Susanne Reber

Susanne Reber is a senior professional expert, with 15 years of experience in sustainable tourism development, working with practitioners and policy makers, in developing countries. The combination of many years of practical experience of direct service delivery in the private sector and her academic background in international development results in a practical perspective, based on a deep understanding of the sector and enables her to work on projects and other tourism related initiatives, providing a particularly concrete, realistic, approach, leading to pragmatic, workable  recommendations.

• Sector Lead Sustainable Tourism at the Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO). Responsible for strategic sector planning, supporting and advising SIPPO countries with the implementation of their action plans, identifying sector trends and innovation, facilitating capacity building and sector inputs, consultants’ management, reporting, knowledge management
• Leading the conceptualization, operationalization and accompanying various educational tours that contribute to building the participants’ capacity by enhancing their knowledge and practical insights in relevant touristic fields for Tunisia - Destination in South-East Tunisia, Tunisia - Tourism Governance and Marketing and Morocco - STDM
• Analysis of potential and baseline study for a series of international project students week for the Switzerland-Morocco Sustainable Tourism Development Programme
• Leading the conceptualization, coordination, and operationalization of an international world café event for Swiss SDG Tourism Dialogue "SwissTourism4SDGs"
• Background research and back office support in the consultancy “Developing a Sustainable Tourism Circuit in South Rupununi Guyana”
• Advisory for tour operating companies in the start-up or strategic reorientation phase in Mongolia and Tajikistan