Project: Erasmus+ KA220 |

Duration: November 2021 – April 2024

Partners: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (Ireland), Višja strokovna šola za gostinstvo in turizem Maribor (Slovenia), DomSpain Slu (Spain), EURACOM (France), Instituto Politecnico de Viana de Castelo (Portugal), Bia Innovator Campus CLG (Ireland).

Website: https://www.ecosme.eu/si

The project focuses on sustainable business content within the hospitality and tourism industry, which will be crucial for a successful economic recovery during the epidemic. In line with the European SME Strategy 2020, examples of good practices characterised by sustainable business and continuous business innovation will be encouraged and promoted, as well as cooperation and networking between industry and educational institutions to develop the key competences that the economy needs to recover successfully and as quickly as possible.

The main objectives of the project are:

• Raising awareness of the benefits of sustainable business management and operations.
• Support SMEs in their transition towards sustainable business forms by up-skilling/re-skilling staff and promoting sustainable entrepreneurship and practices.
• Promote opportunities for upgrading and further training in green and sustainable competences and skills for hospitality and tourism employees.
• Supporting educational institutions to expand the range of relevant resources and materials for training in sustainable business practices.

The key outputs of the project will be:

• The production of a thorough report on the sustainability challenges of business and the needs and skills of SMEs within the hospitality and tourism sector in the post-epidemic era.
• The production of multilingual materials and a comprehensive set of good practices in the field of sustainable business for inclusion in the hospitality and tourism training programme.
• Raising awareness of the benefits and advantages of sustainable business practices for local businesses, employees, communities and the environment.
• To establish a functioning international network of businesses committed to sustainable business practices.

Project: Erasmus+ KA226| Project No.: KA226-63DD0B46

Duration: 1st March 2021 – 28th February 2023

• providing high-quality, inclusive digital education in vocational education and training;
• developing and using freely available educational resources, freely available textbooks and free and open-source educational software;
• strengthening cooperation and networking between vocational schools in the field of tourism;
• preparing teachers for the challenges of equity, diversity and inclusion in the digital learning environment;
• encouraging teachers to use the digital learning environment during and after project activities.

The key outputs of the project will be:

• development of high-quality and engaging digital content;
• the development of innovative open-source educational software;
• development of an open source digital library for vocational education and training in the tourism sector.

Documents:

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WELLNESS AND SPA TOURISM SECTORAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT (WeSkill)

Project: Erasmus+ KA202 | Project No.: 621401-EPP-1-2020-1-BG-EPPKA2-SSA

Duration: 1st November 2020 – 1st November 2023

Partners: Inštitut za usposabljanje kadrov v mednarodnih organizacijah (ITPIO), Bulgaria, Turistična zbornica Bolgarije (BTC), Bulgaria, Zemedelska strokovna gimnazija “Kliment Timiryazev” (ZPG), Bulgaria, Center Republike Slovenije za poklicno izobraževanje (CPI), Slovenia, Savinjsko-šaleška gospodarska zbornica (SSGZ), Slovenia, Višja strokovna šola za gostinstvo in turizem Maribor (VSGT), Slovenia, Nacionalni center za izobraževanje (VISC), Latvia, Združenje letovišč Latvije (LRA), Latvia, Tehnična šola za modo in oblikovanje v Rigi (RSMT), Latvia, DIMITRA Izobraževanje & Svetovanje SA, Grčija, Združenje občin s termalnimi vrelci (HATS), Greece, Združenje zdraviliškega in velneškega turizma Srbije (ZVST), Serbia, Farmacevtsko – fizioterapevtska šola (FFS), Serbia, Tiber Umbria Comett izobraževalni program (TUCEP), Italy, FEDERTURISMO CONFINDUSTRIA turistično združenje (FC), Italy, Skupina AFORMAC (AFORMAC), France, Zveza obrtnikov in gostinstva Puy de dôme (UMIH), France, Inthecity projekt (Inthecity), the Netherlands, Mednarodna zveza za hidroterapijo in klimatsko terapijo (FEMTEC), Italy.

Website: https://weskill.eu/

WeSkill: Wellness and SPA Tourism sectoral skills Development

The value of the health and wellness market in Western Europe has increased substantially between 2013 and 2018”. At the beginning of the period observed the health and wellness market valued approximately 126 billion euro and increased to around 149 billion euro in 2018. The health and wellness market in Eastern Europe experienced a similar increase in market value, increasing from approximately 22 billion euros in 2013 to 30.5 billion in 2018. The health and wellness trend has continued to grow across Europe as more individuals realize the importance of leading a healthy and active lifestyle.

The main challenge in the further development of the wellness tourism in response to the growing interest of tourists, as well as of the demand for wellness packages that include diversity of services is availability of qualified staff. All categories of partners who participate in this project (representative organizations, sectoral umbrella organization, qualification authorities, VET providers) are key actors in modernization and advancement of VET and new sector skills in their respective countries and implement main project activities on a regular basis.

The project’s main objective is to be designed transnational curricula and respective training content in wellness and spa tourism sector. There will be developed 5 transnational modular curricula based on learning outcomes for learners at EQF 4 and companies’ employees occupying EQF 4 related qualifications. Equipping VET students and adults/employees from the sector being trainees with the missing skills, by using a strong modern personalized didactic tool (multilingual training mobile app), the WeSkill project will try to make wellness and spa tourism sector more appealing, sustainable, advanced and competitive in the EU area.

Short newsletters are available below:

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More information:

info@itpio.eu

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9044609/

https://www.facebook.com/WeSkill-Project-106926691492618 

DETOUR – development of new competences in wellness 

Project: Erasmus+ KA202 | Project No.: 2019-1-UK01-KA202-061904
Duration: 1st October 2019 – 1st October 2021
Partners: Ireland, Scotland, Slovenia, Azores, Iceland
Website: www.detourproject.eu

Višja strokovna šola za gostinstvo in turizem Maribor is participating in the DETOUR project, whose lead partner is the University of the Highlands and Islands in Scotland. It is a two-year project focusing on building the skills of people working in this fast-growing sector.

The project aims to connect with companies and organisations working in the field of wellness and wellbeing, to better understand the needs, knowledge and understanding of wellbeing, opportunities and above all, to jointly identify areas where it would be beneficial to build on the skills and knowledge of all staff. The DETOUR project aims to help educational institutions and small and medium-sized enterprises,
DMOs and other tourism organisations working in the field of tourism to offer knowledge and skills to better exploit current and future favourable tourism opportunities. All with a view to fostering innovation,
market diversification and fostering regional growth.

STIMULATING HEALTHY FOOD SERVICE INNOVATION (SUSTAIN)

Project: Erasmus+ KA202 | Project No.: 2019-1-UK01-KA202-061656

Duration: 1st October 2019 – 1st October 2021

Partners: Galway County Council, Ireland, Centro de formacion de administracion y hosteleria SL, Spain, European E-learning Institute, Denmark, Momentum marketing services limited, Ireland, Balkanska Agenciya za Ustoychivo Razvitie, Bulgaria in Trade management services Ltd, United Kingdom as the leading partner.

Website: www.foodinovation.how

The project aims primarily to improve the quality of the food offered by small and medium-sized providers and has the following priorities:

• Improve the quality of diets,
• prevent the incidence of overweight Europeans,
• increase the competitiveness of businesses,
• boost innovation in the field of healthy diets and new services; and
• empower businesses in the foodservice chain (hospitals, schools, mobile catering, caterers, suppliers, etc.).

The objectives of the project are:

1. To review good practices and produce a compendium with concrete guidance.
2. Preparation and implementation of training programmes for innovation in the field of healthy diets.
3. Developing an open online platform that will bring together all the above priorities and promote healthy eating.
4. Dissemination of results to providers, the food sector and policy makers.

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Successfully completed projects:

PaleoDiversiStyria
ERMES
EVOCATE
ECVET NET
WELLPRO
CNN