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Cultour

EU Programme: Co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme of teh European Union

Coordination: Coopérative SUD CONCEPT (FRANCE)

Participants: Business Foundation for Education - BFE (BULGARIA)|E.RI.FO.- ENTE DI RICERCA E FORMAZIONE- ERIFO (ITALY)|Instituto para el fomento del desarrollo y la formación S.L - INFODEF (SPAIN)|Istanbul Valiligi (TURKEY)|ISQ (PORTUGAL)

Starting Year:  2015 

Duration: 2017

website: http://www.cultourproject.eu/

ISQ Contact: formacao@isq.pt

Areas: VET Projects

 

Acronym: Cultour

Project Name: Cultour – To overcome the skills gap and foster mobility in Tourism sector trough the recognition, validation and up-skilling of intercultural competences for tourism jobs, validation of these competencies.

Grant agreement no: 2015-1-FR01-KA202-015290

Total cost: 52035,00€

Total Funding:  51160,00€

OBJECTIVES:

CULTOUR project aims to overcome the skills gap and foster mobility in Tourism sector trough the recognition, validation and up-skilling of intercultural competences for tourism jobs. CULTOUR project shall integrate the intercultural competencies dimension in new VET training products, specifically addressed for tourism sector jobs and use innovative tools for the recognition and validation of these competencies.

CULTOUR project will:

  • Design new pedagogies and innovative methodologies to train intercultural competencies in tourism jobs.
  • Upskill teachers and instructors of the tourism sector, both working on VET centers and/or in the industry, on new pedagogies and innovative methodologies to train intercultural competencies in tourism jobs.
  • Empower tourism workers in their capacity to understand and cope with cultural differences.
  • Increase labour market relevance of learning provision and qualifications in the tourism sector, reinforcing links between VET and the world of work.

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