<< Background >>The Covid-19 crisis has brought significant changes in mobility, consumption patterns, leisure, work, and many other dimensions of our lives. These changes have/will have a significant impact on travel and tourism as we used to know them.As a result of the considerable drop in travel linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, tourism is in a deep crisis. Being central to the European recovery, to recover it needs smart (digital, sustainable) ecosystems for all tourism stakeholders offering travellers more memorable and sustainable experiences (European Tourism Convention 2020). Travellers (adult learners and educators) and the whole community (educational, civil, and tourism organisations/individuals) need to be involved in the sustainable tourism recovery.Tourists travelling on a low budget and otherwise disadvantaged often (a) lack knowledge about sustainable tourism/travel linked to lower levels of education, (b) have limited options for sustainable accommodation/restaurants/experiences etc. in a low budget category, and (c) do not participate in sustainable travel options due to lack of information aimed at this target group (UNWTO 2018).Making tourism more accessible and offer travel experiences to people with different needs by addressing them from various perspectives (GSTC – Global Sustainable Tourism Council) is a social responsibility, based on the actions of the community agents. Guide me Green aims at making links between the needs of the low-income and disadvantaged traveller as well as local communities for more adequate sustainable travel and the needs of those non-formal/informal educators (educational, civil, and tourism organisations) to enlighten adults to travel in a sustainable way. This will be achieved through the collection of best practices, the development of a TRAINING PROGRAMME, a TOOLBOX & CAMPAIGN to promote inclusive tourism experiences across Europe. The project also answers to the Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) adopted by the European Commission by offering inclusive accessible digital education through high-quality learning resources.Guide me Green meets the needs of its Target Groups by:1)Inspiring and empowering low-income and disadvantaged adults to engage in sustainable tourism to encourage social cohesion. The promotion of social tourism initiatives for socially excluded groups, i.e. the low-income families, could contribute to their social inclusion and cohesion (Systems of social tourism in the European Union: A critical review, 2011)2)Support adult educators to empower individuals/organisations in the educational, civil, and tourism sectors to become more digital and green in line with this priority of the EU of climate neutrality in 2050 (European Tourism Convention 2020, European Green Deal)3)Working towards improving travellers’ (adult learners) knowledge about sustainable travel and the opportunities sustainable tourism offers is essential 4)Offering an attractive training opportunity for adult travellers, including those who work in the tourism sector (low educated workers who in turn are low-budget travellers)5)Supporting disadvantaged and low-income groups to gain access to sustainable tourism by empowering community agents to inspire actions targeting public authorities, destination management/tourism offices, sector representations, etc. to consider and implement more inclusive policies6)Encourage non-participating adults to consider suitable (local and domestic) tourism options. In 2013 EU-wide, 40% did not engage in tourism, of which 53% due to financial reasons, 20% for health reasons. Spain: out of the 46.7% of the population not participating in tourism, for the financial reason - 69.9%. Italy: out of 57.5% of the population not participating in tourism, for the financial reason - 50.0% of them. France: out of the 27.9% of the population not participating in tourism, for the financial reason - 40.2%. (EU Tourism Trend -UN).<< Objectives >>OVERALL OBJECTIVES:-Making the concept and necessity of sustainable tourism more accessible to diverse, disadvantaged or low-income groups and debunk myths about who it is for.-All project materials will be developed in order to specifically involve diverse, disadvantaged and low-income groups and promote sustainable tourism as a tool for social inclusion. -Promoting the concept of inclusive sustainable tourism to public authorities to encourage its uptake and the development of sustainable experiences. Partners will also support educational, civil, and tourism organisations to develop a more inclusive offer.-Conveying knowledge to adult learners and adult educators about sustainable tourism and the advantages it offers to the immediate local and regional ecosystem, well-being, health, cultural heritage preservation, sustainable business development etc. all of which are directly linked to the environment and affected by climate change and environmental degradation.-Helping individuals understand the environmental impact of their choices and how to travel and live more sustainably, support a more sustainable tourism economy. -Supporting educational, civil, and tourism organisations, public authorities in the necessity to develop and promote more environmentally sustainable destinations. Supporting adult educators to promote inclusive learning environments as well as more accessible and diverse destinations and experiences to adults. -Encouraging educational, civil, and tourism organisations to engage in community projects and inspire action.-Engaging with partner communities and working across sectors to offer more holistic lifelong learning environments and opportunities for adults. -Empowering of adults to use their knowledge about sustainability to improve their lives and those of others as part of their community.CONCRETE OBJECTIVES:-Offering a comprehensive manual on transferable good practices to our project target groups in order to provide adult educators with the tools to empower adults to switch to sustainable practices and make more informed sustainable travel (Result 1)-Developing an attractive training programme and learning resources (videos etc.) for low-income and socially disadvantaged groups to increase their knowledge about sustainable tourism and subsequently increase the uptake of sustainable tourism of the local community. (Result 2)-Demonstrate and raise awareness about how sustainable tourism benefits the community, immediate environment and personal well-being of our target groups (through all training materials, webinars, manifesto, policy recommendations). (Results 1, 2 & 3)-Target educational, civil, and tourism organisations, public authorities through dissemination, exploitation of results/ campaign to encourage the development of sustainable experiences for our adult target groups and support social community development. (Result 3)<< Implementation >>The project activities are designed to achieve the project goals:A1 MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIESDescribed in a Project Management Plan, which includes, among others, partner meetings (F2F, online, other communication actions) to promote the creation of synergies, the cooperation/exchange of good practices among EU partners active in the project area; TMs, scheduled to contribute to a smooth work progress; other pre-established communication actions. This Project Management Plan will not only guarantee that the project is carried out as planned but also enhances understanding among the partners and the products/results tailored to the target groups’ needs.A2 QUALITY ASSURANCE ACTIVITIESAs a core framework of the quality assessment, there will be similar steps followed in each activity: research/needs analysis, design/development, implementation, evaluation/assessment, revision and, finally, exploitation of the results and sustainability. These processes will contribute to a better quality of the products/results and, thus to a more successful achievement of the goals.A3 DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIESThey will directly contribute to the spread of the information about the project activities/results as well as raise the awareness about sustainable tourism as a tool for social inclusion. Besides, the fact that all partners will collaborate to carry them out, will contribute to the improvement of transnational cooperation of the EU partners active in the field of adult education, tourism destination, decision-makers in the tourism area, etc. A4 DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND/COLLECTION OF PRACTICES Good sustainable travel practices specifically targeted at socially disadvantaged/low-income groups as well as learning experiences collected by the partners and their networks will be developed into tools and resources to be used as a basis for the TRAINING PROGRAMME (PR 2) and the TOOLBOX (PR 3).Examples of sustainable destination experiences will equip educators, training professionals from tourism sector, and decision-makers with the competences needed to create high added value for the destination and promote high-quality experiences for travelers. A5 DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING PROGRAMME, WEBSITE/OER Highly attractive website and OER with the project materials will be easy to navigate and use, tailored to the needs of those with limited digital skills. The high quality digital and open source training programme will be available in partner languages and English to provide an interactive learning experience for those who are maybe not regularly engaging in lifelong learning activities. A6 DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLBOX These activities will promote sustainable practices, particularly sustainable travel, as a tool for inclusion. Training providers, civil organisations, community agents active/interested in the activities related to sustainable tourism/promotion of the territories will enhance their knowledge and skills on engaging adults in sustainable tourism experiences and how to use them for inclusion. Videos with inspirational stories about sustainable travelling, examples of sustainable experiences targeting adult educators from educational, civil, and tourism organisations and end users will promote furthermore high quality learning and tourism experiences for disadvantaged/low income groups.Recommendations targeting training providers, adult educators/organisations, community agents and the Manifesto disseminated to local/regional authorities, educational/civil/tourism organisations, policy makers at EU level will advocate for more inclusive tourism policies. A7 LOCAL ACTIONS and ENGAGEMENTActions and activities within the project implementation and a comprehensive campaign at the final stage will target various audiences: adult learners, education providers, NGOs promoting inclusion, civil/tourism organisations and networks, public authorities, policy-makers to raise awareness about sustainable tourism as a tool for social in<< Results >>The project will develop a dynamic and comprehensive open source content package:1)MANUAL ON GOOD PRACTICESProject Partners will collect -70 PRACTICES describing sustainable travelling experiences-Examples of LEARNING ACTIVITIES developed on local/regional/international level tailored to the needs of target groups (Erasmus+, COSME projects, etc.)-Examples of SUSTAINABLE DESTINATIONS: products based in the local natural/cultural heritage (and do not contribute to overcrowding or degradation)...high-quality experiences for tourists and high added value for the destination-Practices specifically targeted at socially disadvantaged/low-income groups (virtual tourism).2)Design and development of a TRAINING PROGRAMME, a website and an OER -highly attractive WEBSITE, easy to navigate and use, also for those with limited digital skills-attractive, high quality digital and open source TRAINING PROGRAMME in 5 partner languages (French, Spanish, German, Italian, Croatian) and English, easy to navigate and offering a satisfying learning experience for those not regularly engaging in lifelong learning activities -training MATERIALS, available in English and all partner languages-the partnership will PILOT COURSES in 5 Partner Countries3)Guide Me Green TOOLBOX and RecommendationsThe Toolbox and Recommendations will promote sustainable tourism as a tool for inclusion:WEBINARS:Development and organisation of WEBINARS for training providers, civil organisations, public administrations on sustainable tourism and promotion of the territories inviting highly relevant personalities from the sector of education, tourism, inclusion and related policy areas to present the project results, recommendations. Recordings of the webinars will remain available and will be promoted extensively. 3 webinars in English (organised collaboratively by the partnership) and 1 per country in partner languages.VIDEOS:Development of the platform section for webinars and videos and production of videos (inspirational stories about sustainable travelling, examples of sustainable experiences) for adults, including those involved in the tourism sector. 2 videos per country, in English and partner languages.POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS:Developed towards the end of the project based on all the work that has been carried out and on the feedback from the pilot courses, in depth discussions with all project target groups as well as the webinars. Several sets of recommendations will be made for different target groups: training providers, civil and tourism organisations, and public authorities.MANIFESTO:The partnership will develop a powerful MANIFESTO to promote sustainable travelling as a tool for inclusion and to advocate for more inclusive tourism policies. The manifesto will be professionally designed, translated into partner languages and disseminated to local and regional authorities, educational, civil, and tourism organisations, networks, policy makers at European level as well as more broadly through partner communication channels. In English and partner languages.LOCAL ACTIONS and ENGAGEMENT/CAMPAIGN:The CAMPAIGN will raise awareness about sustainable tourism as a tool of social inclusion. The partnership under the lead of EURAKOM and ITKAM will develop a comprehensive campaign targeted at its different audiences: adult learners, adult education providers, relevant NGOs promoting inclusion, civil and tourism organisations and networks, public authorities, policy makers at local/regional, national and European level. Various materials will be adapted to different audiences, for example, adult learners vs educational or tourism organisations.Other outcomes: -Professionally designed project logo and visual identity-Project flyer and banner-Quality Assessment and Evaluation Plan-Dissemination and Exploitation Plan, including internal communication guidelines-Sustainability Plan-Meeting Minutes and Reports-Short Reports from Pilot

Since 1962, the IIS Castelli Institute has been a leading figure in the province of Brescia’s educational system. The province is characterized by a longstanding industrial tradition, in which small and medium-sized businesses have flourished, and by a high migratory flow. Knowing that the globalization of the economy requires the school system to produce highly competent and flexible professionals, ITIS Castelli has always been committed to forming relationships of collaboration and synergy with the institutions and companies of the region, but now reread in a European light. In consistency with that which the School European Development Plan indicates, the school is aware of the need to develop didactic practices centered on Work Based Learning in order to bridge the school-work gap and to internationalize itself. The main characteristics of the context in which the project has been designed are three: 1)The institute is one of the most complex and multifaceted schools in the region of Lombardy with its 2151 students, of whom 20% are citizens of foreign countries. The average high school dropout rate in the region is equal to 29.8%, which is above the national average of 27.9%. IIS Castelli is not immune to this trend. It is, therefore, a priority for the school to improve the academic, training, and work-related success of all students, and in particular of those who are most deserving but most disadvantaged. 2)The analysis of the occupational needs of our area has shown two important points: in 2017 the disparity between job demand and offer of technicians increased up to 40%: companies began requiring not only technical competences but also, and above all, additional soft-skills and e-skills. IIS Castelli has always been dedicated to the needs of the area, and therefore strives to bridge the school-work gap. 3)Having consulted with the industrial and business industry of the region, the Institute encountered a very limited use of the European certifications such as Europass and ECVET. Instead, the school policy seeks to assert and promote recognition and validation of the competences of the students as this will foster mobility of citizens and workers with a positive impact both on our society and its economy. The main objectives of “Mo.VE” are: Overall Objective: improve the training success of all students, and in particular of those who are most deserving but most disadvantaged. Purposes: Improve: 1) technical/professional competences; 2) linguistic competences; 3) digital skills; 4) relational skills. The highly motivating experience described in the project, which provides for internships in EU member states (Germany, Ireland and the UK), will allow for the development of not only the necessary professional competences, but also of the key and citizenship competences that will enable students to learn and grow over the course of their career. The two-year project concerns the mobility of 45 students, per year, of the fourth class in all of the institute’s specializations for internships in the cities of Berlin, Cork and Portsmouth, for three weeks. The students will be accompanied by 2 teachers who will alternate every week, for a total of 18 teachers per year. The main impact of the project will be on the reduction of school dropout: positive learning and relational experiences will increase the student’s faith in his or her own abilities, which will increase the student’s motivation and, hopefully, reduce school dropout rates. Mo.VE will open new horizons to the students and will allow them to consider themselves confident and professionally competent European citizens, capable of continual personal growth. Moreover, they will possess the knowledge of foreign languages as real means of communication in life and work. The mobility experience will, hopefully, help to close the gap between school and work and demonstrate to local companies the importance of the use of the European instruments/certificates in order to facilitate the mobility of students and workers. The most innovative aspect of Mo.VE is the large amount of data collected: this will help not only to systematically monitor the students’ learning process and the impacts of the project, but also to compare the students’ vocational training performances abroad- as well as locally- in order to support the recognition of the learning outcomes. At the project’s conclusion, ITIS Castelli will be equipped with new permanent competences capable of transforming the pilot project into a stable experience of the curriculum. In the long run, the mobility project will produce new and flexible professional profiles that will be able to satisfy the needs of the global labor market.

In relation to the Europe 2020 strategy, the project addresses the themes of social inclusion, employability, the active participation of young people in the civil society, training and youth work. In particular, in relation to the seven flagship initiatives for the European contribution to the Europe 2020 strategy that aims to stimulate progress in terms of growth and employment, our project is based on the second flagship initiative “youth on the move”. The target of our project is made up of young people who lack of basic competences due to social, economic and geographical barriers. Hence, the target may include young individuals involved in training or young Neets. Developing mobility paths abroad and improving basic and transversal competences is particularly difficult for this specific target. The project had multiple objectives. First of all the project tried to develop the 8 key competences in the emotional, cognitive and social field among young low-skilled Neets while ensuring an intellectual, inclusive and sustainable growth. Moreover, one of the main objectives was to promote the mobility of young people aboard in order to increase their employability, allow them to have the same possibilities as the other young people, reduce the social gap between the different groups, acquire the fundamental international and intercultural vision for the development of life skills and guarantee the validity and the quality of these people’s employability. The project involved 15 partners belonging to 6 different countries with expertise in the fields of education, social inclusion, youth employment and in the relations with local businesses and organizations. Under a quantitative point of view, more than the 882 originally planned participants were involved.The main activities that were implemented are: -the creation of a network: contact and research of training entities, companies at the national level and training agencies able to organize and support the various steps -the development of a platform in order to manage the network and create a link between young people, social entities and businesses. -the organization of 14 multiplier events in the 6 countries involved in order to present the 2 IOs.-in the framework of the second IO, 11 creative meetings took place with the participation of young people and training managers in order to understand how to organize the mobility for the project target; creation of the content of the guide-the organization of 5 days of training on the content of the guide dedicated to youth workers and to those responsible of the aspects related to the training. -the organization of the mobility of 16 young people in order to put the methodologies into practice. The initially planned results were achieved. Under a qualitative point of view, we have created a working group and we have established a dynamic of exchanges between social entities and economic organizations in order to organize and plan mobility projects dedicated to low-skilled young people, thanks to European and national funds. The young people who participated in the mobility developed their life skills and triggered a mechanism of innovation and qualification that is reflected in the territory of origin. Finally, there has been a professional development of those who work or are active in the fields of education, training and youth through the training period that took place on the basis of the guide established within the project. The feedback that we received through the analysis of the resource sheets provided by the guide was very positive. The impact generated was both short and long-term. In relation to the short-term impact, the most important effect was the one on young people and on youth workers who participated in the mobility and in the training. For the social entities, being able to get in touch with other European organizations and to get to know other businesses willing to welcome a young NEET was fundamental. As far as the long-term is concerned, the impact mainly concerned the creation of a mechanism of development and activities production that aims to promote social inclusion and the employability of low-skilled people. Another impact to be highlighted is the one on the project partners since it allowed us to acquire further competences, to develop new collaborations and design new project proposals in order to ensure a follow-up and sustain the ongoing actions. The project results reflect the EU strategy for youth by 2027 as well as its priorities. Thanks to the instruments designed within the project, we can promote a youth work that promotes quality, innovation and the recognition of youth work in order to support the young Neets in their journey towards inclusion.

"PROJECT’s BACKGROUND MOVE4TRADE is a trans-regional project developed in Emilia Romagna, Piedmont and Tuscany, three Italian regions characterized by a similar economic and social system. In times of financial and economic crisis, the project aims to develop internationalization strategies for SMEs, in order to promote their survival, the growth of the local communities and the increasing of the employment rates.Despite Italian products are well known in the world, italian SMEs are the less internationalized in Europe for many reasons, among whose the lack of investments and personnel to this scope.MOVE4TRADE project aims to meet these specific needs and to offer to students and newly graduated/qualified the opportunity to acquire professional and technical skills and competences in order to support internationalization processes and to increase their employment opportunities. These students have been attending ""Administration, finance and marketing: international relations for marketing"" courses in the above mentioned regions.GOALSThe involved participants will have the possibility to develop a training and professional experience in an international learning framework, that will give them the opportunity to equip with a mix of interdisciplinary and interconnected competences.Furthermore, the project foresees the experimentation of the German dual system (training activity to be developed both in class and inside the company), planning a professional competencies learning process based on the combination of theory (school) and practice (apprenticeship).The project foresees, finally, the use of methods and instruments for credit and competencies recognition, through the use of “learning units” to be capitalized, referred and transferred into school and/or training credits, by assessing, recognizing and validating the LO through linear and transparent procedures in line with the ECVET guidelines.NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS 100 STUDENTS. BACKGROUND. 17-18/19 year-old students, attending the IV class of technical and vocational secondary schools in Arezzo, Verbania, and Reggio Emilia.30 NEWLY GRADUATED/QUALIFIED. They have received, since no more than 12 months, a vocational qualification or a degree consistent with topics related to the internationalization of SMEs.ACTIVITY. The activities of the project are the following:- Project management (structured in 4 main documents, containing the 4 fundamental aspects for the correct management of the project: Coordination and Control Plan, Learning and Evaluation Plan, Management of the Communication Plan, Dissemination and Exploitation Plan)- Preparation of the participants (linguistic, technical, pedagogic and cultural training)- Individualization and activation of work placements (as a result of the selection of the participants, the MATCHING phase candidate-company will be realized through the cooperation of EU partners that will assess the profiles of candidates paying attention to the effective availability of hosting companies- Monitoring during and after the mobility experience- Final evaluation (results, project, good practices)- Diffusion and exploitationMETHODOLOGY. The activated methodologies are, essentially practical and are finalized to achieve effective, efficient and repeatable activities.RESULTS AND IMPACT. At general level, the project will mainly have impact in the world of VET thanks to: training results of the participants to the mobility; acquired competences (soft-skills, professional, personal, cultural and ethics competences); credit recognition. The dissemination strategy will support the global objectives and the specific activities of project, mainly with reference to the publication of the Outputs of the project ( papers, etc), but also to the OUTCOMES (results) and to the OUTREACH (impact).LONG TERM BENEFITS. In the long term, the expected benefits are: a great involvement of Italian (institutional and not) partners, the improvement and the widening of the foreign partnership, in terms of territories and competencies; the opportunity to finalize exchange and cooperation projects within different other European Programmes (e.g. Progress, EaSI, others); the opportunity to become (as a Consortium) an important partner in the management of mobility and in the adoption of EQAVET and ECVET systems."

"Audiovisuals sector has undergone an important process of evolution in the last decades: born with the film industry, the sector has expanded over time, going to first include the television industry and, subsequently, all the services deriving from the deep digital transformation (eg PC, Gaming Console, Smartphone e Tablet) based on non-linear fruition systems (EY, 2016). It is essential therefore to invest in the training of professional figures, able to move in a highly dynamic environment, who can also deal with international scenarios and ""open work"" contexts increasingly structured as co-working platforms on the web. Project specific objectives are: - To encourage WBL of students in audiovisuals companies, in order to develop institutional partnership in support of the definition and implementation of internationalization strategies related to WBL in all its forms; - To transfer learners, through work experience in companies, technical-productive and cross-cutting skills, useful to work in audiovisuals sector; - To preserve the anthropological and cultural heritage of which the audiovisulas are keepers, through the transfer of knowledge, skills and competences characterizing the individual crafts activities; - To promote transparency and recognition of competences and qualifications regarding the transition between world of formal education and world of work, thanks to ECVET methodology, used to implement the project, and to the Libretto del Cittadino, released by the Employment Centres at the end of the experience abroad. Thanks to the project 72 learners with carry on a 3 months WBL in an audiovisuals related company in BE, BG, DE, EL, ES, IE, LT, MT, PT, UK, taking the advantage of a long hands-on training that only an experience Erasmus+Pro can offer. Learning outcomes are developed through the ECVET methodology (knowledge, skills and competences) assuring so their transparency, evaluation, validation and recognition both nationally and Europe wide. At the end of the mobility, VET institutions with release students the work-linked training credits. Moreover, learners will be accompanied to Employment Centres, who will release the Libretto del Cittadino, assuring the regional recognition of competences acquired abroad. Learners will receive the Europass Mobility Certificate. ISCED sector of learners is: 0211 - Audio-visual techniques and media production. European hosting partners assure to transfer learners the competences to successfully reach the envisaged Learning Outcomes. The advance planning visits will allow on-the-spot verification of training quality offered to learners. Training plan in hosting enterprises will be organised in accordance with ECVET procedure: Units of Learning Outcomes (ULOs), with activities and Learning Outcomes (LOs) (knowledge, skills and competences). Bufalini has prepared Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by all European partners. In line with MoU, ECVET-Las will be elaborated. At the end of training period, hosting tutors will evaluate LOs achievement of learners. Final evaluation will follow. Registers, daily signed by tutor and learners, will show the number of daily hours training. Once having reports, applicant will start procedures for having Europass Mobility Certificates validated in Italy. Once back, learners will be accompanied to Employment Centres for release of Libretto del Cittadino. Before departure, learners will attend OLS course in hosting country language. Regularly tutors and trainees will fulfil monitoring questionnaires. Online management software will allow exchange of documents and prompt management of all project phases, mitigating risks and delays. Activities are organised on 3 macro phases: mobility preparation, mobility realisation and follow up, cross-cutting activities. Project impact will be local, regional, national and European. It will: - Promote youth employment in audiovisuals sector; - Improve language skills of learners; - Improve quality of training offer, transparency and recognition of competences and qualification; - Transfer learners self-esteem, autonomy, self-empowerment, empathy and life skills. Dissemination plan will broaden project impact, improve sustainability and highlight European added value."