"<< Background >>The RETOURN (REcovery TOURrism after Natural disaster) project, positioned in the field of pvocational training, was conceived in response to the lack of preparation and adequate knowledge by the figures operating in the tourism sector on risk management and the recovery of damage resulting from natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and pandemics such as the one caused by COVID-19.Through the involvement of a heterogeneous and representative partnership of different categories such as the Chamber of Commerce, VET, University, Association, belonging to 5 Member States (Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Hungary, and Germany) the project aims to modernize the training offer for the education and professional training by developing a path of development of the skills and abilities necessary to facilitate and recover the touristic development more quickly in areas affected by natural disasters, thus creating the figure of the Tourism Recovery Expert.In the PHASE PREVIOUS TO THE SUBMISSION, 50 representatives of the tourism industry from all the involved Partner Countries were invited to respond to a questionnaire designed to understand the actual need for this training course (https://forms.gle/LuGvvTrtH8AGFBrS7). It is particulary significant that to the question ""in which measure do you believe that a natural disaster (from earthquakes, floods, to the current health emergency caused by covid 19) requires new professional skills in the tourism sector ""33% replied that it is absolutely necessary (5, on a scale of values ​​from 1 to 5), over 46% replied to be necessary (4) and 21% replied to be quite necessary (3); no value below 3 was recorded; concluding that for operators in the tourism sector it is necessary. In the same way, they were asked to evaluate which areas need to be re-skilled and the following were indicated: Tourism Risk & Crisis Management, Tourism revival & digital marketing strategies and Ethics of Tourism.<< Objectives >>The aim of the project is to structure, implement, test and disseminate the ""Recovery Tourism after Natural Disaster"" training program centered on tourism disaster management and the restoration of the tourist image after the advent of a natural disaster. This path will consist of:• Face-to-face teaching sessions,• Open Educational Resources,• laboratory activities provided according to the alternative didactic method of serious play, aimed at learning techniques and practices of emerging strategy making in complex, uncertain and ""disruptive"" contexts such as those that have suffered natural disasters.The beneficiaries of the training course will be 65 (20 IT, 15 GR, 15 SLO, 15 HU) individuals who operate in the tourism sector or who guide companies and associations in the tourism professions, such as tour operators and managers, tour guides and tour leaders; graduates and undergraduates in economic-tourism disciplines, unemployed and unemployed with a background in tourism-economic disciplines who need to acquire new skills to actively relocate on the market as the path is also aimed at those who have lost their jobs after a natural disaster.<< Implementation >>RETOURN provides for the creation of a short-term mobility activity for trainers that can contribute to the qualification of VET trainers and the production in a transnational cooperation perspective of four Project Results such as:• Creation of the Competence Framework for the Tourism Recovery Expert• Design of the structure of the new interdisciplinary teaching in Recovery Tourism after Natural Disaster and Processing of the contents of the Open Educational Resources• realization of the online platform for the project and realization of the Open Educational Resource • Piloting of the new training program and SWOT analysis post-natural disasters<< Results >>By carrying out these activities, mentioned above, it will be possible to:• promote the adoption of a European experiential teaching models• create stable links between training institutions, businesses, territories,• develop forms and opportunities for collaboration for tourism businesses at European level, also in order to develop the attitude to co-create value;• promote a participatory approach in the planning of the conversion/restructuring after the natural disaster;• increase the number of staff employed in the areas affected by the disaster through employment or re-employment in the training path;• helping tourism businesses to cope with and survive the recovery period;• raise awareness of the importance of the impact of natural disasters and the importance of prevention in all areas of human life and in the tourism sector in particular; • contribute to the conversion of the tourist image of the affected areas;• encourage greater use of risk management plans in the tourism sector."

"The ""ARCHI'Nature"" project was born out of a common observation shared by schools, their territorial public administrations, cultural associations and architecture specialists: ""Whether it is a question of small rural and agricultural territories or small towns, Culture and Art are as little present as urban planning and sustainable development issues are faced locally""! Thus, this project wishes to question both the capacity for innovation linked to creativity, whatever its field of application, and the consequences of human action on its environment. The will of the partnership is to use the artistic medium to serve a major citizen reflection: how to develop with respect our territories while preserving nature and its natural wealth?Moreover, these European spaces, similar in their respective strategic positioning, all located in the immediate vicinity of a lake, have all committed themselves to an eco-responsible approach to the development of their territories. Their desire is to involve the socio-professional actors to implement projects whose values are shared by the citizens and for which they will thus become the relay. In fact, all the partners share the desire to work towards active citizenship and the importance of supporting the development of structuring citizen initiatives. Thus, the values underlying ARCHI'Nature are the following: entrepreneurship, curiosity, dynamism, and experimentation in order to create the world of tomorrow. In addition, learning by doing, or LAB will be the methodologies used to respect the experimental dimension and to let the groups express themselves as freely as possible.This project will also be an opportunity to analyze how creativity has been illustrated in the past, an opportunity to observe and value a common cultural heritage specific to Europe. Unpretentious, in the face of the individualism that is gaining ground in our societies and which is reflected in an increasingly pervasive Euroscepticism, we wish to develop an educational project around creativity in order to reveal it in each individual but also to use its strength in an inclusive social dimension that strengthens the links between citizens. Culture helps to reinforce the feeling of belonging to a group, ARCHI'Nature and its artistic creations will strive to demonstrate this by example. What could be better than artistic and creative experiences, defined and developed by young people and citizens themselves, to visually communicate and involve a whole community of life around issues of urban planning and environmental impacts? How to imagine a festival on the scale of these European lake territories composed of local itineraries?The project was conceived on a tandem of different partners (institutional, school or associative). This one seems to us necessary insofar as it allows to build an artistic and cultural pedagogical project that resonates with a wider territorial development project, which allows for greater possibilities of action and wider influence. This project must necessarily be carried out at a European level because creativity expresses itself all the more and is enriched by local differences and specificities. Cultural diversity will strengthen the collectively imagined experiments, beyond the language and culture of each individual. It will enable the construction of a network of itineraries and the bringing to life of these territories on a European scale. ARCHI'Nature will allow an exchange of practices and results that will reflect the rash of glances, witnesses of the identities of our territories to be shared between partners. Our wish is to enable citizens to reappropriate the creative gesture to create added value in their living space, to be able to seize it to create links and meaning, while protecting their environment.The ""ARCHI'NAture"" project will therefore be developed around different axes of work:1-Architecture & Art at the service of the geographical, economic, tourist and social development of the territories and its citizens. 2- Creativity as a tool for personal development and as a factor of social bond.3-The creation of a common artistic device of the type of a festival thanks to the creation of artistic events shared locally as well as on the European scale of the partnership.4-The knowledge of Europe, its geography and its different cultures."