At the local level we have a long partnership with the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region whom we share common views on sustainable topics with; moreover, we started to sketch together (with the regional committee of tourism) a plan for sustainable tourism in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine area. The idea here is to draw an Ocean friendly region on tourism topics with the tenet "avoid, reduce and compensate". SFE will support the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region businesses and industries towards blue tourism through ocean friendly restaurant campaign (see topic 7), our work about green sport on the aspect of the particular attractiveness of the coastal area and of nautical sports. We will also have a specific focus on cruises (see topic 6) and how we can support Nouvelle-Aquitaine ferries. This plan will take place in 2023 to 2026 with a long term partnership. Durant 2023 and 2024 we will work on major events, especially sport event (with rugby world cup and olympic games) on how to make them more sustainable. SFE develop a robust expertise on sustainable sport, leading an European project, the Green Sport Hub Europe. 2024 will be also a year of reflexion on how we can raise awareness on ocean protection among the Nouvelle-Aquitaine residents, as the gran majority of costal touriste are inlanders. With the help of the region, it could be a massive publicity campaign. At last, 2025 and 2026 will be on slow mobility through the region, with train as a center piece, linked with other way of moving (by foot, public transportation, bike, skate, and why not, surf!). A major work will be on working with municipalities (as transport is a part of their prerogatives) to design those path.
Is success, we aim to work on this topic with other region and/or islands (ideally french Caribbean islands).