Xavier Bernard-Sans


Born in Toulouse, of a Provencal father and a Catalan mother Secretary General of the Euroregion since August 2017.
More than 27 years of experience in international and project management, in the public and private sectors.
Twelve years as director of public institutions and local and international cooperation (including 2.5 years as director of the CTP, managing authority of POCTEFA).

Collaborating professor in several universities for 3 years (UOC, Barcelona Global Business School) and now lecturer in several others in Occitania (Montpellier, Albi Champollion and Jean Jaurès)
Two Masters: one in Business Administration (EDHEC, Lille, France) and the other in Geography and Mountain Management (Jean Jaurès University, Foix, France).

All Sessions by Xavier Bernard-Sans

  • Day 2 June 9th, 2022


  • 11:45  - 12:45
    Mr. Fabio Tomasi, Head of International Project Department, Area Science Park
    Mr. Aldo Patruno, General Director Tourism and Culture, Puglia Region (online)
    Ms. Nika Razpotnik Visković, Researcher, Research Centre of Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
    Mr. Xavier Bernard-Sans, General Secretary, Euroregion Pyrenees Mediterranean
    Moderates: Ms. Paloma Zapata, CEO Sustainable Travel International

    The tourism ecosystem is facing several new challenges, from climate change, to the overdemand of tourism and health and safety crises. There is an urgent need to tackle specific issues related to reduce disposable materials and waste, reducing greenhouse emissions, improve water and energy efficiency, or implement new circular economy models. The uptake of already existing tools could be the best opportunity to encourage the tourism ecosystem to properly monitor its activities and improve its environmental performance, as well as to guarantee the development of successful, competitive and resilient destinations and tourism businesses in the future.

    This panel centres on specific tools that have been developed by several organisations participating in different European projects and programmes, and will evaluate how the destinations and different tourism stakeholders could adopt these tools that could support the transition towards a more sustainable tourism industry and tourism activities. By exploring how people’s lives have been positively impacted this panel will present the proven solutions that tackle the recurring sustainability problems faced by the Interreg Med destinations. The panellists will share key lessons learned and reflections when considering implementing and scaling the solutions in other destinations across the region.





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