Tourism

Siena and the GSTC

  • 2022

Siena has become the first Italian city to obtain the GSTC certification for sustainable tourism. In this context, Etifor accompanied the Tuscan city in the achievement of the GSTC certification.

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The Tuscan city has become the first one in Italy to be certified for sustainable tourism.

WEAL Project – Wellbeing and Ecosystem service for Agriculture in Lombardy

  • 2022

The WEAL project will involve the territories of 3 GALs with the aim to improve the health and wellbeing of rural and urban population through Green Care.

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Ecosystem services for health, wellbeing, and the valorisation of rural areas.

Social innovation

  • 2021
  • Social innovation
  • Local development
  • 2021
  • B.Sless; C.Burlando; E.Pisani; L.Secco; N.Polman

This paper explores the contested concept of social innovation by using the ideas of discourse and framing as a lens to explore the contested definitions of social innovation.

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A preliminary exploration of a contested concept

Webinar for GSTC Members Sustainable tourism approaches to tackle the climate crisis

  • 18.11.20

On Wednesday 18th November, at 18 o’clock (Rome Time), our team will present the webinar titled “Sustainable tourism approaches to tackle the climate crisis: examples from destinations in Italy”during which Catie Burlando and Federico Pinato of Etifor will share insights and lesson learned from their work with two tourist destinations in Italy: Valsugana-Lagorai (a certified sustainable destination to the GSTC Criteria) and Alta Badia.

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With more frequent and more severe extreme events, the consequences of the climate crisis are affecting people and businesses alike and the touristic sector, in Italy, has not been spared by the fury of such events: in October 2018, Vaia storm destroyed thousands of hectares of forests of the most famous mountain touristic

Intermediary organisations in collaborative environmental governance

  • 2020

This study makes an exploratory analysis of the EU-funded LIFE sub-programme for the Environment and its priority area Environment and Resource Efficiency focused on the role of networks and in particular of intermediary organizations by using Social Network Analysis.

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An exploratory analysis of the LIFE sub-programme for the Environment by using Social Network Analysis

SIMRA’s final Policy Brief How can Policy help bring about Social Innovation in Rural Areas?

  • 2020

GSTC2019 Conference Navigating the Way Forward in Sustainable Tourism

  • 4-7th.12

Etifor will be one of the speakers at the GSTC2019 Global Conference which will bring together international and domestic tourism stakeholders involved in the development and promotion of sustainable tourism; including public sector, hotels, tour operators, academia, development agencies, NGOs, consultants, and more.

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GSTC2019 REGISTER NOW   Etifor will be one of the speakers at the GSTC2019 Global Conference which will bring together international and domestic tourism stakeholders involved in the development and promotion of sustainable tourism.   MAIN THEMES Smart & Sustainable Destination Management Market Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Products Is Tourism Responding to Climate Change?

Montagna Viva

  • 2019 2020

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