Dear colleagues, *REQUEST FOR INTERNS TO ASSIST PRODUCTION OF ‘BEST PRACTICE FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONSIBLE WHALE WATCHING’* *BACKGROUND* The World Cetacean Alliance (WCA) is the world’s largest Partnership working to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans). Together we represent 70 Partners in 35 countries worldwide. Through cooperation, the Partners of the World Cetacean Alliance aim to conserve and protect cetaceans and their habitats in the world’s oceans, seas and rivers, to ensure their continued health and survival. The WCA is committed to developing and implementing new concepts for responsible whale and dolphin watching tourism with the potential to inspire and educate millions of people. We are looking for two post-graduates with relevant qualifications to assist with producing a report on best practice in responsible whale and dolphin watching for destinations worldwide. We view this as the essential next step to ensuring that the whale and dolphin watching industry becomes more responsible and sustainable. The successful interns will assist our team in creating a *Best Practice Framework *for all destinations. This Best Practice Framework will be used by destinations promoting or developing whale and dolphin watching to guide and inform the localised standards that may already exist. In addition, by showcasing effective models within this Framework it will also assist those destinations either starting up, or with limited resources, particularly in the developing world, by illustrating the models most likely to lead to success for them. *REQUIREMENTS* We are looking for two interns with good research and report writing capabilities to gather information and write, in collaboration with other authors, a Best Practice Framework for Responsible Whale Watching destinations. The roles will require excellent written and communication skills, including designing and implementing survey questionnaires, calling and writing to whale watching stakeholders around the world, and report writing. Some calls will need to be made during unsociable hours. *WHERE* Interns will be based at the World Cetacean Alliance office in Brighton, UK. *WHEN* The internship will last for eight weeks from early July until the end of August. There is also an opportunity to present findings at the World Whale Conference, Azores, 26-30 October. *BENEFITS* · 1. Interns will benefit from the support, experience, and networking opportunities provided by the World Cetacean Alliance and its Partners · 2. Interns will be named authors on the report · 3. WCA will cover the cost of travel (UK to Portugal) and accommodation to attend the World Whale Conference in October to present the findings of the report. This will also be an excellent opportunity to meet and network with people working in the travel industry *HOW TO APPLY* Applicants should send their CV and a short covering email describing why they are interested in this internship to Dylan Walker at: dylan@worldcetaceanalliance.org before 30 June 2015. World Cetacean Alliance Studio 3 Lower Promenade Madeira Drive Brighton BN2 1ET United Kingdom www.worldcetaceanalliance.org Tel: +44 (0)1273 355011