The t-Forum: strategy for creating Local Action Groups.

The unique strategy of t-Forum is to promote collaboration among tourism businesses, academic institutions, and public agencies at destination levels, thus giving birth to Local Action Groups (LAG). This synergetic mobilization of the t-Intelligence, from one LAG to another, would advance the process of transfer and collaboration. With this accomplishment, the global position of tourism as an instrument for knowledge, culture, economic progress, sustainability, and development in the context of inclusive governance is advanced. The t-LAGs must show a commitment to knowledge transfer and innovation in tourism, coupled with the capacity to contribute to the advancement of tourism internationally. They should demonstrate evidence of commitment to an ongoing local partnership agreement among their participating destination(s), business(es), and research institution(s). The t-LAGs take advantage of the collective t-intelligence to raise their local constituency capacity and prestige in specific projects, accessing the collective repository of t-intelligence through a collection of methods, indicators, and voluntary standards of the t-Forum. They proactively participate in all activities of the t-Forum Programmes of Work, including the biennial Global Conference, seminars and workshops at regional and local level, development projects, t-Forum Internet Platforms, Classrooms, and Journals.