EVBB, leader of the FuTourAlliance project, has published a Request for Proposals for an assignment for External Evaluation Services. Deadline for Submission of Proposals: 20/05/2026
FuTourAlliance – Empowering Europe’s Tourism Workforce for a Digital and Sustainable Future (Project ID: 101246930 – ERASMUS-EDU-2025-PI-ALL-INNO-BLUEPRINT).
The General Objective of the Project: FuTourAlliance aims to empower Europe’s tourism workforce to navigate the twin digital and green transitions by mapping sector-specific skills gaps, developing updated occupational profiles and qualification frameworks aligned with the EQF, designing and piloting modular work-based training curricula, and establishing a Sectoral Skills Alliance governance structure (LSP) for sustained impact beyond the project lifetime.
The purpose of the assignment is to provide fully independent external quality assurance and evaluation services for the FuTourAlliance project throughout its 48-month lifetime (January 2026 – December 2029). The external evaluator will design and implement a robust evaluation framework to assess the quality of project processes, outputs, and outcomes against the objectives set out in the Grant Agreement. Quality assurance and evaluation are cross-cutting activities linked to all Work Packages of the FuTourAlliance project, complementing project management throughout the project lifespan, involving all partners in a collaborative way, and providing the information necessary to manage quality across all phases, from planning to implementation and final evaluation.
The assignment includes:
- Task 1: External Evaluation Framework – The external evaluator will establish the procedures, tools, indicators, and methodological framework underpinning the quality assurance and evaluation of FuTourAlliance. This includes reviewing the Grant Agreement and baseline documents, designing quantitative and qualitative evaluation indicators aligned with WP objectives, developing data collection instruments, and producing the External Evaluation Plan setting out evaluation methodology, roles, responsibilities, and a schedule for data gathering activities across the project lifetime.
- Task 2: Mid-Term Evaluation – At Month 24 (December 2027), the evaluator will conduct a comprehensive mid-term assessment covering progress against the workplan and output indicators, a quality review of deliverables produced by each Work Package, an assessment of partnership cooperation and governance mechanisms, an evaluation of pilot training activities undertaken to date, and analysis of risks and corrective actions. Findings will be consolidated in the Mid-Term Quality Assurance Report (D1.3) and presented to the Steering Committee.
- Task 3: Final Evaluation – At Month 48 (December 2029), the evaluator will carry out the final evaluation covering achievement of overall project objectives and results, quality and impact of all deliverables (training curricula, occupational profiles, pilot training outcomes, and LSP governance model), assessment of dissemination activities, and evaluation of the sustainability and transferability of project results. Findings will be consolidated in the Final Quality Assurance Report (D1.4), accompanying the Final Project Report submitted to the European Commission.