EnTOURée: Entrepreneuriat pour un TOUrisme Responsable, Engagé et Féminin Erasmus Project

Project Title

EnTOURée: Entrepreneuriat pour un TOUrisme Responsable, Engagé et Féminin

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 : Capacity Building for youth in ACP countries, Latin America and Asia

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

“Responsible tourism complies with the principles of social and economic justice and exerts full respect towards the environment and its cultures. It recognizes the centrality of the local host community and its right to act as a protagonist in developing a sustainable and responsible tourism. Responsible tourism actuates to foster a positive interaction between the tourist industry, the local communities and the travellers”, as defined by AITR (Italian Association of Responsible Tourism) in 2005.”EnTOURée: Entrepreneuriat pour un TOUrisme Responsable, Engagé et Féminin” brought together 3 partners from three different countries (Madagascar, Martinique – French oversea department – and Italy). Three different contexts sharing the same challenges: a high level of young women unemployment, the lack of responsible tourism offers, the need to enhance the cooperation and structured dialogue between local authorities and youth organizations.The project objectives have been:Training and educating professionals and stakeholders on the critical importance of women’s entrepreneurship in tourism developmentPromoting strategic cooperation among youth organization and local authoritiesEnabling women to benefit from the tourism sector both directly and indirectlyPromoting the link between gender equality in tourism and sustainable developmentRaising awareness of the real life challenges the tourism sector creates for womenProviding consultation and online services for organizations and institutions to ensure sustainable and the development of gender equal tourism initiativesEstablishing and developing an international network of individuals – academics, field workers, activists and politicians – with a shared interest in women’s empowerment and responsible tourism and a common purpose to address them.The consortium has been achieving the aforementioned objectives through:3 Transnational Mobilities and study visits to local initiatives on Responsible Tourism in Italy, Madagascar and Martinique ;3 Capacity Buildings Activities (An international Forum, an Entrepreneurship Coffee and 1 Final International Seminar involving universities, NGOs, local entrepreneurs and local authorities) sharing policy recommendations; A Training course for the set-up of a LORT (Local Organization on Responsible Tourism)A Methodological Guide for youth workers on How to start up a Responsible Community of Enterprises available also in Modules Sheets in 4 languages: IT, FR, MG, ENAn E-platform on Responsible Tourism available in IT, FR and ENAn Ethical Convention on Responsible Tourism and Female Entrepreneurship in IT, FR and EN.The project fully responds to the specific objectives pursued by the Erasmus+ Programme: Capacity Building in the field of Youth “foster cooperation and exchanges between Programme and Partner Countries, foster new non-formal learning mobility schemes and programmes and promote transnational non-formal learning mobility between Programme and Partner Countries, with a focus on the under-privileged”. Moreover, EnTOURée matches with the recommendations in its Thematic Guidelines for Investment in Tourism and the Gender Equality Strategy 2016-2019 and with the Agenda Europe 2020 Inclusive growth – a high-employment economy delivering economic, social and territorial cohesion.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 125454,63 Eur

Project Coordinator

TAMAT CENTRO STUDI FORMAZIONE E RICERCA & Country: IT

Project Partners

• ONG CRAFTERS FOR CORPORATES-TOERA-
• D’ANTILLES ET D’AILLEURS