Quality Dissemination Analysis Recognition KA3DIGITAL TOURISM · TECHNICIAN QUALIFICATION - 3-years course - 3 to 4 EQF level -Tourism and IT skills curricula - Long term WBL in international

21 MARZO 2019

Kick off Meeting Ourém Portugal 13-14 January 2019

!1

Need Analysis

New profile definition

Quality and

assessment

Disseminationand

Recognition

1 2 3 4

The digital development for tourism industry has become essential to gain competitive advantages and to shape their offer on the needs of the target audience.

That’s why the partnership, s t a r t i n g f r o m t h e n e e d analysis of the sector , is working on developing and outlining a new job profile.

DIGITAL TOURISM TECHNICIAN

QUALIFICATION

- 3-years course

- 3 to 4 EQF level

-Tourism and IT skills curricula

- Long term WBL in

international companies

- ECVET credit system to

simplify transparency

KA3DIGITAL TOURISM The kick off meeting of Digital Tourism took place on the 13th and 14th January 2019 in Ourém, Portugal. It was hosted by the partner Coordinator of the project, INSIGNARE and it could count on the presence of representatives from all partner organisations.The first meeting focused on the following: • Illustration of the project objectives • Presentation of all partners • Definition of six Work Packages, their topics, their timeline and the partners involved in • Working on work package two and three

21 MARZO 2019

!2

https://www.facebook.com/Digital_Tourism-527407687742761/instagram@digitaltourismeu

WORK PACKAGE 1 Project Management

Lead Organisation INSIGNARE

WORK PACKAGE 2 Training Need Analysis

Lead Organisation CDEA

WORK PACKAGE 3 Qualification Development

Conduttore INSIGNARE

WORK PACKAGE 4 Validation Assessment Criteria WBL

Lead Organisation DUTCH FOUNDATION

WORK PACKAGE 5 Evaluation and Peer Reviewing

Lead Organisation EGINA

WORK PACKAGE 6 Dissemination of Project Results

Lead Organisation EFVET

1

2

3

4

5

6

DIGITAL TOURISM

The project is organised in 6 d i f f e r e n t W o r k Packages, well connected b e t w e e n them , and designed in order to ensure the maximum impact of the project results. Each package is led by Organisations w h i c h h a v e a g r e a t experience in carrying out Erasmus + KA1 and KA2 projects. A t t h e m o m e n t t h e partnership is addressing the Work Package 2 which is designed as the actual starting point for the development of the new q u a l i f i c a t i o n . T h e partners, led by CDEA, h a v e d e f i n e d t h e information to create the common questionnaire to be sent to a minimum of 100 tourist companies in their countries. Next step will be the writing of a report with common findings and results which will be taken i n t o a c c o u n t when d e v e l o p i n g t h e n e w qualification.

21 MARZO 2019

!3

Project Status

The collecting of data and the report of the state of the art will be completed very soon. Next Project Steps

N e x t s t e p w i l l b e a d d r e s s i n g W o r k Package 3 . The partner, led by INSIGNARE, will have to: a ) define the exit profile of the learner studying in the new qualification course b) Set the activities the DT technician will be able to perform c) Set the skills the learner will be required to have and what kind of tools/ equipment she/he will be able to work with d) Design the training Modules and its L.A e) Agree on the Work Based Learning period to include. Next Meeting

Hosting country Italy

Hosting partner ITE F. Scarpellini

Foligno

PartnershipThree VET schools

Insignare - Portugal - Coordinator ofthe Project and owner of FatimaHospitality SchoolITE F. Scarpellini - Italy - VocationalTechnical SchoolStichting Groen Onderwijs Oost -Nederland - VET school

CDEA - Spain - VET Higher Education College

ACISO - Ourém-Fátima (PT) - BusinessAssociation

EGINA - Italy - Agency connected to schoolsand companies

Dutch Foundation of Innovation Welfare 2 Work- Set up ofpartnerships and platforms for innovative goodpractices

EfVET - Bruxelles-Belgium EuropeanUmbrella Organisation