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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

In order to achieve this, TOURing has the following specific 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

At European level