Sustainable Tourism, Optimal Resource and Environmental Management Erasmus Project

Project Title

Sustainable Tourism, Optimal Resource and Environmental Management

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 in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

STOREM project aims at curriculum development of 5 Caribbean HEIs of LA and ACP regions under the subject Environmental Science – a thematic priority of both regions involved. Private and public actors of geographical regions express needs for skills useful to a proper management of the natural environment, in face of climate change threats, and other risks that affect the coastline. The action is aimed at implementing of 3 new graduate (master) curricula in the field of sustainable tourism and resource management in 2 Colombian and 1 Costa Rican HEIs, while integrating existing graduate pathways of 2 other HEIs. The proposed capacity building action integrates the EU HEIs multidisciplinary learning and research expertise on sustainability issues with the experience of the most important HEI in the Caribbean part of the ACP region (University of West Indies, UWI) in training graduates in various aspect of natural resources management. The project aims also at developing an interaction model between HEIs, private and public actors in the region through the activities of the foreseen Observatories on Sustainable Tourism at PCs’ universities, useful for supporting the courses and raising awareness in the tourism business communities. The project addresses also the cross cutting priority on refugees integration in HEIs: 2 out of 5 HEIs in our network include in their student population a relevant component of internal displaced population (IDPs) , people with a lower level of formal education. Activities within the project will concentrate on facilitating the university enrollment of IDP students in the long-term. Developing new skills in sustainability issues will eventually advance the social and economic development of both LA and ACP areas and equip academics, tourism professionals and administrations. These will lead to an empowered market aware of the need to designate funds and resources for guaranteeing the continuation of the academic offer in place.

Project Website

http://storem-erasmus-cbhe.com

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 869210 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI & Country: IT

Project Partners

• ASOCIACIÓN UNIVERSIDAD PARA LA COOPERACIÓN INTERNACIONAL
• THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES U WI
• UNIVERSIDAD DEL TURISMO DE COSTA RICA SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
• UNIDAD DE PLANIFICACION Y DESARROLLO SAS
• UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAGDALENA
• UNIVERSITE PAUL-VALERY MONTPELLIER3
• UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT