25-27 January 2010

Pan-African Conference on Promoting Tourism Development and Poverty Reduction in Africa: Public and private sector tourism operators from more than 15 sub-saharan African countries met in Kigali, Rwanda to discuss ways in which tourism can contribute to poverty reduction on the continent.

From 18 September 2009 to 15 January 2010

Young fashion designer Ms. Pauline Famy, a graduate of the Geneva Haute école d'art et de design, travels to Lao PDR to assist EPRP silk and coton producers, for four months, in the design of new collections and dying techniques.

17 September 2009

Handicraft Export Marketing Workshop in Ulaanbaatar for project partners and beneficiaries (Tsagan Alt, Coops Union and felt producers) of the EPRP felt and handicraft project in Mongolia.

7 May 2009
Inclusive tourism stakeholder roundtable in Lao PDR on “Tourism  Development in Champasak Province:Review and Validation    of Pro-Poor" Tourism   Interventions”, Pakse, Champasak Province in collaboration  with Lao PDR Ministry of Industry and  Commerce, under SECO support Trade Promotion and Export Development project.