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ICTP has Members in countries
across the globe from public sector,
private sector & civil society – organizations and individuals.
Why Join?
 15%
of all ICTP Membership fees will be donated to UN HIV Aids
ICTP Membership demonstrates:
•
Endorsement
of the ICTP Mission & Programs
•
Enrolment
in the campaign Tourism Against Poverty
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Contribution
to the fight against HIV/AIDS
•
Support
for our Disaster Relief Network
It also gives access to:
A
platform for your views
Policy
& research papers
Seminars
& conferences,
Local
chapter meetings
Trade
show contacts
Favorable
advertising & promotion and B2B benefits
Tourism Against Poverty
ICTP is again calling on the Travel and Tourism industry to get
behind its core campaign – Tourism Against Poverty
A figure revealed by British Airways on its Change for Good Envelope this
month bring home the nature of the difference between have’s and have
not’s in a very human way to which we can all relate.
“50p will buy enough Vitamin A capsules to protect 20 children against
blindness for a year”
It’s a simple enough figure that bears some thinking about in a quiet
moment. Because it shows just how far a small amount can go to make a real
change in real lives. An amount that is totally insignificant to anyone in
the tourism Industry. And it’s a tribute to those travel companies and
UNICEF who are committed to the cause.
This micro-level humanitarian response can be replicated at the macro
level where more than a biillion people live in extreme poverty – the kind
that can readily kill.
In two months time the industrialised world’s leaders will meet at
Gleneagles Scotland at the G8 meeting where Tony Blair will press forward
with initiatives to eliminate debt for the world’s poorest nations. World
leaders have already committed to canceling more than $100 billion of poor
country debts under the World Bank and IMF initiatives. To date, less than
half has actually been cancelled. Heavily Indebted Poor Countries in
Africa still spend some 15% of their tax revenues in servicing their
debts.
There may be sound institutional reasons for the delays related to poor
countries meeting pro market economy targets - but the bottom line is that
the debt hangs like a dead weight handicap as they try to compete in a
globalising world. In fact the real issue is how to rapidly eliminate this
debt. In popular jargon the playing field isn’t level and they are falling
further behind for reasons which may once have been valid but which are
less so in a more caring pro development international community. One
whose course has been altered by the Poverty Summits at the start of the
21st century in Monterey (debt relief): Doha (Fair Trade): Johannesburg
(sustainability) and the New York (Millennium Development Goals0
May 16th has been declared World Debt Day. It’s a good time to think about
these matters. And to think about joining ICTP – which is dedicated to
bringing these kind of issues to the attention of the Travel & Tourism
sector. We are the one service sector where all poor countries are
exporters and which can make a market driven difference.
Membership fees are a “no brainer’ – 15% goes to the fight against HIV
aids and the balance to support our awareness raising initiatives. As a
not for profit initiative of E~Turbo News and Green Global village, ICTP
is committed to help in the war on poverty. We’ll also send you a white
wristband – so you can join the millions of ordinary people worldwide who
are demonstrating their solidarity with the world’s poor.
Geoffrey Lipman
President ICTP
The
International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) is a force for socially
responsible and sustainable travel.
We,
as an organization, support the
UN Millennium
Development Goals, the
World Tourism Organization’s Global Code of Ethics and a range of
programs that underpin them.
ICTP provides a web-based platform for the industry to showcase socially
responsible tourism strategies and a constant connection to
decision-makers at the highest level.
Business benefits for members from members.
ICTP
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