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Κινητικότητα Εκπαιδευομένων και Προσωπικού Επαγγελματικής Εκπαίδευσης και Κατάρτισης στον Τουρισμό
Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Jul 31, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

In this time of deep economic crisis and high unemployment, especially among young people in Greece that touches the huge rate of 65%, EU policies -such as «The objectives of the European Strategy 2020», «Youth on the Move& Agenda for new skills and jobs», support initiatives to improve and enhance the competitiveness of the new qualifications. In particular, in the field of vocational education and training key objective is to combat youth unemployment by enhancing employability and personal fulfilment, for Europe to become the most competitive knowledge-based society, laying the foundation for sustainable development and social cohesion. In this context, the INE / GSEE utilizing the prior long-term cooperation with the Initial Vocational Education and Training provider, IEK - Anavyssou of the Ministry of Tourism and the European Association for work based training and apprenticeships EVBB, took the initiative to create a sustainable partnership for European cooperation to serve the basic and secondary objectives for the successful outcome of this project. The main purpose of this program is to broaden the professional horizons of students at Vocational Schools of the Ministry of Tourism in Greece and to support them in matters of acquisition of professional, cultural and personal learning experience to a new European working environment and stimulating employability in perpetuity of their career. The central aim of the project is to link the educational needs of students with jobs through the implementation of training in the form of work based learning and work experience in hotels in other European countries, in order to acquire new knowledge, skills and qualifications that will highlight opportunities for their professional future. The selection of the target group is not random, as the tourism sector is one of the most important for the Greek economy and promising to the target recovery. The specific objectives of the project focus on the following areas: -The acquisition of specialized skills that give students and recent graduates in the sector of tourism, competitive advantages. -Familiarizing with new professional environment, highly competitive and demanding that will contribute specialized knowledge and skills at the practice of their profession. - Encouragement to adopt new concepts in their professional practice, morality and ethics. -Boost self-confidence as a consequence of their work experience in another country. -Empowering attitudes and behaviours for personal and professional development. Project activities focus on the following points: - Sending 60 recent graduates of Vocational Schools of the Ministry of Tourism, in hotels abroad (Italy, Germany, Austria and France) to gain a two-month professional experience in their specialty in order to facilitate their transition to employment. Specified actions (2 weeks) of professional education in gastronomy of the country of reception and language are framing the main mobility. The chosen methodology refers to the implementation of the quality cycle in accordance with the principles of Equavet, following all stages of implementation: planning, implementation, monitoring, dissemination and evaluation of the project. The expected results of the described mobilities coincide with the objectives of this project, while the impact is expected to be focused on the following points: • The added value at branch level by investing in human capital. • The proven increase in the provision of quality services in the tourism sector due to the successful training of learners. • The strengthening of the knowledge society, • Contributing to the creation and retention of quality jobs. • Eliminating disparities by promoting equal opportunities for men and women. • The participating organizations through the activity of learners carry information about the needs of the tourism market and the opportunity for networking and further exchange of experience in similar industry bodies of tourism. • Active participation of beneficiaries creates a positive attitude that spreads easily in similar groups in respective sectors for making similar plans.

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