GCF Readiness Framework: Country programming support and sustainable tourism planning for Cabo Verde
Start date
January 2024End date
March 2025Overview
Working with several local stakeholders in Cabo Verde including three government departments, this project will assess and develop a road map for sustainable and circular tourism in Cabo Verde. The project’s design is underpinned by the desire to ensure diversity and inclusion in its composition and project outcomes. In this regard, one of the key expected outcomes will be the development of a framework to ensure equal engagement from both men and women in deciding matters related to Green Climate Fund (GCF) projects as well as the development of guidelines and recommendations on ensuring gender equity, unconscious bias, social inclusion, and environmental and social safeguards in the tourism sector.
The Gender Entrepreneurship and Social Policy Institute at Surrey is the academic lead on this project.
Funding amount
£410k
Funder
Team
Project team
In collaboration with PD Consult and SETIN Environment.
Dr Alector Ribeiro
Associate Professor in Tourism Management
Biography
Dr Manuel Alector Ribeiro is an Associate Professor in Tourism Management at Surrey Business School. He joined the University of Surrey as a Lecturer in Tourism Management in September 2017 and previously served as Associate Lecturer in Tourism at the Middlesex Business School, Middlesex University, London.
The overcharging focus of Dr Ribeiro research is firmly grounded on sustainable tourism development and consumer behaviour in travel and tourism. Within this, he is building his research agenda around three streams of research: sustainable development (social and environmental sustainability, circular economy, community support for tourism development, and social entrepreneurship), consumer behaviour (consumer acceptance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) devices in service industry, emotional aspects of consumption, and pro-environmental behaviour), and methodological and theoretical developments (scale development and theory building). He is interested in research that generates theoretical, methodological, and practical implications for tourism development and management.
To date, Dr Ribeiro has published 55 peer-reviewed articles (51 on the ABS list). His work has been published in leading international journals such as the Journal of Travel Research, Tourism Management, Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, as well as in the Journal of Environmental Psychology. His scholarly work has been cited more than 3540 times, according to Google Scholar.
Also, he serves as a reviewer for more than 30 journals in tourism and management fields and as a Guest Editor of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism (Vol. 31 (3) special issue on Theoretical and Methodological Advancement of Social Impacts Assessment within Tourism). He has co-edited the “Routledge Handbook of Tourism in Africa”, and “The Handbook of Tourism Experience: Design, Marketing and Management”. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality and sits on the editorial board of the leading tourism and hospitality journals such as the Journal of Travel Research, Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management, and International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. In addition, he attends to international conferences and delivers workshops and seminars on advanced quantitative research methods and research publication strategies.
Dr Ribeiro has been awarded around £23m in research funding from prestigious research funding agencies such as the European Commission, The Global Challenge Research Fund (UK) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq (Brazil). He frequently works as an international consultant for the World Bank, Green Climate Fund, UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization), and other organizations in the field of sustainability, circular economy, and blue economy in the context of tourism. He also serves as a research grant evaluator for several international organisations and universities, and he is an expert member in the field of tourism and leisure for the Portuguese Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education (A 3ES).
Dr Ribeiro earned his PhD in Sustainable Tourism Development (summa cum laude) from the Faculty of Economics, University of Algarve, Portugal, where he also obtained a MSc in Tourism Management and Development. Dr Ribeiro pursued a BA (Hons) in Translation Studies from the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal. Prior to joining academia, he gained extensive industry experience in restaurant operations and management both in Portugal and in the UK, and he is also willing to work with businesses and organisations to consider the application of his research.
Dr Albert Kimbu
Reader, Co-Director Centre for Sustainability and Wellbeing in the Visitor Economy
Biography
I completed a Masters degree in Heritage Management at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany in 2005 and a PhD in Tourism Management at Nottingham Trent University, UK where I also worked as a Lecturer in Tourism and International Business Communication/Environment, before joining the University of Surrey in September 2010. Since then, my research has mainly focused on advancing and unpacking the linkages between tourism entrepreneurship, gender and inclusive development in established and resource-scarce destinations. I am interested in understanding how globally recognized development and entrepreneurship models can be glocalized and embed equity, diversity and inclusion, thereby fostering inclusive community development and sustainable business practices in tourism and related sectors. In this regard, my academic research and consultancy work has resulted in numerous articles in leading journals, edited collections, reports and collaborations on these topics with organizations such as UNWTO, UNIDO, the World Bank, Institute of Hospitality, Travel Foundation, Women in Travel CIC among others, which I have thoroughly enjoyed.
Professor Xavier Font
Professor of Sustainability Marketing
Biography
I research and consult on topics related to sustainable tourism production and consumption. In the past I published widely about sustainable tourism certification, and more recently I've broadened to research on sustainability marketing and communication, and the use of sustainability evidence to inform policy.
I am currently leading on a project seeking to transform tourism industry's emissions measurement and carbon trading with crypto-based systems. Partnering with Therme Group, a global organisation focused on urban wellbeing destinations, a team of researchers from Surrey's Institute for Sustainability, the Academy of Blockchain and Metaverse Applications, and the Centre for Sustainability and Wellbeing in the Visitor Economy are working to develop new digital platforms that significantly enhance the tourism industry's ability to measure and reduce its carbon footprint.
I serve as advisor in the Travalyst coalition of Amadeus, Booking, Google, Expedia, Skyscanner, Travelport, Trip, TripAdvisor and Visa, where I use my research experience to inform efforts to align sustainability frameworks for the supply chain of the tourism industry, that can be persuasively communicated to nudge consumers.
I have conducted over 200 courses for more than 5,000 businesses on how to market and communicate sustainability. Recently, I was the Principal Investigator for the University of Surrey for the €24.5 million Interreg project Experience to develop low season sustainable tourism visitor experiences.
A substantial part of my time is spent in PhD supervision: I currently supervise 10 students, I've already supervised 20 to completion, and examined over 25.
At present, I am the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism.
Research groups and centres
We have a world-class reputation for our research in hospitality, tourism, transport and events.