ComPass 2016– Experience transfer in personnel competence building in the matter of "Tourism for All/Accessible Tourism"

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Project goals:
The aim of the project is to develop a targeted, practice-oriented exchange of experience between tourism operators of the participating European partner regions on the general subject: “Training and qualification requirements for employees of micro and small tourism enterprises in Accessible tourism” with the help of training and further training experiences.

Key aspects are amongst others:

Professional qualification in high-priced tourism regions
Tourism for ethnic minorities
Tourism for the so-called “3rd Generation”
Necessary management knowledge

Project duration:

10/2016 – 03/2019, 30 Months

Project partners:

Shared Enterprise CIC, London, Great Britain
KAZUIST spol. S.r.o., Třinec, Czech Republic
Fundacion Nuestra Señora Bien Aparecida, Ampuero, Spain
Latvijas Universitate, Riga, Latvia
EEO Group S.A, Athens, Greece

Problems identified by the partners:

Lack of awareness of tourism providers, particularly in small and smallest tourism companies regarding the qualification requirements in "tourism for all/Accessible tourism"
Partial absence of effective, informal education and training approaches and methods of improving staff skills on "Tourism for all/Accessible tourism"

Project activities:

6 learning and experience exchanges between regional tourism entrepreneurs of the participating partner regions through the implementation of 5 day on-site visits (so-called mobility) with the aim of acquiring ideas and getting to know good practices and methods, develop and strengthen networks and to gather experiences of the transnational collaboration

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