<< Background >>The project partners during the implementation of their corporate activities and previous projects under-stood the importance and relevance of the CSR implementation, especially within the tourism sector. They strong believe that a corporate growth should be based on the principles settled up by the concept of sustainable development, both for the VET system and for the business. The partners intend to define and set up the optimal conditions to define their future development for achieving the priorities settled up by the agenda 2030. In this sense, the updating of the skills and competences of experts that will able to transit the touristic business to implement the CSR principles within their business activities, represents an effective, concrete and sustainable answer to their goals. The project, with its actions and results, will address the follow needs:Partnership needs:•Disposal of new training programs that can respond to the new challenges of the tourism sector•To update the C-VET programs offers in line with the new priorities defined by Agenda 2030•The development of training systems that can avoid the final users to overcome barriers linked to education and training•To update training methodology to the new needs and demands of the final users, fostering the eLearning approaches•To spread CSR principles as sustainable key drivers for business and training development, according to the principles defined by Agenda 2030•TO develop a new path for matching tourism business needs with the C-VET programs offersTarget group’s needs:•To build blocks for new mind set to deliver value, making business more sustainable•To acquire knowledge, tools and new approaches how to manage its own business in more responsible way for overcoming the current challenges due to the COVID pandemic•To get support from experts to better understand the CSR principles and how to practically implement them within their business activities, recognizing benefits and added values•To get support from tailored experts that can facilitate their business transition toward a more sustainable business approach and management•To acquire tools and knowledge how to implement Digital Corporate Responsibility<< Objectives >>The project fosters to achieve the main objectives:•Helping tourism business move towards 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Tourism by making them closer to principles, pros and cons of CSR and more responsive both to internal issues (people management, diversity management, equality and inclusion, physical and mental wellbeing) and external emergency (climate change, health and environmental pressure, etc.). •Contributing to innovation in VET by adopting co-creation principles that will allow to involve di-rect/indirect beneficiaries (tourism businesses, CSR consultants and CSR trainers), to take part in de-sign, delivery, assessment/evaluation of the training path, improving their transversal, digital and green skills;•Focusing on processes linked to CSR training among tourism MSMEs rather than contents only, so as to improve its acceptance and adoption and create a more impactful action that is suitable for being transferred to other players across Europe•To develop a new operative model for C-VET of experts, trainers and consultants that will allow spreading the application of CSR principles into the Tourism sector, full matching the priority Education, science, technology, research and innovation, as key enabler for Sustainability transition (Agenda 2030)•To adopt and to apply an Interactive and participatory approach on the development of the project results, on which the final users are active involved and contribute to the production of concrete results responding to the real market needs•To improve competences of VET trainers, acquiring digital skills, matching the program priority Digital Transformation•Updating skills/competences on CSR topics, matching the program priorities Inclusion and Diversity, Environment and fight against climate change<< Implementation >>The project implementation is structured in a logic and functional framework that provides the realization of n.4 project phases (PP) which each one includes specific project tasks related to the achievement of specific project outcomes or Project Results (PR). The project phases are:1. Planning Phase It covers the first two months and serves the purpose of establishing a viable partner-ship, including all practical and administrative arrangements for the initiation of the project and its efficient management. A core partner’s team will be defined and assigned. This phase includes all necessary processes and activities for the project start up, i.e. signing up of grant agreement, application of the project management structure. The kick-off meeting is being organized and all partners agree on the QA board members, appoint the Steering Committee members and organize the project implementation, through the engagement of Researchers and Technicians. 2. Management and Coordination PhasePP1 Project Management and coordination. It will includes all activities related to setting up a network of stakeholders in the partner countries, creating interactive stakeholder communication, organizing stake-holder consultations, organizing multiplier events in all partner countries with key stakeholders’ representatives, production of a Quality Plan and Risk mitigation, financial and progress project reporting, proper and open online documentation system to ensure that all involved partners have access to all information (documents completed, agreements reached at meetings, actual to-do lists, etc.).3. Executing Phase It covers the implementation of the different Project Results (PR)PR1 CSR Design thinking for Competence Framework of Tourism CSR ExpertTask1 Desk research current gaps and the missing toolsTask2 Preparation of framework for practical application of CSR principlesTask3 Online consultation workshopsTask4 Definition of the competence frameworkPR2 E-learning toolkit Training Competences Design and Piloting Training and Validation Task1 ELearning toolkit development Task2 Piloting training Task3 Adjustment of the training by wider Stakeholders consultation Task4 Validation workshopTask5 Manual for trainers how to promote CSR principles among touristic organizationsPR3 Policy Recommendations direct to relevant Stakeholders in Tourism sector Task1 Online Living labs for co-creation involving stakeholders and citizens at EU levelTask2 Development of Guidelines/Recommendations direct to relevant stakeholders in the tourism sector4. Sharing and Promotion PhasePP4 Project Sharing and Promotion of results. It covers the implementation of all sharing and promotional activities that will contribute towards raising the attractiveness on target audience on relevance and use of project’s results and outcomes. Actions to disseminate share and promote the project’s results, with a high involvement and engagement of target audience, will be taken.<< Results >>The project after its completion will have the follow results and outcomes:•Improving key competences of VET trainers, acquiring digital skills, matching the program priority Digi-tal Transformation (Corporate digital responsibility becomes a new way for companies to achieve global competitiveness)•Reinforcing and updating expert’s skills and competences on CSR topics, matching the program priori-ties Inclusion and Diversity and Environment and fight against climate change•Wide application of CSR principles, within the touristic sector, that will foster companies to become aware of the economic, social, and environmental impacts exerted on the surroundings •Development of a range of cognitive and practical skills required to accomplish tasks and solve problems by selecting and applying basic methods, tools, materials and information, for the Experts (target groups) in the field of accessible tourism•Tailored made training program to foster C-VET skills update of experts on CSR principles, based on the real needs expressed by the touristic companies•Development of eLearning toolkit based on the results gained from consultation with key stakeholders, using a CSR Design Thinking approach to build the project outcomes•To Promote, share and disseminate practical and operative knowledge of CSR principles within the touristic sector, allowing the touristic companies to apply within their business activities, better facing the new business challenges due to the COVID pandemicThe specific outcome and results produced will be:•A Quality Assurance Plan•A Sharing and Promotional Strategy for the promotion and exploitation at European level of project’s results and outcomes•N.4 transnational partners meetings•N.1 Final conference for the exploitation of project’s results and outcomes (50 participants)•N.6 Multiplier events, in each project country•N.180 participants in the multiplier events •N.6 Online Consultation events with final users and relevant sectorial stakeholders •N.1 CSR Design thinking for Competence Framework of Tourism CSR Expert (PR1)•N.1 Desk research containing current gaps and the missing tools (PR1)•N.1 Model of practical application of CSR principles in a specific Tourism context (PR1)•N.1 Definition of CSR competence framework (PR!)•N.1 eLearning toolkit containing a tailored training methodology, training programs and materials, documents references, evaluation learning performances tools, training practices (PR2)•N.1 Web Platform for delivery of the piloting training (PR2)•N.1 Project website•N.6 piloting training of the training program developed (PR2)•N.90 attendees on the piloting training (n.15 per each participating country) (PR2)•N.6 online events/workshops for the validation of the training program (PR2)•N.50 representatives of relevant key stakeholders participating in the online consultation events (n.10 per each participating country) (PR2)•N.1 adjustment of the training program for wider consultation according to the feedback received during the pilot phase (PR2)•N.1 manual/guidelines for trainers, containing practical and tailored guidance on how to improve the learning process on project topics (PR3)