Global Tourism Resilience Day 2025: Sustainable and Resilient Tourism
Today, 17th of February, we commemorate Global Tourism Resilience Day, an annual milestone for EfVET’s #Tourism #ThematicTeam: this day highlights the critical importance of fostering #sustainable and resilient tourism to address the challenges and vulnerabilities within the sector. — Read UNESCO-UNEVOC’s report on Green and Digital Skills for Hospitality and Tourism. — As we mark […]
International Day of Education 2025 – Highlights from the V2VAL Capacity Building
24th of January – Today, we celebrate the International Day of Education, an annual milestone for EfVET mission: enhancing and improving technical and vocational education and training (VET), while promoting the principles of the LifeLongLearning (LLL) approach. This year’s theme, “Preserving human agency in a world of automation”, highlights the urgent need to reimagine […]
Tourism Education of the Future
Tourism Education of the Future (TEF) is an Erasmus + KA220 project belonging to Round 1 of the program, aiming at developing the cooperation among VET organisations and institutions. Project activities covered the period between September 2022 and August 2024; our evaluation report mainly deals with the achievements acquired during the final phase of the […]
Last Tourism Education of the Future Transnational project meeting in Alba
From 11 to 13 June, the 7 partner organisations of the European project Tourism Education of the Future met in Alba, at the Apro Formazione headquarters, to complete the last joint work session before the closure of the project. Work began on Tuesday 11 June with a morning work session dedicated to the drafting of […]
Awarding of certificates for participation in TEF project competitions
The TEF (Tourism Education Future) project, of which IUS Life is a partner, is entering its final phase, and on Friday, May 31st, 2024, at the High School of Catering and Tourism, we awarded certificates and gifts to the students who participated in two competitions of this project. This was an opportunity to reflect on […]
Sustainable City Trip
As part of the TEF project, the Online Triplicity Contest – Sustainable City Trip was held on 15-16/05/2024. Students from Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Greece had the task of presenting the cities of their peers, as tourist destinations that can be attractive for a sustainable city trip. In their presentations, the students focused on […]
The First workshop of the Tourism Education of the Future project
The First workshop of the Tourism Education of the Future project, supported by the Erasmus+ program, met in Fátima on the 29th and 30th of April. So, after the opening session, attended by Isabel Costa, Vice-President of Ourém City Council; the President of ACISO – Ourém-Fátima Business Association, Purificação Reis; and Elisabete Marques, EHF’s Technical […]
Study visits in India 2024
EfVET members and EfVET Secretariat team attended the study visit in Bangalore. This visit from the 18th of March to 22nd of March 2024 only signifies not only a milestone in educational collaboration, but also hold immense promise in enhancing skills sets and fostering mutual collaboration and growth. The main goal of the visit is […]
TOURING – PACT FOR TOURISM SKILLS
We are excited to share with you the latest updates from our recent Transnational Project Meeting, which took place in the picturesque city of Fatima,Portugal, on the 14th and 15st of March 2024. What skills do small and micro enterprises in tourism need to meet the challenges of today’s market? These are the questions that […]
THE TEACHER WHO NEVER STOPS LEARNING
A changing world requires a change in education. What used to work well some years ago, may not work anymore as new generations are coming. Wednesday, 28th February we had the pleasure to attend the online Masterclass ” The Teacher Who Never Stops Learning” inside the Tourism Thematic Team where Hayo van der Kamp and […]