iCOAST GEF Program

The Global Environment Facility Council approved in December 2024 an exciting Sustainable Tourism initiative that will be led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

iCOAST (=Integrated COllaborative Approaches to Sustainable Tourism) will be implemented by Inter-American Development Bank, EBRD, FAO, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Environment Programme, UNIDO and WWF, in collaboration with UN Tourism, The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions and Minamata Convention on Mercury Secretariats and other partners.

The programme will work with the governments and tourism sectors of #Belize, #DominicanRepublic, #Egypt, #Honduras; #Indonesia, #Jamaica, #Maldives, #Mexico, #Morocco, #Seychelles, #Tanzania, #TrinidadTobago, ##Türkiye, and #Vanuatu, on:
· Improving policies and regulations
· Increasing access to funding
· Reducing the footprint of tourism-related supply chains
· Supporting global knowledge dissemination and exchange

Supply chains that will be addressed by iCOAST include:
· Cooling
· Food and beverages
· Plastics
· Construction
· Textiles and furnishings
· Electronics