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Going Green: 12 steps from research to market place

Tourism2030 means to contribute to the global Sustainable Development Goals by making your Destination with all tourism businesses sustainable and raising the competitiveness of the tourism offer. The Tourism2030 - Going Green tools and services help to engage the stakeholders and businesses in the destination, to continuously expand the sustainable tourism offer and to support the market access and competitiveness of tourism with green proofs.

See what there is and make it part of your work!

11)Tourism2030 Countdown	12)ECOTRANS Expert Support	1) TRIANGLE Knowledge Alliance	2)Knowledge Base Topics
10)Travel Green Europe App			3)Tourism2030 Driver Test
9)Green Travel mapping			4)Stakeholders mapping
8)Certification Quickfinder	7)Good Practice Browser	6)Internship programme	5)Certification Course

Tips to use the Going Green Tools & Services

The order of the steps is just a recommendation. Altogether they help to know and use what there already is, to learn and raise your skills, to involve your stakeholders, to contact experts for research, training and innovation when needed, to support your green businesses and services in getting more international visibility and market access.
1)Knowledge Base Topics	The 10 Knowledge Base Topics are giving you access to helpful contacts, courses, tools and resources, news and events, good practice examples for your topic of interest. Click through the 10 topics and see the role of destinations in making tourism more sustainable. Natural Heritage & Biodiversity: use the "Tourism & Biodiversity Knowledge Pool" with the checklists for businesses and destinations
2)TRIANGLE Knowledge Alliance	The TRIANGLE Knowledge Alliance for Sustainable Tourism in Europe with their universities and partner organisations offer research, education and training services to tourism stakeholders in destinations that are going green. See the TRIANGLE KA member/s in your country and what they are offering
3)Tourism2030 Driver Test	Tourism2030 has so many possibilities for professional use that its worth spending time not just learning what's in the Portal, but learning how to use its' document storage and sharing features, its tools and mapping opportunities - for Going Green without re-inventing the wheel. Do the Driver Test and apply your skills for sharing your own information, tools and services and/or for making the best use of your Going Green.
4)Who is who maps	The Who is Who map leads you to governmental bodies, NGOs, research and training organisations, businesses and destinations who are working for making tourism more sustainable. See which stakeholders are mapped in you destination or country. Submit in your internal Going Green: stakeholders & businesses map the list of your tourism businesses who shall be motivated to become green and to go for certification.
5)Certification Course	The "Competence in sustainable and responsible travel & tourism certification course" is raising your knowledge and and giving you an up-to-date picture on sustainable and responsible travel and tourism certification, using the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria as guidance. Pass the course and get a certificate for your competences in certification
6)Internship programme	The TRIANGLE Student internship programme has a 2000 Euro grant for graduates who wish to specialise in the field of sustainable tourism. Students get to travel to countries in Europe and enter the business and adminstrative world of tourism activity to gain competence in the application of professional diagnostic, auditing and development tools. Offer an internship placement in your destination and get a skilled student to do a pre-assessment of your destination's sustainability level with recommendations for improvement
7)Good Practice Browser	The global good practice browser is giving you access to more than 1000 finalists and winners of awards for responsible and sustainable tourism all over the world, with a growing set of detailed descriptions along the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria. Look out for good practice examples in your country or for your topic of interest and add your own good practice example to the global browser
6)Certification Quickfinder	The global certification quickfinder is helping you to find the environmental or sustainabilty certificate appropriate to you business category and expectations on the coverage of sustainability criteria, the credibility of the auditing system and special services for applicants and members. See which certification programmes are available to your destination, compare their profiles and services, promote the Quickfinder to the tourism businesses in your destination and recommend to go for certification.
9)Green Mapping for Destinations	The Green Mapping service is providing you with an own Green Travel Map folder to manage, monitor and market the green offer in your destination. See and show the certified tourism businesses and services on your public Green Travel Map and highlight them in your destination marketing.
10)Travel Green Europe App	The Travel Green Europe app is fed by the Tourism2030 - Green Travel Maps and provides a single window on the world's largest independent 3rd party certified green tourism market place to promote your business or destination - if it has been certified - to bring you and consumers closer together. See on the Green Travel Maps which businesses are already certified in or near your destinations and which certificate they are awarded with. Look out for comments from app users on your destination or businesses.
11)Tourism2030 Countdown	The Tourism 2030 Countdown Clock has been launched to give tourism professionals in business, government and NGOs a longer term perspective on how we can collaborate to achieve the SDG in the next 3 policy cycles up to 2030. Join the Tourism2030 community to be kept informed about new developments and to get in contact with other destinations and colleagues for going green
12)ECOTRANS Expert Support	The international experts of the European ECOTRANS network are helping you to assess and innovate your tourism products and services to meet the environmental, economic and social challenges and to raise your competitiveness in the international tourism market See which international experts are recommended in your country. Make your choice and start with a Going Green workshop for stakeholders or businesses in your destination to specify your interest, needs and opportunities.