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  • Funder: European Commission Project Code: 2015-1-BG01-KA202-014314
    Funder Contribution: 178,382 EUR

    "The European Commission, within the framework of the Europe 2020 strategy, is encouraging educational measures fighting youth unemployment. Special emphasis has been put on vocational education, thus recognizing its potential to provide specific knowledge and skills, which contribute to raising youth employability.The Green Ideas For Tourism for Europe project (GIFT) is aimed at improving the management skillset of students from tourism vocational schools by introducing them to the newest practices in environmentally sustainable tourism management. Environmental responsibility has been recognized as a key factor for the competitiveness of the European tourism industry, as cultural and natural resources are the main assets of the tourism. Therefore the ability to make environmentally sustainable decisions will not only raise the employability chances for tourism students, but will also contribute to the modernization of the sector in the future. GIFT for Europe proposes an innovative and interactive method of learning based on the use of an online educational tool. The online tool content is supported by graphics and videos, and the tool includes two interactive sections, thus presenting the information in a way, suitable for students with varied learning styles.The project consortium consists of organizations with rich experience in the fields of sustainable tourism management (Ecosystem Europe), environmental policies (SEI Tallinn), global education (Center for Inclusive Education), e-learning (Context Learning) and a tourism vocational high school (PGT ""Mihalaki Georgiev"", Vidin).The project implementation went through several phases. First research activities were carried out in order to provide information needed for the content of the website and the online tool. This requires a research of existing best managerial practices, governmental policies, educational needs, tourism SMEs case studies, as well as the drafting and analysis of student questionnaires to determine the level of awareness about the environmental impact of the tourism industry. The second consisted of the development of the website itself, as well as the production of supporting literature (user’s manual, manual for teachers). The development of the functionalities of the online tool has to match the needs of the target group in order to achieve a user-friendly product. After the completion of the online tool it is to be popularized among professionals and key stakeholders. A teacher’s manual will be produced and sixty teachers from Bulgaria, Estonia and Finland will undergo a training course and receive certification. They will then introduce the online tool in their respective schools, thus starting the first communities of users. Meanwhile wider recognition and use of the online tool will be sought through the familiarization of tourism SMEs with the tool and the advantages it can bring for them and meeting with key stakeholders (schools, representatives of professional organisations of the tourism industry, government officials, centres for professional education).The project is expected to raise the awareness of future tourism professionals about the environmental impact of the industry and familiarize them with the existing best practices. As a result of the use of the interactive online tool, the students will be able to make competent managerial decisions, specific to the particular case that they are being applied to. The involvement of real SMEs in the educational process, through the provision of case studies will strengthen the links between vocational education and the industry. By being able to reflect upon and find solutions to existing issues in the tourism industry, the students will gain valuable skills. The use of innovative technological solutions for educational purposes and the strengthening of the relations between vocational schools and businesses will modernize educational practices and make them more relevant to the actual needs of the labour market. In the long term, the existence of tourism professionals familiar both with the operational challenges of tourism SMEs and the best environmentally sustainable managerial practices will contribute to the development of a more sustainable, and therefore more competitive, European tourism industry."

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  • Funder: European Commission Project Code: 2017-1-UK01-KA201-036541
    Funder Contribution: 275,638 EUR

    Science is a cornerstone for meeting the challenges of an increasingly urban Europe. If Europe’s cities are to adapt, grow and meet their citizen’s needs then science must be at the forefront. Over 67% of the European population live in cities. Enabling those cities to deliver services effectively, efficiently, and sustainably while keeping their citizens safe, healthy, prosperous, and well-informed is amongst the most important challenges in this century. Improving the attractiveness of cities is targeted by the Lisbon Strategy and the EU's strategic guidelines for cohesion policy (Integrated Sustainable Urban Development) for 2014-2020.Without a strong scientific base Europe will not meet its Europe2020 goals of smart and sustainable growth. This includes more research and innovation to overcome challenges faced by issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and increasing urbanisation. Unless young people choose to study science, then it is highly unlikely that the scientific expertise will be developed to fill the jobs needed to solve major EU wide problems created by climate change and urbanisation, and create new jobs in the green economy (as identified in Skills for Green Jobs – CEDEFOP 2010). There is a clear need to motivate more pupils to study science and be ready to tackle the challenges of an urban Europe.The Urban Science project aimed to contribute the needs of an urban Europe, where scientists of the future have the skills and knowledge to create healthy and sustainable cities. Urban Science focused on how science can develop solutions to urban issues, so motivating pupils to view the positive benefits of science to the urban environment. It supported teachers with exciting and innovative ways to teach science that has real life meaning for their pupils. It also aimed to meet the needs of pupils to be competitive in a rapidly changing world where scientific understanding is vital. Partners promoted a hands-on inquiry based approach to science that engages learners in everyday issues that have relevance and meaning for them. Urban environments were used as ‘living laboratories’ in which pupils explored how science can help create healthier places to live and work. The overall aim of Urban Science was ‘to improve the teaching of scientific inquiry and investigation so that pupils develop the competencies to actively contribute to creating healthy cities, gain scientific skills for employment, and are more motivated to study science.’ This was delivered through linked specific objectives:• Review the needs of science based businesses to identify the science skills and competencies needed for healthy cities and the low carbon economy.• Enhance the support available for teachers to increase their professional competence in teaching science in the urban environment using inquiry and investigation.• Develop formative assessment models that assess science competencies rather than knowledge.• Provide learning modules for teachers to deliver science in the urban environment.• Science that develops the competencies of pupils to be confident learners, creative thinkers and adept at solving problems.• Increase the motivation of pupils to study science and connect science with careers in a low carbon economy. During the project we expected to reach 300 teachers, 18 schools and 600 pupils; in all measures we exceeded our expectations in reaching 383 teachers, 46 schools and 1602 pupils. Through our dissemination activities we targeted more teacher, schools and education providers through conferences, social media and publications.The results outlined above where achieved through the development of 35 learning modules across six languages and six countries. These demonstrated how science can engage young people through exploring local sustainability issues using inquiry-based learning. Each module was piloted in schools and adapted based on results. Based on piloting, teacher training was provided to teachers through face-to-face workshops and online sessions, all backed up by a project website in English and partner websites in local languages. Background pedagogical research and assessment tools are also published.Urban Science aimed to be solutions based. Our aim was for pupils to explore solutions to urban issues not just the issue itself. This placed a greater emphasis on creative thinking and problem solving skills, and ensuring that the science pupils learn is seen to be practically applied. We are confident that this approach to Urban Science will mean the resulting resources have a long-lasting impact both in terms of the usability and on the people implementing them.

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  • Funder: European Commission Project Code: 2021-1-BG01-KA220-ADU-000033723
    Funder Contribution: 193,911 EUR

    << Background >>Tourism is among the key drivers for socio-economic progress and contributes to employment and economic growth, as well as to empower rural, peripheral or less developed areas. In 2019, more than one in ten enterprises in the European non-financial business economy belonged to the tourism industries. These 2.3 million enterprises employed 12.3 million persons. Tourism plays a significant role in the development of European regions. Nevertheless, the outbreak of COVID-19 has significantly affected all aspects of life across Europe. Indeed, the pandemic has generated challenges to our socio-economic systems. According to UNWTO, due to the COVID-19 crisis Europe had experienced a 70% decrease in international tourists’ arrivals. In rural and low populated areas local tourism businesses are particularly affected. Local tourism businesses of rural areas are facing a “double digital divide”. On the supply side, they are still lagging behind in terms of the provision of NGA infrastructure, on the demand side, many rural areas lack the basic skills and knowledge of the potential of digital technology so that even if the ‘digital highways’ are in place, they may remain under-exploited in terms of service provision, business use, or customer take up. Rural areas and local tourism businesses shouldn’t be left behind. We need to work on both the supply and demand side of digitisation to ensure rural business prosperity, future livelihoods, public services and the community life of many of our rural areas.Among all the digital narratives, Storydoing has a strong potential to boost the digitization of local tourism businesses. Storydoing is an innovative technique aiming at creating compelling actions and experiences that put the corporate narrative to the test in everything they do. While storytelling is just telling a story, Storydoing focuses on making sure that the story is lived by turning the businesses’ philosophy and their values into action.<< Objectives >>Nowadays there is a lack of proper tools to support storydoing for the local tourism sector. The project is designed to enable “Storydoers” to develop:-Storydoing skills: digital narrative skills for digital and social media platforms;-Digital competences: to reduce the digital dividing of local tourism businesses of rural areas;-Social competences: for community engagement and sustainable development of rural areas.For this reason the project will produce free educational resources to teach storydoing skills for:-Improving the competitiveness of rural businesses that operate in tourism and related sectors;-Developing the capacities of rural businesses to design and promote sustainable local tourism experiences based on Storydoing.The primary target group consists of entrepreneurs and workers, aspiring storydoers, of local tourism businesses of rural areas: TA & TO, Small Hotel Accommodation & Guest Houses,Restaurants, Tour & Mountain Guides, Transport companies, Museums, Other local tourist services like farms, bakeries, breweries, etc.The project targets also supporting organizations of rural entrepreneurship: incubators, intermediaries organization, mentors...<< Implementation >>The project objective is to provide support the digital storydoing of local tourism businesses to improve it the competitiveness of rural businesses that operate in tourism and related sectors and developing the capacities of rural businesses to design and promote sustainable local tourism experiences based on Storydoing.For that purpose the consortium is going to implement the following activities:-Project Management activities: by developing a project management handbook to communicate all necessary information from the funding agency to ensure partner are following guidelines and rules regarding communication, project meetings, administration and financial arrangements.-Dissemination and Communication activities: To ensure the promotion of the project and the involvement of the stakeholders via online dissemination, multiplier and networking events, etc-Quality and Impact Evaluation activities: to measure and manage the quality of our work, understood as the congruence with the end goal of the project, the relevance to target groups and the professionalism of the execution.-Partners meetings: To help the partnership focus on how to organize the work to be done and how to complete the work done on specific results or activities that the project foresees during its completion. -Learning, Teaching, Training activities: Like Train of Trainers to test and improve the methodology, tools, learning and actions content in the PR2 Storydoers Training Combo and National Trainings to analyze and validate the PR2 to be further disseminated and promoted during the national-level multiplier events.<< Results >>Storydoers foresess Thre Project Results-PR1 will enable to build state of the art of the situation and a needs assessment that will be the base to produce -PR2, the materials for the trainings to provide both trainers (during the first C1 - the ToT) and participants (C2 - the training) the above mentioned skills- Finally PR 3 will be a transmedia manual that will collect existing information and tools, as well as the materials and lessons learned from the previous two PR and trainings, to develop the needed competences. This manual is the most important outcome of the project as it will allow its replicability and sustainability. The project expect to equip the target group with the appropriate competences for Storydoing (digital narrative skills for digital and social media platforms), Digital (to reduce the digital dividing of local tourism businesses of rural areas) and Social (for community engagement and sustainable development of rural areas)

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  • Funder: European Commission Project Code: 2021-1-IT01-KA220-VET-000029943
    Funder Contribution: 203,775 EUR

    << Background >>The European Parliament resolution of 25/03/2021 on sustainable tourism has stressed how “the COVID-19 outbreak has paralysed the EU tourism sector, putting its ecosystem under unprecedented pressure” and that” COVID-19 has led to a shift in the nature of travellers’ demands towards safe, clean and more sustainable”. The pandemic cut tourist activities by 80% and 6 millions jobs are at risk (“Tourism and transport in 2020 and beyond”). Therefore, tourism sector is now called to face an unprecedented challenge that can be overcome only through investing in skills and innovationInstitutions and policy makers are encouraging the green transition, so it is likely to be faster than expected. Unfortunately, the workers and as well the CVET providers are not ready for this challenge and it’s urgent and important to invest to develop the needed skills in line with the EU Green Deal. As the European Education Area highlights, “greening of economy will also require greening of skills”. The EU Green Deal warned to provide access to green skilling especially for the most vulnerable such as NEETs and unemployed. VET system plays a fundamental role in this framework: it needs to be future-proof and “ensure that adults access vocational programmes tailored to the twin green and digital transitions”Analysing the tourism sector in relation to the EU Green Deal, the following problems emerged:-Tourism workers and job seekers lack the needed green skills to allow the tourism sector to exploit the green transition opportunities- There is a growing number of people with a tourism qualification that are unemployed and start to find a job in another sector- People looking for a job in the tourism sector are not aware of the green perspectives and are not motivate to acquire the needed green skills- Lack of flexible and accessible CVET courses on sustainable tourism and poor attractiveness of the ones available- Lack of cooperation between CVET organisations and sustainable tourism companiesStarting from the problems pinpointed above, the needs of participating organisations, also in relation to sustainable tourism, have been identified as follows: - Widen the scope of CVET courses offered on tourism including green skills- Increase the level of professionalization and competence on sustainable tourism- Increase the labour market relevance of the CVET offer on tourism- Enhance the digital competence of the staff and their capacity to design and implement blended and digital courses- Enhance the capacity of the staff to use innovative approaches to train the learners- Explore the possibility to develop and use micro-credentials- Increase the attractiveness and uptake of CVET- Make the CVET offer more flexible, tailored and accessible for NEETs and unemployed- Make the CVET offer more attractive for the tourist companies and more in line with their needs- Raise awareness on the benefits and importance of attending CVET- Have more opportunities to exchange best practices and sharing methodologies on sustainable tourism- Increase the cross-sectorial cooperation in the field of sustainable tourism- Increase the internationalisation level and the capacity to cooperate at transnational levelG4T’s main target groups are people that obtained a tourist qualification and never entered the job market or lost their job and NEETs. The following main challenges related to the target group have been identified: - Lack of information and awareness of the opportunities, challenges and goals of the EU Green Deal- Lack of green skills and knowledge of sustainable tourism principle and possibilities- Low confidence and ability to find a job- Limited or absent self-employment and entrepreneurial skills- Lack of self-esteem and sense of initiative- Low performance in traditional learning environment- Lack of motivation to enroll in a CVET course especially if not short, practical and accessible<< Objectives >>The design of the project started from the identified needs of participating organisations and target group in relation to sustainable tourism. G4T meets and addresses these needs by:- Designing a flexible modular curriculum and a blended and gamified CVET course on green skills for sustainable tourism tailored for the target group - Implementing a pilot transnational edition of the developed course involving 24 NEET and unemployed people - Designing microcredentials for each module of the curriculum to strengthen its flexibility and transferability and the visibility of the learning outcomes - Producing a dedicated certificate that could increase the recognition of the learning outcomes and attractiveness of the curriculum and of CVET providers using it - Producing a trainer’s manual for the course detailing the the digital and gamification activities planned and the underlying pedagogy and allowing other CVET trainers to reuse them - Organising and online conference on digital and gamification pedagogy for CVET- Boosting partners’ internationalisation and ability to operate at transnational level, exchanging best practices and sharing methodologies on sustainable tourism through 2 years cooperation The project therefore undertakes to:O1 Enable the target group to develop basic and specific green skillsO2 Enable the target group to acquire the competencies to develop their own sustainable tourism business ideaO3 Raise awareness among the target group about sustainable tourism opportunities and motivate them to develop green skillsO4 Increase the availability of flexible modular blended CVET learning opportunities on sustainable tourism tailored and accessible for the target groupO5 Foster a cross-border and cross-sector cooperation between CVET organisations and businesses active in sustainable tourism<< Implementation >>G4T activities are designed according to the needs identified and to ensure the achievements of the objectives. Activities are structured in 4 Work Packages.WP1 Project Management ensure a smooth delivery of G4T activities and are functional for reaching all the project results. Internal meetings, financial management, systematic monitoring and evaluation will contribute to G4T smooth delivery.WP2 Preparation aims at raising awareness on the opportunities on sustainable tourism within the framework of the EU Green Deal and Strategy on Sustainable Tourism through the Awareness Campaign, with online and offline events in all countries. The Online conference on digital and gamification pedagogy for CVET collects education and training staff, stakeholders and general public to present and discuss about innovative pedagogy approaches of gamified and digital training.WP3 Project results development and testing include the development of the flexible and modular G4T CVET curriculum on green skills for sustainable tourism and G4T Blended and gamified CVET course on green skills for sustainable tourism, with a trainers’ module and teaching materials. Translations in 7 languages will be provided for all the materials.A Pilot Test of the course is planned, with two weeks in-person meetings to test and collect feedback on the accessibility and usability of the materials created. It will collect learners with fewer opportunities and trainers from all participating countries.WP4 Dissemination and follow-up will exploit online and offline media to promote and share G4T activities and results, foreseeing measures for the sustainability and future exploitability of results. Dissemination activities include meeting with stakeholders, online campaigns, creation of G4T Community of Practice as a virtual space to exchange at cross-sectoral level, discuss and share knowledge on sustainable tourism and opportunities for continuous training in the field, so to create a fertile ground for connections and new initiatives between learners, training providers and labour market. Moreover, six Multiplier Events will be organised, targeting 50 people in each country to increase the visibility and future exploitability of project results.<< Results >>G4T activities and work packages will produce tangible and intangible results, planned considering the target group that the project addresses (unemployed people, NEETs) and participant CVET organisations and staffTangible results:- 1flexible and modular curriculum(7 languages) made of 13moduleson sustainable tourism including also: *1 module on job research in sustainable tourism sector *1 module on self-employment in the tourism sectorthrough entrepreneurship - 1 blended and gamified CVET course, with teaching materials and description of the activities translated in 6 languages- 1 trainers’ manual for CVET trainers on gamification and digital pedagogy- 1 template for the course certificate- 13 graphic badges, for the 13 microcredentials acquired through the modules - international and cross-sectoral Community of Practice of VET organisations and providers, companies of the green tourism sector, education and training institutions atEU level, to foster discussion and exchange of methodologies and best practices in the field- 1 visibility package (logo, headed paper, templates for graphic, leaflets andother printed materials) to disseminate project activities and results and increase the attractiveness of the actionsIntangible results:- developed knowledge on sustainable tourism, its economic and productive mechanisms - acquired competences on the design and organisation of sustainable tourism services and solutions- gained knowledge on tools and techniques for job research, entrepreneurship and self-employment in sustainable tourism industry - better knowledge on opportunities offered by CVET- increased attention to the barriers to enter education and training system, and awareness on methods and practices to overcome them- gained competences and practices within CVET organisations for the development of innovative curricula to support and promote lifelong learning- gained knowledge on micro-credentials approach in designing training opportunities- creation of cross-sectoral exchange of knowledge, practices and methodologies between business sector and education and training system in the field of sustainable tourism- advanced process of engagement and cooperation with local networks, stakeholders and partners- increased CVET relevance in respect to the request of skills from labour market in tourism sector- increased flexibility of CVET opportunities- enhanced ability of CVET staff of collaborating internationally and within KA2 Erasmus+ project, especially for newcomer and less experienced partner- developed knowledge of CVET organisations on digital and gamified pedagogy

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  • Funder: European Commission Project Code: 2021-1-BG01-KA220-VET-000029619
    Funder Contribution: 155,043 EUR

    << Background >>With a 90% deduction in tourist arrivals, it is expected that substantial revenue loss will affect around 85% of European hotels (EC 2020). As one in ten Europeans are employed in the tourism industry, this will have even further implications on unemployment rates and social services into the coming years. Research and previous surveys with small business owners in tourism, uncovered the impacts on daily operations, as hotel managers must implement and report health measures, while at the same time balance guest, staff and supplier needs. With the coronavirus pandemic persisting and tourism activity unlikely to return to 2019 levels for at least a few years, the priority challenges expected for the hotel industry include the need for health and safety management, revenue reductions, lack of liquidity and changing travel behaviour. When taking a closer look at the impacts of COVID-19 on GHG reduction efforts, an immediate effect on the mitigation of global emissions can be observed. However, a forthcoming rebound effect is expected due to increased need for energy and heating to extend the season, as well as generation of waste to implement health and safety regulations. Moreover, the lack of liquidity forces the hotel industry to put the implementation of GHG reduction measures on hold as health measures and keeping staff employed take priority. Hotel associations are, however, optimistic that if cost savings of GHG reduction measures and benefits for the brand image are properly promoted, the interest of hoteliers will be raised again. It is expected that the focus will be less on cost intensive GHG reduction measures, but rather on smaller, step-by-step investments and behavioural approaches.Despite the efforts by governments to support the recovery from the pandemic, the tourism industry experienced a strong decrease in investments compared to pre-crisis levels (EC 2020p). Considering the large share of the GDP that the tourism industry contributes in many European economies, it is crucial that additional efforts provide the industry with the tailored support needed for a sustainable recovery. Based on the stakeholder interviews and market analysis, a package with recommended initiatives to promote a green recovery of the hotel industry should be made available manly including short-term recommendations include trainings for hoteliers on behavioural and technical measures to create rapid cost effects and implement hygiene and safety regulations into their daily operations. This could also be accompanied by a step-by-step approach to facilitate the implementation of GHG reduction measures for hoteliers. In addition upskilling and the use of digital solutions can offer substantial assistance to small business owners in order to tranform their touristic product and service as a unique sustainable experience.<< Objectives >>The logic behind the SURE TO Tourism project is that such support instruments can also be developed so that they include both economic and environmental aspects in order to assist a green recovery of the hotel industry. (Opportunities for a green restart of the hotel industry arising from the COVID-19 pandemic ii development of new policies and instruments to support a green recovery).Small businesses within the tourism sector (which represent 80% of global tourism) are particularly vulnerable.The crisis is an opportunity to rethink how tourism interacts with our societies, other economic sectors and our natural resources and ecosystems; to measure and manage it better; to ensure a fair distribution of its benefits and to advance the transition towards a carbon neutral and resilient tourism economy. The period until the total recovery for the Tourism Sector, although a difficult and uncertain time, can also be seen as a preparatory period for transition to the updated face of Tourism. This recovery period offers an opportunity to adjust to the developments and trends in the industry that were already apparent before COVID-19, such as:- the growing interest in sustainable tourism, - digitisation of the tourism experience and- increased importance of authenticity and adaption to personal needs of travels. This project will focus on small Tourism businesses and the short and medium term measures that are able to support a green reopening of the tourism industry by contributing to:-A sustainable recovery-Achieving the GHG emission reduction targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)-Introduction of Digital technologies and solutions -Development of the tourism product as a unique value and experience destinationThe short-term measures will include:- Trainings for hoteliers on behavioral and technical measures to create rapid cost effects and implement hygiene and safety regulations into their daily operations.- A series of themed training video courses/ webinars on how small Tourism Business can achieve a Sustainable recovery (Manage Waste minimization, Energy efficiency, Climate neutralization)- Step-by-step approach to facilitate the implementation of GHG reduction measures for hoteliers :- A Digital Guide to Zero Waste for Small Hotels- A Digital Guide on Developing a Green profile for your local community and your customers- Training for hoteliers in order to create awareness on low-cost GHG reduction potentials for employees and guests- Innovation best practices in the form of:- digital solutions for the tourism business and- development of the tourism product as a unique experience- development of the SURE To Tourism E-learning Platform - Implementation of platform- Hotel Awards to highlight and encourage sustainable initiatives and green practices by hotels which manage to recover from the pandemic crisis through the implementation of sustainable practicesThe main objective of SURE To Tourism is to address the training needs of tourism SMEs owners in key transversal skills based on new updated research, and strengthen their business activities in terms of economic social and environmental impact. SURE To Tourism is a EU partnership designed to develop core and innovative learning methods that best encourage sustainable recovery of the small tourism business , answering the need for education and training thanks to an innovative proposal based on participation and ICTs<< Implementation >>The activities framework of the project starts with the description of activities, outputs, and objectives, including associated indicators and means of verification. In its planning it has identified possible risks, in order to anticipate them and safegard the project's quality implementation. Implementation methodology includes: - Identification of project's needs- Plannig& design - Development - Testing - Mainstreaming Supporting activities mentioned within the managementsection of the application are: -A1: Project management (SWU): it will include major monitoring tools as described in the management section for the project technical and financial follow-up. This activity will involve all the partners and include the elaboration of reports to be sent to the National Agency. -A2: Quality evaluation (DIAS): under supervision of the project leader, it will include the quality plan and check, as described in the evaluation section, and in accordance with the stated qualitative and quantitative indicators. This activity will involve all the partners as well as external stakeholders invited to provide recommendations on the project implementation.Corrective measures might be applied to the intellectual outputs after the quality evaluation. -A3: Dissemination: Under supervision of FyG, it will include the dissemination strategy, its implementation and evaluation as well as application of corrective measures, as described in the dissemination and impact section. All the partners will be involved in this activity.FYG will be in charge of the website production and all partners will provide contents for the updates of this tool. It will include the participation to events, but not the organisation of specific events, which will be funded under Multipliers events item. -A4: Effective exploitation: under supervision of SWU, it will include a reflection for the long term exploitation strategy, sustainability and transferability of the project outputs. All the partners will work on the valorisation of the projectthanks to contacts with relevant networks and will engage discussion for continuing actions within the project field.Indeed, once the tool developed, the partnership is interested in its effective implementation, as it offers the perspective of a significant improvement of the service that they already offer to the target group. They engage to provide efforts for the real exploitation of the project outputs. As for the Project results, they will follow a logical chain of actions set up to achieve the final objectives. The methodology will be participative, as it will involve the targets groups, final users and stakeholders since the beginning of the project for the development of a tailor made product. The product will also be tested and evaluated by the targets themselves. The outputs will be progressives: the continuous evaluation of the work performed will lead to permanent improvement, according to the “Check and Act” principle. In addition, the tool will be open source and after the project ends, it will be open to further updates and new inputs. Finally, inaddition to dissemination, multiplier events will be organised to reinforce the visibility of the project, to explain the utility and application of its outcomes.<< Results >>Four main outputs will be developed during this project, a digital report (skill card) on tourism entrepreneurs skills needs, an online training course for sustainable recovery for Small and medium enteprises in Tourism sector and an innovative Online Interactive Tool for tourism enteprises which will contribute to their sustainable recovery. These products are expected to have a great impact on the project target group. Also, this project as set a series of indicators at short medium and long term to fix the objectives to be achieved.The following activities will be taking place along the 24 months of funding phase of the project:Project Results:PR1 - Digital Skill card Creation / Training Curriculum DevelopmentPR2 - Development, Istallation and Administration of eLearning PlatformPR3 - SU.RE to Tourism - Training packagePR4 - Development of Online Interactive Tools for Tourism Sector EnterprisesIn addition, one of the expected results of this project will be achieved in terms of involvement of target groups in multiplier events, and involvement of the partners themselves, as they will be the first to exploit the project products.Events:E1 – E6: National presentation of Project results.The results expected during the project and on its completion regarding the transversal activities are:-Project Roadmap, which will include the partnership agreement, detailed work plan (including information about project meetings, project activities and tasks), detailed description of the roles and responsibilities of each partner involved and listing of project indicators and impacts to be achieved;-Project Management Handbook which will compile all necessary management and reporting tools to be used by the partners, including templates for quarterly reporting, contacts from the Staff team allocated to the project, guidelines for management, administrative work and financial control;-Interim and Final Reports: following the format requested, the Interim and Final Reports will be written by the coordinator with the support from all partners and will be submitted to the National Agency.-Quality Management Plan, which will describe the quality-check procedures that will be implemented to ensure high quality of the project achievements (intellectual outputs namely) and consistency of the work performed within the project. It will also include a description of the actions that will be taken to guarantee the efficiency and quality of the project outcomes and procedures;-Coordination and Partnership Quality Reports will be tools for assessing and monitoring the quality of the project activities and results according to defined methodology and strategy;-Exploitation Plan, which will include the strategic statement, the IPR agreement and will provide the necessary support and guidance to support the follow up of the project.Last but not least, partners expect, thanks to this project, reinforce the cooperation started among the entities taking part in this project implementation. They wish to pursue the undertaken activities in the field of entrepreneurship training to enlarge their perspective to new targets and competences and share their expertise on business development at a wider scale.

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