Project: MoU Banc d’Arguin Mauretania Activities Goals/Milestones Partners Results Timeline Implementation action plan - joint outreach projects such as leaflets, brochures, web linkage - joint strategies for capacity building and participation - participation in international scientific and management workshops Strengthen exchange between Wadden Sea and BdA. Enhance communication and awareness. UNESCO, TG-MM, WSFI NGOs, science, education Communication activities. Strategy for capacity building No. of international events with joint participation. 2016 - 2018 Participation in WH Sustainable Tourism Joint presentation at the ITB in Berlin with several events (panel discussion, presentations) (see also Work Them 4 Sustainable Tourism), done in 2016 abd 2017. Participation in UNESCO events on sustainable tourism. 1.4 Management and control of invasive alien species Result: Better insight, awareness, control and management of alien species Activities: Develop a trilateral species management and action plan. Strategic Partners: Ministerie I&M, NL, Ministerie EZ – NVWA, NL, Nationalpark SH, Nationalpark Nds, BSH, Ministry of Environment - Nature Agency, DK. Project: Alien Species Activities Goals/Milestones Partners Results Timeline Development of Wadden Sea specific list of species, including relevant features such as main transport vector, potential invasiveness, current status in the Wadden Sea A draft trilateral Wadden Sea alien species monitoring and assessment programme. A trilateral alien species Management and Action plan, to be submitted to the 2018 Wadden Sea Conference TG-MM NGOs, science, education Better insight, awareness, control and management of alien species in the Wadden Sea WH. 2016 - 2018 Work 2: Establish, extend and manage the World Heritage Brand Making stakeholders understand and appreciate the OUV and its significance in a local, national and international context. Developing a strong brand as a prerequisite for all WH communication and stakeholder cooperation, in particular in a socio-economic context.
Project: Heritage Education (WWF) Activities Partners Results Timeline Development, translation, production and distribution of environmental education and awareness material. ‘Annual IWSS workshop. Engage more education partners, new WH education material. IWSS network, NGOs, science, education WH material. No. of partners, No. of persons reached with WH education Dec 2016 – 2018* * WSB 2017 to decide on IWSS content and budget for 2017 and 2018. 3.2. WH communication Result: A broad, consistent and high-quality pool of WH info material for various target audiences and multipliers. Activities: Develop, communicate and distribute WH information and awareness material for various target audiences, including the use of innovative (ongoing). Strategic partners: Municipalities, tourism sector, publishers and media, nature NGOs, information centres, Project: WH communication and marketing Activities Goals/Milestones Partners Results Timeline Re-launch WH Website WH website with experience sector in 4 languages, in preparation with CWSS website) TG-WH, NGOs, science, education WH website 2017 Extension WH communication of social WH social media concept (long term) WH social media concept 2016 - 2018 WH communication and awareness WH information and awareness material: WH leaflet and exhibition, PR material (e.g. pins, poster, sticker), re-launch video, WH brochure, design of local WH info columns Updated material, new WH material, PR material 2016 - 2018 WH Branding Developing WH brand strategy: Brand communication workshops (internal partners, sectors, brand manual) WH Brand Management Manual 2017 Work Theme 4 Develop and advance sustainable tourism The tourism strategy is the framework for all relevant partners for sustainable tourism development in accordance with the request of the Wold Heritage Committee, and was endorsed in 2014. An action plan sets out the specific activities to implement the strategy.
Activities Goals/Milestones Partners Results Timeline Coordination group to contact researchers for preparing proposals for single themes for the trilateral research agenda. Definition research themes and clusters. Discussion at ISWSS in DK in May 2017. Proposal to TGC 2018 TG-MM Trilateral research coordination group Research institutions Education NGOs Research Agenda Enhanced cooperation with the science sector on trilateral themes. 2016 - 2018