Coves for the tourism industry
ERASMUS-EDU-2021-PEX-COVE
101056184
06/2022- 05/2026 (46 months)
4.000.000,00 €
Greece, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Italy, China, Belgium
TourX
TOUR-X is a Center of Vocational Excellence (COVE) Project for the Tourism Industry.
TOUR-X envisions creating excellence in Tourism through a bottom-up approach where the Education providers of the partnership will enhance their ability to adapt skills provision to everchanging economic and social needs.
The TOUR-X project, co-funded by the European Union is led by a Consortium of 23 experienced partners representing the most prominent VET providers, the Tourism sector and Regional Authorities of the seven countries that the project brings together. Moreover, TOUR-X is going to establish partnerships on a regional level, titled Knowledge Triangles in Germany, Greece, Italy and Spain, four of the leading countries in the Tourism sector of Europe. The Knowledge Triangles are gathering VET providers, representatives of the business sector and public authorities in order to better collaborate and contribute to regional development in the Tourism sector.
Objectives of the project
- Foster national and transnational collaboration among all partnering stakeholders through the establishment of TourX Transnational Ecosystem for Excellence in Tourism
- Increase skills anticipation in the tourism industry
- Increase sectoral employability and foster competitiveness
- Increase investments in tourism-related human resources
- Achieve a fairer and more sustainable and more resilient model in tourism
- Foster internationalization to address long-standing structural weaknesses
- Creation of feedback loops to adapt VET provision
- Increase the image of VET in the tourism sector
Expected Main Results
The following results (R) are going to be achieved:
- 2.1 Transnational Ecosystem for Excellence in Tourism Annual Report
- 2.2 Report on impact and evaluation of exchange of good practices through staff mobility actions
- 2.3 Long – Term Action Plan
- 3.1 Governance Box
- 3.2 Upskilling / Reskilling Box
- 3.3 Quality and GSTS Box
- 3.4 SME Technical Support Box
- 3.5 Design Box for Competence Based Curricula
- 3.6 Funding Solutions Box
- 3.7 ToT Box
- 3.8 ILAs and Microcredentials Box
- 3.9 Internationalization Box
- 4.1 Report on the pilot Implementation of the TourX Toolbox
- 4.2 Final “TourX Toolbox”
- 5.1 Policy Recommendations to strengthen tourism-oriented VET provision
- 5.2 Creation and maintenance of a WatchTower for regional skills needs in the Tourism Sector
- 5.3 Development of an Assessment and Monitoring mechanism for the validation of Excellence in VET
- 5.4 Turn- Key Solutions for knowledge transfer to Third Party Institutions
- 6.1 Dissemination and Exploitation Plan
- 6.2 Dissemination Package
- 6.3 Report on Dissemination and Exploitation Activities
Project Activities
The activities of the project will cover a wide area of implementation for TourX. In fact, it will create a platform of cooperation that is unique – the transnational CoVE for Tourism. This will be done through a constant consultation with project partners and stakeholders as well for the tourism sector: meetings, events, bilateral discussions etc. The engagement will be constant, for example through communication activities and presentations of TourX in conferences and events. The methodology according to which research and upskilling will be carried in the framework of CoVE will be brand-new and developed by experts in the field.
Project Partners
- AKMI Anonimi Ekpaideftiki Etairia (Greece)
- ELLINO – ITALIKO EPIMELITIRIO THESSALONIKIS OR GREEK-ITALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Greece)
- INSTITOUTO MIKRON EPICHIRISEON GENIKIS SYNOMOSPONDIAS EPAGGELMATION BIOTECHNON EMPORON ELLADOS (Greece)
- Regional Development Fund on behalf of the Region of Attica (Greece)
- Hellenic Open University (Greece)
- NATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFICATIONS AND VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE (Greece)
- Confindustria Veneto SIAV spa (Italy)
- REGIONE DEL VENETO - DIREZIONE TURISMO (Italy)
- ENAIP VENETO IMPRESA SOCIALE (Italy)
- St Skills Together Srls (Italy)
- Asociación Mundus – Un Mundo a tus Pies (Spain)
- AYUNTAMIENTO LA OLIVA (Spain)
- ASOFUER, Asociación de Empresarios Turísticos de Fuerteventura (Spain)
- ESCUELA DE HOSTELERIA EUROPEA SL (Spain)
- University of Aveiro (Portugal)
- Landkreis Spree-Neiße/Wokrejs Sprjewja-Nysa (Germany)
- Deutscher Hotel- und Gaststättenverband Brandenburg e.V. (Germany)
- Ausbildungsverbund Teltow e.V. (Germany)
- BK Consult GmbH (Germany)
- EUROPEAN VOCATIONAL TRAINING ASSOCIATION (Belgium)
- Europäischer Verband Beruflicher Bildungsträger (Belgium)
- Confédération Européenne des Associations des Petites et Moyens Entreprises (Belgium)
- EU Project Innovation Centre (China)
