Understanding capacity building for sustainable tourism in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.

AbstractThe need to address the problems facing the natural environment and social economic development cannot be overemphasised. The aim of the study was to assess the influence of firm size on the level of implementation of sustainability practices in Niger Delta, Nigeria. Survey design approach was used in the study. Data were obtained through interviews and one thousand one hundred and seventy-nine copies of structured questionnaire administered to representatives of the firms by researchers and research assistants. The methods of data analysis were simple percentage and Spearman’s rank correlation. The result showed that small firms accounted for 84.7 %, medium-sized firms accounted for 11.61 % and large construction firms accounted for 3.73 %. Thus, a majority of firms are small and medium-sized construction companies in Niger Delta. The study revealed that the firm size influenced the level of implementation of firm sustainability practices in the study area. It was concluded that the size of firms had a significant influence on the level of adoption of sustainability practices among the construction firms operating in Niger Delta. It was also concluded that small and medium-sized construction firms recorded poor capacity building and human capital development. The study recommended that small and medium-sized construction firms operating in Niger Delta should improve their level of capacity building and human capital development.

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Effect of Capacity Building Programme of Development Agencies on Well Being of Beneficiaries in Niger Delta Nigeria

Journal of Sociological Research ◽

10.5296/jsr.v4i2.4522 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 351

Author(s):

Uranta D.

Keyword(s):

Capacity Building ◽

Skill Acquisition ◽

Niger Delta ◽

Well Being ◽

Training Programme ◽

Skills Acquisition ◽

Adequate Funding ◽

Before And After ◽

Development Agencies ◽

Effective Supervision

The study examined the effect of capacity building programmes of development agencies (NDDC and SPDC) on well being of beneficiaries in the Niger delta, by assessing participant’s income before and after participation and their perception about the effects of the training programme on them using multidimensional criteria such as their educational, health, shelter, skill acquisition and general standard of living needs. A<strong> </strong>sample size of 300 respondents was selected from the 22 capacity development (study) centers chosen from Rivers and Bayelsa state using purposive-cluster and random sampling techniques. The result of the study indicates that there was a nominal positive change of income in favour of the participating youths exposed to the programme, the study concluded that the skills acquisition pogrammes of the development agencies were effective at improving the wellbeing needs of the participants. It was recommended that donors of both programmes SPDC and NDDC should ensure sustainability by creating more study centres with well-equipped facilities for the training; effective supervision, and monitoring. There is need for adequate funding to ensure prompt payment of stipends and starter packs. Apart from this, experts and professionals should be engaged to train this youth.

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Mapping the Capacity Building Process of a Corporate Social Responsibility Driven Agricultural Intervention in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria.

Journal of Agricultural Extension ◽

10.4314/jae.v17i2.5 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 31

Author(s):

JT Ekanem ◽

EB Inyang

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Capacity Building ◽

Niger Delta ◽

Delta Region ◽

Niger Delta Region ◽

Building Process ◽

Corporate Social

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Sustainable tourism capacity building for marine protected areas

PARKS ◽

10.2305/iucn.ch.2012.parks-18-2.tef.en ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 109-120 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Thomas E. Fish ◽

Anne H. Walton

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Capacity Building ◽

Marine Protected Areas ◽

Sustainable Tourism

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ENOTOURISM AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN POLAND

SOCIETY INTEGRATION EDUCATION Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference ◽

10.17770/sie2018vol1.3087 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 142-151

Author(s):

Andrzej Cichy ◽

Luis Ochoa Siguencia ◽

Gilberto Marzano

Keyword(s):

Capacity Building ◽

Sustainable Tourism ◽

Literature Analysis ◽

Cultural Management ◽

Wine Tourism ◽

Profit Analysis ◽

Travel Agencies ◽

Funded Project ◽

Cultural Routes ◽

The Eu

This paper presents a research conducted in three Polish regions, Dolny Slask, Malopolska, and Pod Karpacie, within the EU funded project “Innovation and Capacity Building in Higher Education for Cultural Management, Hospitality and Sustainable Tourism in European Cultural Routes” that aims to provide profitable solutions for sustainable tourism problems and focuses on how developing enotourism in places that have to improve their tourism capacity building. Based on literature analysis and the study of key cases, this article presents the reasons why enotourism is an important tourism opportunity in Poland. Our research was grounded on a cost and profit analysis of the enoutourism business and we considered a few of relevant cases of wine tourism experiences. Indeed, the principal aim of our research was to find innovative successfully ideas for this form of tourism. From our research, emerged that the most important factors for enhancing enotourism are incentivising laws, an effective cooperation between vineyard owners and tourist operators (e.g. hotels, restaurants, travel agencies, etc.) as well as the integration of enotourim with other local attractions.

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