HELIX Project - Blended Mobility Courses on Sustainable Hospitality in the Balkan-Med Region

HELIX partnership developed curricula and Open Educational Resources for vocational training in sustainable hospitality. The courses `Sustainable Tourism Pedagogy` and `Entrepreneurial Skills for Sustainable Hospitality Enterprises` seek to build the competencies business innovation teaching and innovation in the Balkan-Med hospitality sector. They are adapted to the national contexts of HELIX countries - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and North Macedonia - and are available in all partners’ languages and in English.

The courses are tested in real terms through pilot blended mobility trainings, each of which includes a home-country session focused on theory and a joint international praxis-oriented learning mobility.

The joint international mobility session `Sustainable Tourism Pedagogy`  was held in Durres (AL) from 19 to 21March, 2019. In total 50 trainers, educators and experts took part in it.

A joint mobility session `Entrepreneurial Skills for Sustainable Hospitality Enterprises` for 35 SME representative is held from 16 to 18 April, 2019 in Volos and in Department of Planning and Regional Development of University of Thessaly.