We are celebrating a milestone in the development of the Warrior Nomad Trail with a workshop attended by 35 key-tourism stakeholders from Uganda’s Karamoja region.
The meeting was aimed at fostering sustainable coordination of the regional tourism sector with the Warrior Nomad Trail at the centre.
The participants shared their input and ideas on the further development of the tourist trail and the sector at large. The formalisation of the regional tourism hospitality sector into one association was the most important action point and will be actioned upon during the next meeting in November.
Karamoja Tourism Coordination Platform
The third edition of the Karamoja Tourism Development Coordination Platform (KTDP) meeting, took place on 28th of July 2022 in Moroto. The purpose of the platform is to strengthen coordination, promotion, and preservation of tourism ecosystem services relevant for job skills creation while ensuring continuous benefits to locals and economies.
The initiative is spearheaded by Support to the Implementation of Skilling Uganda (SSU) implemented by the Belgian Development Agency (Enabel) Uganda, District Local government authorities and chaired by the Kara-Tunga Foundation, Karamoja Tourism Academy and supported by EyeOpenerWorks and Ukarimu Academy.
The structure plays coordination and governance roles in line with Uganda national tourism policy.
The participants
Private sector tourism and hospitality players, Wardens of Conservation Areas managed by Uganda Wildlife Authority, Management of Protected Areas of National Forestry Authority, Local government Tourism Officers of all 9 districts and the Chairpersons of the 3 Community Conservation Areas.
The official programme
Introduction
Opening remarks (Enabel, Karamoja)
Reflection on action points from previous meeting (Kara-Tunga)
Presentation by UKARIMU on the recently launched skilling project of 75 youth from Karamoja in Tourism and Hospitality.
Presentation of Warrior Nomad Trail Initiative, Vehicle for regional tourism development
Group work to answer the following questions:
What’s needed for the success of the trail?
How do the stakeholders want to be involved?
What would be the most ideal organisational structure?
What commitment can the stakeholders make towards the initiative?
Sustain the district-led platforms established for more coordination partnership collaboration and sharing knowledge and information.
Mapping of all tourism operators in the region, formalize with acquiring of permits and other requirements from authorities. Engage with District Local Government, Uganda Wildlife Authority, National Forest Authority, Uganda Tourism Board and other established mechanisms.
Participate in community awareness activities, sensitisation, capacity building and skilling the youth to labor market demanded skills in tourism.
Using the identified opportunities, tap into the required labor for the tourism sector in the region by equipping the youth with relevant and demanded skills.
Update: Karamoja takes the crown for Miss Tourism Uganda! (Read the article) One of our objectives is to preserve Karimojong Cultural Heritage through tourism and in collaboration with likeminded organisations. Therefore we partnered up with Miss Tourism Karamoja to contribute in enhancing the knowledge on culture of our future tourism ambassadors.
Launch Assessment Training Package Uganda Tourist Guides by Uganda government Directorate of Industrial Training where a team of Kara-Tunga tour guides have been proudly part of developing.
Cattle Auction Markets in Karamoja – This short video explains the importance of livestock marketing in Karamoja, recent trends in market activity, and how Karamoja is acting as a regional hub for livestock trade to other parts of Uganda, as well as Kenya and South Sudan.
3rd Karamoja Tourism Coordination Platform
We are celebrating a milestone in the development of the Warrior Nomad Trail with a workshop attended by 35 key-tourism stakeholders from Uganda’s Karamoja region.
The meeting was aimed at fostering sustainable coordination of the regional tourism sector with the Warrior Nomad Trail at the centre.
The participants shared their input and ideas on the further development of the tourist trail and the sector at large. The formalisation of the regional tourism hospitality sector into one association was the most important action point and will be actioned upon during the next meeting in November.
Karamoja Tourism Coordination Platform
The third edition of the Karamoja Tourism Development Coordination Platform (KTDP) meeting, took place on 28th of July 2022 in Moroto. The purpose of the platform is to strengthen coordination, promotion, and preservation of tourism ecosystem services relevant for job skills creation while ensuring continuous benefits to locals and economies.
The initiative is spearheaded by Support to the Implementation of Skilling Uganda (SSU) implemented by the Belgian Development Agency (Enabel) Uganda, District Local government authorities and chaired by the Kara-Tunga Foundation, Karamoja Tourism Academy and supported by EyeOpenerWorks and Ukarimu Academy.
The structure plays coordination and governance roles in line with Uganda national tourism policy.
The participants
Private sector tourism and hospitality players, Wardens of Conservation Areas managed by Uganda Wildlife Authority, Management of Protected Areas of National Forestry Authority, Local government Tourism Officers of all 9 districts and the Chairpersons of the 3 Community Conservation Areas.
The official programme
Reflection on action points from previous meeting
Read the article about the 2nd Karamoja Tourism Coordination Platform.
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