The UNWTO regional course in Qatar on Sustainable Tourism Project Development, organized by the World Tourism Organization, its UNWTO.Themis Foundation and Qatar Tourism Authority, was inaugurated on 7^th December by Sònia Figueras, UNWTO.Capacity Programme Manager of the UNWTO.Themis Foundation, Erik Johansson, from Qatar Tourism Authority and with the presence of Alvaro Moreno, course coordinator for the UNWTO.Themis, the facilitators of the course Adel Rady and Silvia Barbone and 35 participants from Qatar, Tunisia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Oman.

This course has been designed so as to transfer a solid knowledge of project management processes, principles, techniques, variables, tools to formulate, implement and evaluate successful and sustainable tourism projects in line with sustainable tourism principles and criteria. Moreover, it will give participants an overview of the elements, roles, tools, and most significant opportunities of tourism investment and partnerships.