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International Institute For Global Leadership Project Proposal Application for Assistance In Funding Contact Person: Ratherford Mwaruta Organization Name: South Africa World Leisure Centre (SAWICE). Date: 09 July 2009 Name of Program or Project: Institutional Support and Training Telephone: +263 912 361 812 Fax No: N/A E-mail: mwarutabather@yahoo.com Web Site: N/A Mailing Address: Stand Number 8723 Nyamauru, Dangamvura City: Mutare Country Zimbabwe Postal Code: N/A Are you registered as an NGO in your country? Not yet If so, what year were you established: Established in registration in progress The US dollar amount you are applying for: 21 450.00 for three years Is this amount for the cost of the whole project or just a component? Yes If it is just a component, please describe. Narrative (500 to 700 word narrative) Project Description and Justification Southern Africa World Leisure Centre (SAWICE) is a knowledge institute which seeks to produce knowledge in the tourism and development field from Africa perspectives. The tourism and development landscape has been a scene of othering (Aitchison, 2003) and the institute seeks to promote the de othering process by producing knowledge from a non western perspective. SAWICE will carry out researches Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), in order to come out with new Knowledge, so as to craft environmental friendly policies (Milne & Ateljevic, 2001), (Ateljevic, 2005). The knowledge institute will contribute on the critical turn in the tourism field. According to Ayikoru and Tribe, 2007 critical turn is important because it allows diverse of ideas in the tourism field. This will enhance sustainable development in the region. SAWICE seeks to achieve the following objectives: To foster and encourage South/South Cooperation as well as South North Cooperation in knowledge production To encourage the exchange of best share practice in the region through publication of tourism and development materials. To challenge the present status quo that tourism /development is a western concept and confirm that tourism/development is an universal concept Research with a strong biases on the impacts (Tourism in SADC region) 2010 FIFA world cup schedule to hosted by South Africa In summary SA WICE strives to the production of new knowledge in the tourism/leisure field in Southern Africa which promotes a culture of peace as well as to enable participants to gain employment and life skills in development work and be useful citizens in their communities and countries (Lipman, 2006) This will enhance sustained community development since peace is one of the pillars for community empowerment and development (Mowforth, and Munt, 2006) Action Plan The implementation of the project will take place in the following Phases. The first one being setting up an administrative office in Mutare for the community the second phase will be training of participants who will go back into their respective communities and have a multiplier effect in agitating other participants to join. The third phrase will be to consolidate our position by venturing in to strategic alliance with other players in this field such as World Leisure Centre of Excellence, Foundation for Leisure Centre of Excellence, Wageningen University and other Regional bodies and Universities. Evaluation Southern Africa World Leisure Centre project is going to be monitored by the National Council (SA WICE) and evaluation will play a very critical role in making sure that the aims, goals and objectives of the organisation are meant. Monitoring by a list of items related to the following categories will play a tremendous role for evaluating the project: Education: every 6 months, at least 20 participants from different parts of the region trained in sustainable tourism as well as writing scientific tourism articles for different journals in the field. Number of scientific articles produced and published Research in Tourism and development in the region Number of participants who will have participated in exchange programme in the region and beyond The number of researchers who will have penetrated the traditional tourism journal in the West. Evaluation will be made possible by measuring the number of people trained as well as the multiplier effects in their respective communities. Peace is a prerequisite for tourism, so conflict transformation as well as a culture of peace will be mainstream in all our programmes. Research and reports that monitor and evaluate the project will to be carried out continuously Budget Provide a line-item budget as to exactly how the money will be spent. Request from Your Organisation in US$ Office Accommodation 1 500.00 Salaries 2 500.00 Administration Costs 1 000.00 Training 1 500.00 Contingency 650.00 Total Request US$ 7 150.00 (per year) References Aitchison, C. (2003) Gender and Leisure theory. In Gender and Leisure Social and Cultural perspective. London, Routledge pp 8-37 Ateljevic, I. (2005) Getting Entangled: Reflexivity and Critical Turn in Tourism Studies. Tourism Recreation Research vol.30 (2) pp 9-21 Ayikoru, M. and Tribe, J (2007) The Critical Turn in the Tourism Studies, Elsevier Lipman, G. (2006) Tourism enriches, Committed to Tourism and the Millennium Development Goals: UNWTO, Madrid. Milne, S. and Ateljevic, A. (2001) Tourism Economic Development and Global Local Nexus, Tourism Geographies (3-4) pages 369-393 Mowforth, M, and Munt, I, (2006) Tourism and Sustainability: Development and New Tourism in the Third World: London. Routledge |
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