-south cooperation description the project proposal aims to promote the rich traditional arts and crafts and use that as a means to generate sustainable income for unprivileged people in costa rica and bhutan · a web site was created to commercialize by e-commerce handicraft from costa rica and bhutan costa rica professionals are supporting bhutanese artisans on marketing and commercialization costa rica is designing and will implement handicrafts courses following the model of the institute for zorig chusum results/progress · environmental o two villages reduced the hazards created from non degradable wastes as we propose to introduce casting activities and recycle wastes like empty beer canes o replacement strategy adapted by all the artisans of the project for usage of raw materials social o support to existent handcraft micro enterprises o income on product sales o enhance of local production economic o activation of local economy o generation of local enterprises o impact on the generation of indirect employment o activation of specialized tourism indicators ü 140 direct beneficiaries ü 5 community based organizations benefited ü 5 communities benefited/participating in the project ü 3 technologies transferred between participant countries ü 33 people trained in sustainable technologies ü 33 indigenous trained ü 16 new technologies or products of sustainable production developed ü 8 activities organized with gender equity principles · beneficiaries 900 artisans from bhutan and costa rica the process will also impact other social groups like crafts associations ngos and traders reciprocity of the project pgh bhutan is supporting costa rica artisans on training of quality standards and techniques both countries are developing a handicraft with design from costa rica and bhutan both together ·

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program south-south cooperation­ bhutan benin costa rica national institute of innovation and agriculture transference technology inta department of transference and information technology tit in costa rica 05-b-07 project overview lead organization national institute of innovation and agriculture transference technology inta department of transference and information technology tit in costa rica · partners 1 the information and communication services ics of the ministry of agriculture in bhutan objective to contribute with the competitiveness of the farming chains production developing local capacities on knowledge management for the technological interchange between costa rica and bhutan · technological options in both countries for the sustainable of the processes beyond the project beneficiaries costa rica leader farmers member of asociación progresista de productores de la argentina aspproa asociación de gestores locales del caribe asociación de productoras y productores de asentamientos unidos asociación de productores y productoras agroecológica e industrial del caribe agroeco asociación de productores de leche de cuatro esquinas aprolece and fundación para el desarrollo sostenible de osa bhutan researchers and extension agents from the rnr information and communication services ministry of agriculture in bhutan ministry for environment ministry for agriculture ministry for economy systems researchers and extension agents that was been implemented in bhutan a common interest in use the ict and communication to support the technology transfer the platforms vercon from bhutan and platicar from costa rica have are sharing information of technologies indicators ü 40 people alphabetized ü 55 producers applying new technologies ü 338 direct beneficiaries ü 205 people trained in sustainable technologies ü 215 small producers/farmer beneficiated by the projects ü 100 small producers/farmers trained ü 28 communities beneficiated/participating in the project ü 8 new products and 4 new services ü 35 families that improved their annual incomes ü 10 new hectares used for organic production ü 58 women involved in decision making ü 4 governmental organizations beneficiated description promote friendly and sustainable technologies methodologies that induce to a change in the productive capacities and skills using knowledge management and adapt the platforms vercon-bhutan and platicar-costa rica to support the processes and the interchange of technologies it is necessary to built local capacities in leader farmers extension agents and researchers in those methodologies and reciprocity of the project costa rica and bhutan are sharing knowledge on sustainable agricultural technologies costa rican experts are training bhutanese farmers on good practices that are implemented in costa rica for instance biodigesters grass silos both countries have developed friendly environment technologies that can be used each other and also communication and information methodologies as the interaction

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program south-south cooperation­ bhutan benin costa rica results/progress · environmental o the project changes the harmful practices to the environment and gets the knowledge about friendly environment technologies o adoption of soil conservation practices o lower contamination by agricultural and livestock · · residues through the manufacturing of organic manures and biogas o less use of synthetic plaguicides and fungicide social o less contact with dangerous chemicals o better life quality health and social stability economic o bonus prices for the organic products and access to specialized and emergent markets as the gourmet or certified green products o reduction of the production cost project for support to sustainable management and biodiversity conservation of the mangrove of gagba channel in benin 06-p-07 project overview · lead organization eco-ecolo be problems observed in the surroundings and will facilitate the development of similar initiatives along the gbaga channel for the resolution of the great evils which undermine the conservation of the resources in the environment less migratory movements of the communities o improvement of the living conditions of the local populations environmental o mangrove rehabilitation o habitat restoration o objective to contribute to the sustainable management and the conservation of biological resources of mangrove through the participation of local communities in the base and the reduction of poverty · beneficiaries riparian population of the channel of gagba results/progress · · economic management and the conservation of biological resources of mangrove social o cohesion within the communities description the present initiative will answer the national strategic orientation aiming at the promotion of a regional planning which ensures the regional development and the rational management of the environment this project will bring a local response to the various current indicators ü more than 700 persons have been sensitizing ü nursery are installed in the 10 villages and schools involved ü more than 230.000 seedlings of mangroves are planted ü 9 environment clubs has been created and 636 pupil and teachers are involved in the project ü more than 150 persons have been trained on nursery installation

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program south-south cooperation­ bhutan benin costa rica project for support to sustainable management and biodiversity conservation of the mangrove of gagba channel in benin and the dulce gulf in the osa conservation area of costa rica 06-p2-07 project overview lead organization eco-ecolo be · partners 1 fundación neotropica cr objective to contribute to the sustainable management and the conservation of biological resources of mangrove and lagoon ecosystems through the participation of local communities and the reduction of poverty description this project will bring a local response to the various current problems observed in the selected · areas and will facilitate the development of similar initiatives along the gbaga channel and the communities in acosa osa biological corridor-golfo dulce forest reserve costa rica beneficiaries costa rica the communities of the inner part of the dulce gulf in acosa close to the mangrove ecosystems along the osa biological corridor benin the bordering communities of the gbaga channel men and women the local authorities and young people groups in ten villages reciprocity of the project costa rica is replicating the strategy implemented in benin they are working on reforestation and sustainable management of the mangroves cr is sharing the knowledge and the strategy in order to maximize the uss of human and material resources results/progress · · economic the project contributes to the sustainable management and the conservation of biological resources of mangrove and lagoon ecosystems through the participation of local communities and the reduction of poverty social o cohesion within the communities o less migratory movements of the communities o improvement of the living conditions of the local populations environmental o mangrove rehabilitation o installation of vegetative cover · indicators ü 17 direct beneficiaries ü 3 community organizations benefited ü 17 of people trained based strengthening of the value chain for traditional and non-traditional agriculture and agro-industrial products 32-b-08 project overview · · lead organization bhutan agro industries limited bh partners centre international pour la promotion de la gouvernance environnementale et forestière ngo cipgef benin contribute to small farmers sustainability and to the maintenance of biodiversity by strengthening the value chain of alternative and traditional agriculture and agroindustrial products description this project aims to contribute to bhutanese and beninese small farmers sustainability by strengthening and consolidation the value chain of alternative and traditional agriculture and agroindustry mainly by the installation of processing plant factories or specialized equipment beneficiaries small farmers the farmers associations and the implementing organizations reciprocity of the project objective:

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program south-south cooperation­ bhutan benin costa rica indicators ü buildings and the machines for the transformation of cassava tomato and orange are installed and are in service in the respective townships of benin and bhutan ü more than 200 women from 72 communities had been beneficiated with jobs food and trainings ü 3 farmers associations from bhutan attended 2 trade fairs on food processing and packaging technology in mumbai and bangalore ü production sale and marketing of their own private label products ü 430 direct beneficiaries ü 230 small producers/farmer beneficiated by the projects diversification of income more small farmers are linked to commercialization channels to distribute their products consumers have access to better and healthier products the project intends to results/progress · environmental o positive impact on biodiversity and ecological conditions at rural areas o positive operation performance at bhutan due to reduced waste generation caused currently by loses of agricultural products being wasted due to inadequate storing systems to preserve these materials o positive impact on local environment social/economic o small farmers benefit from the volume and jointly explore and analyze the situation and opportunities of the countries agriculture sector specifically those aspects related to the production of traditional and non-traditionally traded products promote the creation development and introduction into the market of innovative products and the use of novel food processing procedures and technologies defined through interchanges of ideas and experiences between the countries together define best strategies and work plans to operate the processing plant and develop the value chain o bhutan shares his knowledge on how to involve the community in tourism activities · o promotion of sustainable cultural tourism in benin and bhutan through choir music and folk music 27-b-08 project overview · lead organization bhutan tgmi partners association choeur d enfants benin objective · the ultimate objective of the project is to preserve and propagate the folk songs dances and music tradition of bhutan and the choir music tradition of benin as viable and vibrant tourism

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program south-south cooperation­ bhutan benin costa rica products to promote sustainable tourism description there is tremendous potential in bhutan and benin to preserve protect and utilize the unique folk song and choir music traditions of the two countries as new tourism products this project therefore primarily aims and is implemented to undertakeresearch into the folk songs and choir music traditions to establish the current situation and future potential to undertake documentation and archiving for future use and reference and ultimately to promote these two song and music traditions as vibrant and living cultural assets and tourism products by doing this the travel and tourism sectors in the two countries will reap huge rewards and benefits since it will make the cultural tourism services and products more diverse vibrant and sustainable beneficiaries bhutan the ministry of home and cultural affairs mohca royal academy of performing arts rapa royal university of bhutan rub indicators ü seminar on beninese choir music and experience sharing with bhutanese artists by artists from benin ü theatre training for tntg artists and performance of galem gi lu ü production of brochures ü finalization of studio equipment purchase institute for language and cultural studies ilcs tourism council of bhutan association of bhutanese tour operators ministry of economic affairs ministry of education bhutan chamber of commerce and industry bcci centre for bhutan studies cbs rural folk singers and musicians private folk music performance companies and people of bhutan benin pupils and their masters the village communities who welcome the events the choirs and the set of choirs dispatched on the national territory participating in the project beninese federation of choir music fbmc the artistic wholes and the craftsmen manufacturers of music instruments singers in choir the directors of festivals and the teachers of music dance and storytellers workers in hotels restaurants and carriers benin chamber of commerce and industry ccib the national tv and radio stations of benin reciprocity of the project tgmi and ceb explore the common interests and problems and work towards fostering and sharing experiences knowledge and ideas cultural exchange between the two partner countries results/progress · environmental o through the positive messages in the folk songs and music more people learned to appreciate the value of the environment and to respect it o a greenery theatre in cotonou social/economic economic impact for those who are engaged in the creation and production of folk songs in bhutan and choir music in benin ·

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program south-south cooperation­ bhutan benin costa rica community based sustainable tourism in phobjikha 12-p-07 project overview lead organization royal society for protection of nature objective phobjika valley as a model community-based sustainable tourism destination contributes to conservation of the natural environment the protection of the crane habitat conservation of culture and at the same time contributes to socio-economic benefits for communities in the valley beneficiaries · communities from four blocks gewogs in phobjikha under wangdiphodrang district communities from wamrong and kangpara under trashigang district · communities the components of the program broadly focus on tourism-related nature and culture conservation activities institutional development capacity strengthening and marketing indicators ü seminar on beninese choir music and experience sharing with bhutanese artists by artists from benin ü theatre training for tntg artists and performance of galem gi lu ü production of brochures ü finalization of studio equipment purchase ü two resting sheds and a viewing point installed and used by the visitors ü 15 communities benefiting from sustainable tourism incomes ü 18 communities that improved the touristic infrastructure and management ü 500 marketing tools developed to access the target sustainable tourism market ü 11 new sustainable touristic products community participation for income generation · social promotion of local art and culture · description the project strives to integrate conservation and development objectives by developing environmentally viable tourism activities that bring maximum benefit to the poorer section of the local results/progress · environmental this project introduces sustainable tourism product development and infrastructure through development of royal botanical park at dochula zone 14-p-07 project overview lead organization royal society for protection of nature objective · contribute to the conservation of the natural environment live gene bank for native rhododendron rare and endemic plants protection of catchments and habitat of many endangered wildlife species cultural heritage and simultaneously contribute to the economic benefits for the local people description:

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