The project is an example of strategic partnership supporting the exchange of good practices. The partnership is made up of four entities from four EU member states. The project responds to the needs of all Partners. The initiator of the partnership was the leader. The construction of the partnership was guided primarily by the experience and competences of individual entities in terms of target groups and solutions used in partner countries for the benefit of people with disabilities or the tourism industry.The idea of the project was created in June 2017 during a partner meeting in the HORECA project (2016-1-PL01-KA202-026228) dedicated to the activation of deaf people. The president of the Greek Deaf Association, invited to the meeting, pointed out that the tourism industry is only minimally (if any) prepared for the service of deaf people. There are no advertising leaflets or guides adapted to the needs of this group, there is no appropriate offer, travel agency employees or tourist organizations have no knowledge about the needs and expectations of such a target group. This also applies to the blind and visually impaired. As a consequence, deaf or blind people can not take full advantage of the opportunities available to non-disabled people in the tourism industry, they feel overlooked and disadvantaged. In March 2019, during the next partnership meeting, the project proposal received the full approval of the Greek Ministry of Tourism.The main goal of the project is focused on the development, thanks to the exchange of international experience, of good solutions in the field of professional preparation of tourist organizations to support people with sensory disabilities (deaf and hard of hearing people, blind and visually impaired people). As part of the project, it is planned to develop three results that directly match three specific objectives, namely:1) International analysis of solutions for tourist services (groups) of people with sensory disabilities (4 partner countries - Poland, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus), based on a qualitative analysis, preparation of a ranking of solutions.2) Good European practices in tourist services (groups) of people with sensory disabilities.3) The scope of competency gap in the tourism industry in the field of professional service for people with sensory disabilities - recommendations and an indication of the scope of training and training materials for the tourism industry needed for professional service of people with sensory disabilities.The target groups of the project are:─ employees and employers of the tourist industry (tourism organizations and travel agencies) are so-called a group of users, ie people who thanks to the project will be able to professionally serve people with sensory disabilities,─ people with sensory disabilities who will be able to use the offer of the tourism industry to a greater extent.The analyses carried out in the project and the results obtained will allow for better preparation of the tourist industry for the service of people with sensory disabilities. They will also indicate competency gaps to be completed. Taking into account the structure of occupations in the tourism industry, the project results will be particularly important for people preparing the offer and people directly serving customers. Benefits from the implementation of the project will translate into better functioning of the tourism industry entities (the possibility of expanding the group of potential clients for people with sensory disabilities), as well as the possibility of full inclusion of people with sensory disabilities (full use of tourist services).Innovation in the project mainly concerns two areas:1. Target group - people with sensory disabilities and their needs and expectations in service in the tourism industry.2. Methods - assessment of the current situation - inventory of existing solutions and development of recommendations in the scope of training needs, using the knowledge and experience of representatives of two target groups - employees of the tourism industry and people with sensory disabilities.The project should be implemented in an international partnership. The subject has been marginalized or even overlooked for years. Undoubtedly, it deserves to be discussed, analysed and searched for and exchanged good practices (even in the smallest dimension). The current state of knowledge does not allow for professional preparation of a large partnership project for innovation. The partners jointly decided that the project of exchange of experiences would be the best way to look at the situation in tourism in the field of preparation for the service of specific target groups, to which undoubtedly belong people with sensory disabilities.

“Development of teaching materials for vocational education of deaf people in HORECA sector” is a strategic partnership project implemented by partners from three countries: Poland, Hungary and Greece. The partnership is composed of institutions supporting the deaf people, training institutions of international scope and employers from the HORECA sector. The project objective is a translational cooperation in the field of improving the quality of vocational education of deaf people in the hotel-restaurant-catering (HORECA) industry. Thank to exchange of best practices between partners from three countries solutions supporting deaf people to prepare for starting employment in this industry were developed. During the project implementation, following results were developed:1. Training courses for deaf person in the workplace in the hotel and gastronomy sector for 10 professions selected in terms of adequacy for deaf people. Training courses are dedicated to deaf people who want to start working in the following professions: barista, bartender, waiter, chef, confectioner, gardener, baker, technical, porter, maid. A package consisting of a syllabus (training program compliant with the European Training Framework), description of the profession and a set of instructional videos has been developed for each of the professions. Instructional videos consisting of a sequence of scenes related to tasks performed in a given profession are translated into the national sign languages of the partner countries and contain subtitles and a voice-over recording in a given language. The films are available in Polish, Hungarian and Greek. Developed materials are useful for:- employers who can use it to train potential employees - deaf people who want to improve their skills on their own initiative- vocational teachers - as an additional teaching tool.2. Thematic dictionaries include basic expressions recorded in sign language that are necessary for communication at work between a deaf employee and the hearing part of the team. The dictionaries are prepared in the national languages of the Partners (spoken and sign language with additional inscriptions). Dictionaries include vocabulary used in works in the area of the 10 professions from the HORECA sector. They are useful for deaf people, their managers and colleagues, to support communication at work. They are also useful for teachers from vocational school because they help them better prepare deaf students to work in the HORECA sector.3. Deaf at work - the manual for employers from HORECA sector who intend to hire a deaf person. The manual contains the characteristics of deaf people, strengths of deaf employees, possible problem points, instructions how to prepare team members to work with deaf he manual for employers from HORECA sector who intend to hire a deaf colleague. Vademecum can be used after minor modifications also in other industries where deaf people are employed. The manual has been prepared in a shortened version (containing the most important information) and a full version (dedicated to people who want to explore the topic).All developed project results in Polish can be found and downloaded free of charge from the Leader's website: http://dobrekadry.pl/wszystkie-zawody/ Materials in Greek: http://isdec.eu/Materials in Hungarian: http://munkakoralap.hu/programok/erasmus-plus/tananyag-fejlesztes-hallasserultek-szamara-a-horeca-szektorban/online-szakmai-szotar/Dissemination activities carried out in the project and research on the impact of the project allow to identify the following groups of stakeholders of its results:- Deaf and hard of hearing – who get first ever chance of real vocational and practical preparation to work in the profession they are theoretically educated for in their schools- The employers of the HORECA sector, who get practical teaching materials which on one hand increase the level of their and their employees’ knowledge about cooperation with a deaf employee, but on the other hand provide them instructional movies and a dictionaries allowing better allocation of a new employee, and helping to avoid problematic situations.- Educational institutions (schools, vocational education centers, training institutions) who gain access to professionally prepared teaching materials allowing preparation of workforce to work in 10 professions of the HORECA sector.- Participating organizations - exchange of knowledge and experiences certainly increased qualifications and competences of people employed in these organizations.- Other organisations working in the field of employment or activation of deaf people or people with disabilities in generally, who get access to high quality manuals, training courses and dictionary and thanks to that are able to use them in their work for different target groups.- General public - increase the level of knowledge, understanding of deaf people and their culture. This allow inclusion of deaf people.

<< Objectives >>5 partners working together to strengthen the potential of VET providers (in particular partnership members) to implement vocational international traineeships under Erasmus + (2021-2027). The partnership will achieve this by: developing and implementing new learning agreement programs for 4 professions; as well as development of recommendations and good practices in the field of inclusion of students with disability into international vocational mobility projects under the Erasmus+ programme.<< Implementation >>In the Project, we will conduct 4 stationary, international meetings. During which we will visit min. 16 VET provides that can serve as examples of good practices for hosting and sending students from 4 professions (logistics technician, hotel technician, veterinary technician, photography and multimedia technician). Particular emphasis will be placed on finding good practices in the area of inclusion of students with disability in international vocational mobility activities.<< Results >>We will prepare the following results:A) Learning agreement programs for (minimum) monthly traineeships for students of technical schools in the following professions: logistics technician, hotel technician, veterinary technician, photography and multimedia technician. These programs will be in line with the standards of the new Erasmus+ program (2021-2027).B) A set of specific recommendations, procedures and best practices in the field of inclusion people with disability in VET mobilities

<< Objectives >>The main goal of the project is to increase the diversity of the offer of rural women's organizations from three EU countries, allowing for increasing the effectiveness of educational activities for local communities. Thanks to international cooperation, we want to expand and make the activities of women's organizations in small local communities more attractive and thus encourage a larger group of residents to participate in activities organized by these entities.<< Implementation >>We are going to take four types of action. These are: partnership meetings (one in each country) for the exchange of experiences and good practices, development of three substantive results in the form of collections of good practices, activities for the local community, promotion and dissemination (including meetings for local communities - at least 2 in each country) and project management to ensure the smooth implementation of the project and to evaluate the results and activities.<< Results >>We plan to work out three results. Result 1 is a collection of good practices in the field of educational activity for the cultivation of local traditions, presented in the form of unified cases from Poland, Cyprus and Greece. Result 2 is a collection of educational activities to promote local specialties and culinary preparations. Result 3 is a set of educational activities for tourism and sport, including the so-called green good practices aimed at increasing the ecological identity.

The objective of this project is to popularise cultural heritage and increase its presence in social life using remote tools. In the project, we also assume the expansion of potential target groups of cultural and creative sector institutions by making the world of art and culture more accessible to people with hearing and vision impairments. The idea of the current project emerged immediately after the announcement of the new competition. However, the idea of the project dedicated to increasing the activity of people with sensory disabilities in the world of tourism and culture appeared last autumn during the work on the earlier Erasmus + Project entitled “People with sensory disabilities as a target group for the tourism industry – exchange of good practices ”(Deaf Tourism). The pandemic shaped the final form of the project by adding a key element – switching to remote functioning. The project relates directly to the horizontal priority assigned to the current competition: Supporting creativity and cultural awareness is a response to difficulties connected with the Coivd-19 pandemic in relation to the activity of cultural and creative sector institutions. Project implementation will allow of the use of the capabilities of remote tools and applications to expand the offer of these institutions and enable them to function online. The project also assumes that the representatives of cultural and creative sector institutions will become familiar with the specific needs and possibilities of people with sensory disabilities, and thus expand their potential target group. The target groups of the project include:- owners and employees of cultural and creative sector institutions – small local institutions such as art workshops, museums, etc.,- entities supporting small and local institutions of culture and creative sector e.g. local government units which finance the activity of cultural and creative sector institutions, umbrella organisations associating/supporting the activity of local cultural and creative sector institutions e.g. non-governmental organisations, centres supporting local activity, local thematic networks, other entities/persons providing services to cultural and creative sector institutions, e.g. training companies, IT specialists, instructors, activity organisers.The innovative character of the project concerns two aspects - the need to switch to remote working conditions in the case of cultural and creative sector institutions and the possibility of becoming familiar with the target group which so far has been of marginal importance for this type of institution, namely people with sensory disabilities.During the project implementation we intend to develop three results:- the O1 result is a manual for cultural and creative sector institutions on the digitisation of offers in the form of e-learning training using the Articulate 360 programme dedicated to cultural and creative sector institutions as well as small local cultural companies left without any digital support and without customers;- the O2 result is training for the owners and employees of local cultural and creative sector institutions, the aim of which will be to familiarise the representatives of the world of culture, art and the creative sector with the specificity of people with sensory disabilities and their perception of the world;- the O3 result is an offer of cultural and creative sector institutions for people with sensory disabilities - a map of places friendly to people with sensory disabilities. At the end of the project we anticipate that the representatives of cultural and creative sector institutions will acquire skills allowing them to function in a remote environment. We also believe that thanks to the results developed under the project, they will be prepared to accept a new target group of customers - people with sensory disabilities. The added value that might emerge as a result of authors’ interest in the specific needs and capabilities of people with sensory disabilities should be their inspiration with a different perception of the world. This primarily refers to perceiving the world with senses other than those we are used to (e.g. mainly by smell or taste, as in the case of blind or deaf-blind people).The project will be implemented in cooperation with eight entities from four European Union countries (two Partners from Poland, Cyprus, Greece and Portugal). The partnership consists of institutions which are experienced in project implementation and have a great impact on the local community as well as small cultural and creative sector organisations. We have created the partnership in such a way that a larger and more experienced Partner from a given country supports another entity that comes from the project target group and usually has no experience in international cooperation or project activities. We believe that this will ensure our success and full achievement of our objectives.