The project aims at establishing and sharing a common model for skills in Tourism sector in the EU in order to address the skills mismatches and “invest” for the future developments. We are going to establish an effective mechanism where partnering VET Institutions and Tourism Businesses are going to engage mutual learning, peer counselling, and capacity building, aimed at raising the quality and attractiveness of VET provision and a European, National, Regional and Local Level.

TOURing, is the answer towards bridging the gap between the market needs in terms of skills and competences in the Tourism Sector, and the ability of the VET to provide more tailored Curricula and Up-Skilling opportunities that would create balance in the booming tourism sector.

Based on the above our main goals are:

• To support Tourism Stakeholders to respond immediately to the fast changing and increasing skills gaps in digital and green skills sets;
• To contribute to the Knowledge Hub of Pact for Skills by providing updated and state-of-the-art curricula addressing the need for digital and green skills in tourism sector;
• To create the ground for partnerships and cooperation structures between VET/Education Providers and Labour Market Representatives in Tourism Sector;
• To raise the awareness of VET systems and Tourism Industry in digital and green transitions in tourism;
• To increase the quality of the VET Curricula related to Tourism which nowadays goes hand in hand with digital technologies and environmental sustainability.

The expected results are:

• 2 New and state-of-the-art Training Programmes;
• 150 employees/VET learners trained;
• 30 tourism companies participated in the project activities;
• Improve transnational cooperation between national tourism companies for the integration of digital and green strategies;

• Creation of a bridge of communication and cooperation between the VET providers and the tourism sector.

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