Projects and Activities

Some examples:

  • SME Export and Company Development Expert in Sustainable and Community-Based Tourism for CBI Netherlands’ program ‘Promoting Sustainable and Community-Based-Tourism’ in Egypt (Jan 2025- Nov 2025, tender awarded but budget unfortunately withdrawn by Dutch government))
  • Community Tourism Developer for Traditional African Homestays Southern Africa (TAHS-SA) (focus on scaling up TAHS-SA’s responsible tourism award winning community homestay model in southern Africa, since May 2024)
  • Sustainable Tourism Expert for CBI Netherlands’ Transforming Uganda Tourism program (ToT and capacity building of Ugandan consultants/trainers, 2023/2024)
  • Sustainable Tourism Supply Chain Management Coach for ECEAT/Travelife for Tour Operators/SUSTOUR project (2023)
  • Sustainable Tourism, Marketing and Communications Expert & Trainer for ECEAT/Switch Africa Green/GreenTour project (2022)
  • Senior Tourism Expert PUM and Trainer Tourism Restart and Sustainable Tourism for GoNegosyo (BSO for SME’s) in The Philippines (volunteer position, 2021/2022)
  • Sustainable Tourism Certification Expert for The Bahamas (desktop research on best options for tourism destination & product certification, 2021/2022).
  • Marketing & Digitalisation Expert for Tourism Cluster4Development project (EU/GIZ) in Kakheti and Emereti regions – Georgia (2021/2022)
  • Sustainable Tourism & Certification Expert & Trainer for e-learning series for GIZ Business Scouts Tourism Academy – Africa and Asia (2021)
  • External Sustainable Tourism Expert for Import Promotion Desk (IPD) tourism market access program – Tunisia, Nepal, Ecuador and Uzbekistan (since 2018)
  • Sustainable Tourism Consultant and Green Globe hotel auditor for Green Label Service – The Netherlands & Belgium (since 2018)
  • Market Access Trainer and INDABA Trade Show Readiness Coach for Pilanesberg Tourism Incubator SME’s – South Africa (2017)
  • Sustainable Tourism and Travelife Certification Expert for CBI Netherlands’ tourism market access program in Indonesia (2016/2017)
  • Manager Ubuntu Experiences – Europe (a Green Heart Tourism B2B marketing collective for tourism SME’s active from 2015-2017)
  • Auditor and Certification Coaching for Travelife for Tour Operators – Europe & Africa (since 2012)
  • Board member, Consultancy, Market Research, European Sales & B2B Marketing Expert for Fair Trade Tourism (FTT) – South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia and Uganda (since 2011)