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Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2210

eval_title:

Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) - Final Evaluation

location:

region:

Asia and the Pacific

country:

Sri Lanka

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eval_url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2210

lessons_learned:

description:

A sustainable tourism initiative requires commitment and active participation of all stakeholders involved and it becomes successful if led by the private sector in a transparent manner. The tourism sector involves a large variety of actors and it is one of few sectors with complex value chain requiring effective backward and forward linkages, ranging from production of goods and services to marketing and consumer satisfaction. The project required and engaged with a different type of actors, including fruit growers, three-wheel auto operators, food and beverage services, travel agents and market promotion. The project promoted interests in different stakeholder groups including private sector but could have benefitted from a more coordinated approach. The initiative taken up by Panama-based Community Based Tourism Association has potential to achieve if different activities are coordinated in tourism value chain.

context:

Unorganized and uncoordinated tourism initiatives at a much smaller scale.

success:

Interest and willingness of private sector actors in institutionalizing and strengthening sustainable tourism in rural communities.

challenges:

Conflicting interests and less coordinated approach, low institutional capacity and vulnerable beneficiary groups.

administrative_issues:

The Early departure of the National Project Manager which caused vacuum for a while before assigning management responsibility to LEED National Project Coordinator and reassignment of one of the LEED staff to Ampara for LED project coordination.

comments:

Tourism based service providers, Local beneficiaries including women, tour operators, DFAT Australia, and ILO CO Skills team

url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/210301

themes:

theme:

Tourism

category:

Sector

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