The annual meeting of ORU Fogar will be held on December 1st in the framework of the V Global Forum on Local Development 2019 to be held from the 2nd to the 4th of December in Cordoba, Argentina. The assembly, sponsored by Governor Juan Schiaretti and the province of Cordoba, will address the election of the president and Bureau of ORU Fogar and discuss the 2020-2030 Strategic Plan, while the Forum will address employment and development policies under the title "Innovation in the territories for a better quality of life".
Greta Thunberg participates in the R-20 Summit
The 16-year-old teenager, famous for her demonstrations and her radical positioning in the fight against the climate emergency, Greta Thunberg, was the star of the R-20 Summit held on 28 May in Vienna.
AEBR publishes a book on cross-border cooperation
Coordinated by the sociology doctor, Leticia Bendelac, and the general secretary of the Association of European Border Regions, Martín Guillermo, the book "Cross-border cooperation for development" has just been published.
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Biosphere and tourism as an element of development
In 2015 the UN approved the SDG's and their objectives (17) and goals (169), which has meant a global update on the concept of sustainable development in the 2030 agenda. And to achieve these goals, sustainable tourism development is not only important, but essential. The tourism industry represents today, and even more so in the future, an important engine of change through which to induce and promote the implementation of sustainable models at different scales, through the multiple services that make up the current global tourism offer. Tourism, developed in a sustainable way, can be a great ally in the 5 main areas: the fight against climate change, the protection of nature, the maintenance and improvement of the social structure, it represents a support to the economic growth of a destination, and it protects and gives value to the local culture. For example, through job creation, tourism can contribute to aspects such as poverty reduction or social inclusion. Due to the constant flow of people it generates, tourism, approached from a sustainable perspective, promotes principles such as the protection of identity and cultural diversity,...
