CUL-TOURA BRIDGES – CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

FREE OF CHARGE SPECIALISED INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING SEMINARS FOR CULTURAL AND GREEN – ECOLOGICAL TOURISM

The ERASMUS+ CULTOURA BRIDGES programme invites young professionals in the tourism sector or people who would like to work in the tourism sector to participate in specialised professional training courses offered online and free of charge.

More specifically, the ERASMUS+ CULTOURA BRIDGES programme offers the following specialised courses:

• Understanding the concept of cultural tourism, green tourism and heritage tourism and its value
• Customer interaction and customer experience management
• Planning and management of cultural diversity
• Management of specific activities for cultural heritage tourism and events
• Management of specific activities for green tourism
• Ensuring the safety of the sites and visitors
• Marketing and communication

The courses will be organised during the period April-June 2024. The total duration of each of the courses is approximately 30 hours. The courses will be held face-to-face in your country as well as online with the cooperation of experts from all participating countries. Participants can choose to participate in one or more courses, will be assessed and certified separately for each of them. Successful participants will receive a certificate under the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.

Course participants should have an intermediate level of English and at least basic digital skills.

The face-to-face courses will be organised at the following locations:

• Mindelo, Cabo Verde
• Ziguinchor, Senegal
• Luanda, Kenya
• Mytilene, Greece
• Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
• Seville, Spain

If you are interested in participating, you must complete the application form below by 31 March.

There will be a limited number of places and there will be a first come, first served basis.

Successful applicants will be notified by 4 April. Courses will start on 8 April.

The ERASMUS+ CULTOURA BRIDGES project is funded by the European Union. It is coordinated by Action Synergy (Greece) and the partners are the Research, Education, Innovation and Development Company of the North Aegean Region, ELORIS S.A (Greece), the University of Cape Verde (Cabo Verde), the University of Assane Seck de Ziguinchor (Senegal), the Chamber of Commerce of Seville (Spain), the RAS Foundation (Italy) and the NGOs Associação dos Amigos da Natureza (Cabo Verde), Plateforme des Femmes pour la Paix en Casamance (Senegal) and Kipepeo Community Empowerment Program (Kenya).