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COPPERATION ON WORLD HERITAGE AND SUSTAINABLE

TOURISM

Draft action plan How to take this cooperation forward

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Step 1

• Norwegian side to contact Egypt for their signature on the agreement

• Norwegian side to contact Egypt to discuss a dedicated contact person from Egypt

• Norwegian side to present an action plan• China to prepare a draft about a web site and a

joint magazine – to be presented to the Egyptian side at a meeting with Norwegian representatives in June 2007.

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Step 2

• Norwegian side to close an intermediate stage and ask World Heritage Council for West Norway Fjordlandscape to act as a Norwegian partner

• China to start act as a coordinator for the three-sided cooperation

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Step 3

• Start up seminar?• Optional start with 2 – 3 action points

       Web site

       Magazine

       Exhibitions

 • International meeting with relevant partners

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ACTION PLAN

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Research program including student exchanges

       Identify relevant ongoing research programmes        Identify relevant studies on sustainable tourism

and protection of heritage (Norway – Nordic World Heritage Foundation – student course)

       Establishing criteria for sustainable tourism – Western Norway research Institute – incl National geographic – Geotourism – IT platform

       Symposium on sustainable tourism and heritage protection

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Managing the heritage

       China has established three centres for management and research on sustainable tourism development - www.nwhf.no

       Exchange programmes on best practice

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Business development

• Training courses

• Marketing

• Common branding

• Etc

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Knowledge platform

       Present the heritage based on dynamic maps

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Publishing

• Articles

• Magazines

• Books

• DVDs

• Etc

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Art programme

       Art and photo-exhibition

       Artists in residence

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Funding

Must be explored and decided in each country

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Principles for cooperation

       The follow-up process from eachpartner

       Who are the local (sub) partners        National involvement – how, who,

when, etc, etc