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Tribal Tourism, Volksgruppen, Archaische Lebensweisen, "konnten sich viel von ihrer Ursprünglichkeit bewahren", weitgehend unberührt von den Einflüssen der modernen/westlichen Lebensweise, traditionelle Gesellschaft, Wirtschaftsfaktor Ethnizität im Tourismus, etc.

 The Sahara of Cultures and Peoples: UNESCO Culture Sector.

In the context of combatting poverty (Millenium Development Goals), the objective of the project "The Sahara of Cultures and Peoples is to assist the member states of the Sahara in the elaboration and implementation, especially by lessons learned from field pilot projects, of strategies for sustainable development and the fight against poverty, based on the protection and enhancement of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage and Natural Heritage.

The Saharan States concerned are: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tnisia.

Following the Millennium Declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2000, all agencies of the United Nations system are required to contribute as a priority to the struggle against poverty and extreme poverty. In this context, UNESCO's General Conference, at its 31st session (November 2001), adopted the intersectoral project "The Sahara of cultures and people".

The project falls also in line with the follow-up of the World Summit on Eco-Tourism held in Quebec, Canada (19-22 May 2002), of the Rio+10 Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg, South Africa (26 August - 4 September 2002), of the WTO global code of ethics on tourism and of the Plan of action of the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity

As a crosscutting activity, tourism can be a real tool in sustainable development and struggle against poverty , in particular in the Sahara which is a desertic ecosystem, characterized by a rich cultural, human and natural wealth, and great fragility.

Issues addressed:
Strengthening of capacity-building for local actors;
Safeguarding and enhancement of heritage for the benefit of populations in situations of poverty;
Promotion of the cultures and civilization of the Sahara;
Improvement of the conditions of preservation of the Saharan ecosystems;
Support for responsible tourism policies;

Promotion of the local participatory governance and the strengthening of partnerships at the local, national and international level (Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PRSP), United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), Islamic Educational , Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).
Fiche 21 on Cultural Tourism (pdf)
Powerpoint presentation of the project (in French)
 

Projects
 

Roads of the Ksour - UNESCO / UNDP
The pilot project "The Ksour Route" is part of the 2003-2004 action plan of the UNESCO intersectoral project "The Sahara of Cultures and Peoples", adopted at the Ghardaïa International Workshop (Algeria, 19-21 April 2003). More...

 Atelier de formation et de sensibilisation - UNESCO
« Le tourisme culturel et son rôle dans la lutte contre la pauvreté » More...

 The Imzad Hearers - Amitié Franco-Touarègue / Croq'Nature / ADDS
This project involves creating a cultural tourism circuit, training girls to play the traditional musical instrument known as the Imzad, and promoting the Tuareg intangible oral heritage as a type of local development. More...

 Save the Imzad - UNESCO
The main aim of the « Save the Imzad » Association is to contribute to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the Hoggar by campaigning for the preservation of the authenticity of the imzad as a form of cultural and personal expression. More...

 Essayoutti heritage house in Timbuktu - UNESCO
The present restoration project for the Essayoutti heritage house in Timbuktu is part of the city’s global programme for the eradication of poverty by means of activities for the conservation and preservation of the Sahara’s cultural and natural heritage. More...

 Cultural and Tourist Development of Drâa Valley - UNESCO
This project is part of the transversal programme “The Sahara of Cultures and Peoples”. It is intended to make an analysis of the present state of traditional songs and dances in the Drâa Valley so as to protect, promote and integrate them more satisfactorily into tourist activities, thereby improving the standard of living of the concerned local populations. More...

Towards a strategy for the sustainable development of tourism in the sahara 
 
Download the pdf document 

The tourist resource of the Sahara which is of interest in this project, i.e. its cultural and natural heritage, possesses the double characteristic of not being "displacable" and to be currently very much in demand in the context of a global increase in quality tourism and cultural discoveries. In this context, the resource can be sufficiently appreciated and help the development of the countries in question. 

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http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=10403&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

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