Youth Entrepreneurship Education in Hospitality and Tourism Erasmus Project

Project Title

Youth Entrepreneurship Education in Hospitality and Tourism

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 neighbouring and enlargement countries

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The project represents a Capacity Building Project, in the field of youth, Eastern Partnership Youth Window projects – Partnership for Entreprenurship.The consortium is formed from six partners Cosvitec Societa Consortile Arl – Italy, Socialas Inovacijas Centrs – Latvia, Asociación de Innovación, Formación y Empleo para el Desarrollo sostenible – Spain, Development center Pangeya Ultima – Ukraine, Gyumri “Youth Initative Centre” – Armenia, International Youth Association Quant – Georgia.The main aim of the project is to raise the capabilities of the partner organisations in providing non-formal training to youngsters that enables them to identify and develop small businesses that make use of the touristic potential of their community.The project specific objectives are:1. Offer non-formal education in the field of tourism entrepreneurship for at least 180 young people from disadvantaged groups from rural and small communities of Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine trough organising non-formal education training workshops at local level in each country;2. Offer young people competences that enable them to use existing digital methods to promote guest houses and small hotels by creating a handbook available in Georgian, Armenian, Ukrainian, Latvian, Italian, Spanish and English languages that will be distributed to youth at local level in each country and will also be available online;3. Empower 48 young people from rural and marginalised areas of Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Italy, Spain and Latvia to develop sustainable tourism businesses by creating a space where they will share innovative tourism ideas that make use of the potential of their region and create their own business plans in the tourism by organising a 10 days youth exchange that will take place in Telavi, Georgia;4. Foster the cooperation and exchanges and increase the capacity of the partner organisation in the field of entrepreneurial education for youth with a focus on tourism practices that make use of the regional potential;5. Develop innovative non-formal education methodologies and training curricula the field of entrepreneurial tourism for youth tailored to the needs of small rural communities; The methodology will be available in Georgian, Armenian, Ukrainian, Latvian, Italian, Spanish and English languages.The project activities include: a transnational planning meeting, a research undertaken in Kaheti region Georgia, Shirak region Armenia and Vinnytsia region Ukraine, areas where the project will be implemented, a working meeting to develop non-formal methodologies of youth entrepreneurship in tourism, a youth exchange where youngsters will create innovative tourism business ideas that make use or their region potential, creation of a guide with advices related on ways to promote small hostel/guest houses on web platforms at international level, dissemination events at local level and an evaluation meeting.

Project Website

http://tourismeducation.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 119620,44 Eur

Project Coordinator

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ASSOCIATION QUANT NON-ENTREPRNEURIAL (NON-COMMERCIAL) & Country: GE

Project Partners

• SOCIALAS INOVACIJAS CENTRS
• GYUMRI YOUTH INITIATIVE CENTRE NGO
• ASOCIACION DE INNOVACION FORMACIONY EMPLEO PARA EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
• COSVITEC SOCIETA CONSORTILE ARL
• CIVIC ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER PANGEYA ULTIMA