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The Creative Guide Book
A Guidebook and Toolbox for SMEs, entrepreneurs, artisans and designers that produce products in Mauritius and for companies that want to sell local made. The Guide Book has been especially created for entrepreneurs, artisans, designers and SMEs that produce products in Mauritius, as a continuation of our work in the Sustainable Island Mauritius project to…
Read MoreCo-Creating the Future of Tourism
Imagine you are a hotel that has sustainability measures to implement, a post-pandemic tourism market to adjust to, and an increased demand for authentic local experiences. In our Sustainable Island Mauritius (SIM) project, we looked at these challenges in a holistic way and created a process to find solutions together with local suppliers (artisans, designers,…
Read MoreThe Good Shop offers solutions regarding employment, education and environment
The Good Shop is a social enterprise created in 2018 to offer solutions regarding employment, education and environment, through second-hand shops, Repair services and Upcycling activities. They follow the triple line model which seeks to impact the planet and the people, not just profit; and provide dignity and quality of life to people and communities.…
Read MoreAnnouncing round 2 of our workshop: Develop your Sustainable Brand
As we did in 2021 we will have another round of the 5 week online workshop for Mauritian SMEs that produce products for the local and the tourism market and aim to become more sustainable, resilient, trendy and innovative. We have created an online formate due to the pandemic that targets Small and Medium-Sized Businesses,…
Read MoreWe now can co-create the tourism industry of tomorrow #MauritiusNow
by Mr Nilen Vencadasmy, Chairman of the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA) The 15th July 2021 marked an important milestone for Mauritius as the Indian Ocean paradise opened its borders to international travellers, both vaccinated and non-vaccinated, under strict sanitary protocol. Mauritius has been very cautious since the outbreak of this pandemic and this approach…
Read MoreValoriser la créativité artisanale en vue du développement durable / Increasing Value for Mauritian Handicraft and Design Sector Through Sustainability
View Post Artisans et créateurs : comment produire, booster et intégrer votre activité dans le secteur du tourisme durable ? Nous avons abordé la question avec 15 petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) à travers l’île qui confectionnent des produits faits main pour la clientèle touristique et les consommateurs locaux. Nous avons accueilli plusieurs collaborateurs allant…
Read MoreWorkshop Series May & June 2021: How to become a sustainable & resilient business!
Learn about: • Trends & local challenges• Your impact• Evaluating & Innovating your products & services• Measuring your progress• Communicate the results! Download our flyer to see the agenda & experts that will support your journey to a better business! DATES: May 4, 18; June 1, 15, 29, 2021 TIME: Tuesdays 2pm – 5:30pm; LOCATION:…
Read MoreWorkshop April & May 2021: Learn how sustainable design can add value to your products and strengthen your brand
We have created an online only workshop due to the pandemic that targets Small and Medium-Sized Creative Businesses, Designers and Crafters. We will dive into sustainable design principles including technical and non-technical options to better your brand in the context of Mauritius. We will also look at global design/tourism trends and expectations of local customers…
Read MoreBeneficiaries to get support for obtaining the National Sustainable Tourism Management System Certification MS 165 are announced
The Mauritius Pro-Handprint Innovation Framework (MauPHI) has been developed in SIM as a hands-on set of standards that considers approaches to limit the negative impacts on the environment while on the other side developing marketable handprint products that support inclusive tourism, social stability, cultural and heritage enhancement, economic benefits to the value chains, indirect and…
Read MoreSustainable financing to support tourism actors in Mauritius
On 27 – 28 July 2020 the Sustainable Island Mauritius project co-organised a 2-day workshop on ‘Financial support and schemes to the tourism sector’ for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) together with SME Mauritius. The workshop’s goal was to inform tourism SMEs about existing financial schemes for COVID-19 recovery as well as about access to…
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