11/10/2025
11:00 - 12:00
Exhibition booth 320
, Morning
Sesión con interpretación
Por qué asistir
Hear practical lessons from a 4+ year GEF-backed effort strengthening nature-based tourism across 11 African countries. Learn how communities and SMEs secured funding, improved governance, and built resilience—and explore concrete next steps to mobilize finance beyond donor reliance.
Descripción de la sesión
Funded by the GEF in response to COVID-19, the African Nature-Based Tourism Platform partnered with communities and SMEs across 11 countries in eastern and southern Africa to build long‑term sector resilience. Using a bottom‑up approach, the Platform documented pandemic impacts, facilitated learning and knowledge exchange, mobilized funding with local actors, and, with NGOs, strengthened organizational capacity and local governance. This session brings together partners from Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique to share key achievements: business planning and investment support for Kenya’s community conservancies; funding mobilization for Tanzania’s wildlife management areas; and organizational development with Mozambican partners. Looking ahead, speakers will outline priorities for sustaining impact as the project concludes—continuing to mobilize resources for on‑the‑ground implementation and expanding access to finance so communities can reduce reliance on donor funding. Join us to discuss what worked, what didn’t, and how to scale resilient nature-based tourism.Organized by
GEF
Asociaciones
World Wildlife Fund - US ( United States of America )