Improve Quality + Upskilling
Pact for TOURism Skills – Towards a greener and a more digital Tourism Era
The Project
TOURing
TOURing aims at reshaping the Tourism micro & SMEs by upskilling them over the green and digital skillsets in order to build a tourism sector of tomorrow that is economically, digitally and environmentally viable in the long-term through the implementation of more sustainable and digital models within Tourism micro & SMEs in the post-covid environment.
The projet in brief
Objectives
1. SKILLS ANTICIPATION
To increase skills anticipation of Tourism micro-small-medium-enterprises in the post-covid environment.
2. UPSKILLING
To support the upskilling of micro & SMEs Managers and Owners in the tourism sector in order to foster their resilience and their ability to bounce back quickly from future potential challenges.
3. TOURISM-RELATED TRAINING PROGRAMMES
To foster the micro-SMEs capacity to offer updated tourism-related training programmes to their staff, focused on digital and green skills, adapted to their specific needs and demands.
4. ACCESS IN EU & NATIONAL FUNDING TOOLS
To increase the micro & SMEs access in EU & national funding tools in order to boost the future investments in digital and green transitions as well as in human workforce skills development.
5. TOURISM SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS IN EU COUNTRIES
To contribute to the skills & qualifications harmonisation and mutual recognition of the tourism sector between EU countries.
6. TOURISM INNOVATION TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY
To enhance their capacity to innovate by creating diversified tourism products and by adopting sustainable tourism models within their operations, reducing at the same time their impact on environment and climate.
7. NATIONAL & TRANSNATIONAL COLLABORATION
To foster national and transnational collaboration among all partnering stakeholders in order to contribute to the attractiveness of tourism professions and to increase the image of VET.
8. EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL, DIGITAL EDUCATION ACTION PLAN AND PACT FOR SKILLS
To contribute to the European Green Deal and Digital Education Action Plan, as well as, the Pact for Skills towards a fair and resilient recovery of the Tourism Sector in a post-covid environment.
2 steps
Results
At a regional / national level
- Achievement of recovery from the Covid-19 negative effects for the Tourism Sector
- Increased attractiveness of VET in the tourism relevant professions
- Improvement of the attractiveness of tourism-related jobs in the post-pandemic setting
- Enhancement of the capacity of Tourism micro-SMEs to anticipate the skills needed in the tourism professions in the post-pandemic setting
- Strengthen of skills development in the value chain of Tour & Destination Operators in Tourism industrial ecosystem with a particular focus on micro-SMEs
- Improvement of the adaptability of tourism micro-SMEs in external factors, developments or future crises affecting their operations
- Increase of the number of micro-SMEs in Tourism sector contributing to just transitions towards the digital and green economy
- Minimize and manage of the negative footprint of tourism activities on the environment and the climate by adopting more sustainable tourism practices
- Improving access to financing by increasing the number of micro-SMEs applying for EU and national funds
At European level
- Fostering innovation at both policy and practice level
- Harmonization of tourism skills and qualifications between EU countries and improvement of mutual recognition
- Boost innovation capacity of Tourism micro-SMEs in the EU
- Broaden use and implementation of European Frameworks on curricula in order to promote reforms in training systems
- Improve the competitiveness, prosperity, economic and technological sovereignty of EU Tourism Sector
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