Zero waste power in HoReCa Erasmus Project

Project Title

Zero waste power in HoReCa

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Social/environmental responsibility of educational institutions; Disabilities – special needs

Project Summary

<< Background >>

Zero waste power project is a part of a solution to the urgent environmental pollution problem.
Project Zero waste power in the HoReCa sector focuses on the zero waste VET catering education
and at the same time on a business model. It produces tools for enhanced learning about Zero waste
subject and business transformation model. It connects VET catering education with business
experience.
The main focus is implementing standards of zero waste solution in VET education and catering
business through the usage of social media and new digital tools.
During the project, Zero waste practice and standards will be created – digital learning tool,
curriculum, media learning environment, and zero waste evaluation tool.Due to the world climate crisis European environmental strategies are developing and searching for
urgent and concrete actions. One of those actions is creating business zero waste standards in
different parts of human activities. World policy strategies about climate changes are pointing the
need for more action in the business field.
At the moment students around (School Strike 4 Climate) the world is gathering for the same cause –
immediate environmental protection act. This project directly responds to their quest and provides
them tools for action on such an important subject. As students are this project aimed population we
estimate they will continue to use gained knowledge and tools at work field as a chef, managers of
hotels and catering facilities and to establish the zero waste impact on the work field.
For this reason, these project results are benefiting for all society and a sustainable future.

<< Objectives >>

The objective of this project is to strengthen and broaden catering education to meet the needs of
society and the environment. The purpose is to find an answer to the question of what needs to be
done to minimize the waste in the HoReCa sector. The more concrete aim is to develop specific
procedures to meet the needs of HoReCa sector to become Zero waste sector.

The objective of this project is helping VET students by creating an IT Digital Training for sustainable
solutions in the HoReCa sector with the goal of environmental conservation. Also, this tools is meant
for use in the work process in the kitchen and hotels. We wanted to create learning tools and new Zero waste
standards in the transformation process to zero waste solution business model.
The achievements exceeding the initial expectations were Zero waste materials adapted for the integration and implementation within the curriculum of SŠGT Celje-the topics and texts from the Zerowaste curriculum and e-book were selected and adapted so that they fit into the curriculum of our school. This means that they were not only implemented during the pilot testing but will remain integrated as an updated part of the school’s curriculum. Materials integrated into the subjects cooking and nutrition were translated into Slovenian, too.
The curriculum has been translated and adapted into the Croatian language, so that it can be more easily applied for interested users.
At the Slava Raškaj Center, the zero Waste curriculum is implemented through an extracurricular project activity, which continues to be implemented through the new Zero Waste Catering Lab project for catering students.
Project with its learning/evaluating tools also focuses on students with fewer possibilities in VET
education system by giving support and individualized approach to a specific group of students.
In order for VET education in the HoReCa sector to be more compatible with labor market needs and
community environmental needs, we have focused on creating new tools and content that will
enhance the process of change in the waste management business strategy.

<< Implementation >>

Main activities in project and connection with the project objectives and results:
1. Curriculum design for implementing specific procedures for waste management in HoReCa sector
– the curriculum contains knowledge and specific instructions on how to organize work in a
catering facility in a way that protects the environment based on zero waste standards. After
acquiring knowledge from the curriculum, students are able to apply the same in their future
professional work.
2. Designing digital learning tools based on curriculum – aim is to support learning through
personalised learning pathways and use of ICT tools – The outcome of this activity is a digital
tool, available for easier learning and learning for both students and for a broader circle of interested
personnel from the HoReCa sector, such as catering facilities and hotels, chefs, confectioners, and
food-related stakeholders. This is an excellent tool also for informal learning and vocational training
and lifelong learning for hospitality professionals who have completed vocational education but still
want to modernize and learn new applicable knowledge.
3. Evaluation tool – creating IT zero waste standard tool, certificating and recognizing competence
according to minimum requirements and minimum zero waste quality standards in HoReCa sector
The purpose of this tool to estimate the Zero Waste standard of catering facilities and to inform the
caterer of the current level of their catering business in relation to the desired Zero Waste standard. It
will also be an incentive for the caterer’s activation to start changing their business and to inform his
guests and the local community about it.
He thus becomes a socially responsible entrepreneur who responsibly leads and manages his
catering business. The tool will be able to use for self-assessment, and also it is possible for students
to use this tool and evaluate catering facilities during LTT activities.
In the activities of dissemination and promotion of project results, special emphasis is placed on
all the stakeholders who are actively involved in project activity and who use the Zero Waste
Standard Assessment Tools. With this activities project will have long term impact on a wider range
of stakeholders in environmental protection, as it is a goal of this project.
4. Learning through practice– zero waste professional learning experience for catering students – In
times when young people are increasingly aware that the quality of their life is threatened in the future
due to climate change, their awareness and desire for concrete activities are growing. Therefore, in
our project, we had LTT activities for young VET catering students from three partner
organizations in different EU countries to research the level of Zero Waste standard in various
catering facilities. Also, they will be able to be disseminators of new knowledge and
skills and initiators of positive changes in the work environment with the long-term goal of rescuing
our planet and creating a healthy future.
5.Social media in education – use of social media (Facebook, Instagram, blogs..) in presenting an
idea and learning subjects of Zero waste –
The students of the VET schools involved in the project were educated to present subjects of zero
waste on social media. With the guidance of their mentors, students are able to apply created
content and to post it on social networks (Instagram, Facebook, blogs). Also, there is a web
page created. It contains all intellectual output material with a direct link to all social media tools in
the project.
This is an excellent model of dissemination since young people are easy to connect through social
networks
Also, project activities were:
5.ADMINISTRATION
6.QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION
7.DISSEMINATION AND EVALUATION
8.DISSEMINATION

<< Results >>

1. Curriculum design for implementing specific procedures for waste management in HoReCa sector
– the curriculum contains knowledge and specific instructions on how to organize work in a
catering facility in a way that protects the environment based on zero waste standards. After
acquiring knowledge from the curriculum, students will be able to apply the same in their future
professional work.
2. Digital learning tools based on curriculum – aim is to support learning through
personalised learning pathways and use of ICT tools – The outcome of this activity will be a digital
tool, available for easier learning and learning for both students and for a broader circle of interested
personnel from the HoReCa sector, such as catering facilities and hotels, chefs, confectioners, and
food-related stakeholders. This is an excellent tool also for informal learning and vocational training
and lifelong learning for hospitality professionals who have completed vocational education but still
want to modernize and learn new applicable knowledge.
3. Evaluation tool – creating IT zero waste standard tool, certificating and recognizing competence
according to minimum requirements and minimum zero waste quality standards in HoReCa sector
The purpose of this tool to estimate the Zero Waste standard of catering facilities and to inform the
caterer of the current level of their catering business in relation to the desired Zero Waste standard. It
will also be an incentive for the caterer’s activation to start changing their business and to inform his
guests and the local community about it.
He thus becomes a socially responsible entrepreneur who responsibly leads and manages his
catering business. The tool will be able to use for self-assessment, and also it is possible for students
to use this tool and evaluate catering facilities during LTT activities.

Project Website

https://www.zerowastepower.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 191787,76 Eur

Project Coordinator

Centar za odgoj i obrazovanje Slava Raskaj Zagreb & Country: HR

Project Partners

• Turisticka i ugostiteljska skola Dubrovnik
• FUTURE IN PERSPECTIVE LIMITED
• Galileo.it S.r.l.
• CAMARA OFICIAL DE COMERCIO E INDUSTRIA DE GRANADA
• Callidus ustanova za obrazovanje odraslih
• Srednja sola za gostinstvo in turizem Celje