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General Introduction & Guidance for Contributors ECOTRANS, v1.0 – August 2012. Contents. General Introduction DestiNet as a Knowledge Networking Tool Site Layout and Functions Guidance for Contributors Filling in Forms/Templates in DestiNet Contact. Knowledge & Innovation
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General Introduction & Guidance for ContributorsECOTRANS, v1.0 – August 2012
Contents • General Introduction • DestiNet as a Knowledge Networking Tool • Site Layout and Functions • Guidance for Contributors • Filling in Forms/Templates in DestiNet • Contact
Knowledge & Innovation Sustainable Tourism Destinet Destinet
General Introduction A One Minute Tour of the DestiNet Portal What you can use the DestiNet Portal for… How to log on to the Portal
General Introduction Uses of the DestiNet Portal DestiNet is a Web Space and Toolkit for Sustainable Tourism Development
DestiNet as a Knowledge Networking Tool Networking It is designed as a multi-stakeholder platform for professional knowledge exchange
Site Layout and Functions – Good Practice Database Good Practice Transfer It provides best available knowledge for decision support
Site Layout and Functions – Sustainable & Responsible Tourism Market-Place Sustainable Tourism Market Place The worlds’ largest quality-assessed responsible green tourism market-place
Site Layout and Functions – Observatory and Monitoring Systems Observatory & Monitoring System The system can be used to coordinate monitoring and reporting activities
Site Layout and Functions A Tour of the Site Layout DestiNet allows you to browse information or upload your own
The Top Menu Navigation Bar Top Menu Bar for Browsing the Knowledge Base
My DestiNet Side Menu Bar for adding your own information
Site Layout and Functions Central Menu for Client-centred Access to the Knowledge Base
Site Layout and Functions The DestINet Atlas for Mapped-based Information Search and Display
Site Layout and Functions – the DestiNet Atlas The Atlas allows you to sort information by geographical region, stakeholder type, landscape type and administrative level
Site Layout and Functions – the DestiNet Atlas Maps can be global … to local
Browsing the Top Menu Bar Lets see the top menu navigation bar in more detail
Browsing the top menu bar Who's Who – A multi-stakeholder listing
Browsing the top menu bar The sustainable tourism topic framework
Browsing the top menu bar Resources – Publications and Tools
Site Layout and Functions – Good Practice The Good Practice Transfer System
Site Layout and Functions The Sustainable Tourism Market Place
Browsing the top menu bar the Monitoring and Observatory System
News Section and Events Calendar A News and Events information dissemination system
My DestiNet My DestiNet – your profile and information upload record
That’s DestiNet in a nutshell, but you can do a lot more with the system if you log on and apply for contributor or administrator rights. This induction now carries on to show you how to log on and add information to the Portal.
Guidance for Contributors Adding Your Information to the Portal – My DestiNet
The My DestiNet Account Application Form Please note! As you will be joining a quality-assessment process, your application will be verified, usually between 24-48 hours, when you will be sent an email notification of approval.
Listing and profiling an organization in Who's Who and on the Atlas
Disseminating your tools, publications and resource information
Placing your quality assessed product or service on the worlds largest green tourism market place
Develop promotional partnerships, networks and clusters to be part of the global green tourism supply chain mosaic
DestiNet as an Administrative Tool for your country, region, destination, network or association
Filling in Forms/Templates in DestiNet Contacts Publications Good Practice News Events
Filling in this information will locate you on the DestiNet Atlas. But do check if the geo-reference works correctly – you can alter it manually if necessary to fine tune your position.
There is a keyword index which you can use to tag your item if you wish – or you can create you own key words for management purposes e.g. EEN Member The Topic list will link this contact to any Topics you check
Choosing the Landscape Type will allow you to be selected by landscape choice in the Atlas Choose the level your organisation operates at on a local to global scale so you can be selected by operational/administrative level in the Atlas
Finding these Induction Tutorials These Portal Induction PowerPoint's can be found in the HELP section.
DestiNet – A UN Type II Partnership running since 2003 DestiNet’ s roots go back to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, where it was conceived and designed as an implementation tool for sustainable development in a partnership between the EEA, UN-WTO UNEP and Ecotrans .
DestiNet –Re-engineered with EU support in 2012 as a Web 2.0 tool for the next decade of sustainable, competitive and inclusive tourism development In 2012 the Portal has been upgraded in the EU CIP knowledge networking, innovation and competitiveness programme, where it has been reengineered as a multi-stakeholder tool to set up and manage Destination and Topic Learning Areas, run a global Green tourism market place, and work as a virtual observatory on tourism sustainable development.