The Ministry of Tourism recently published a 8 million euro tender intended for Financing higher education projects and excellence in the tourism sector.
This is the goal. Improve skills number of operators in the sector, thereby increasing skill levels and increasing employment opportunities.
Who is the announcement addressed to?
There are two main types of call purpose: Final recipients and prescribing subjects.
are the final recipients. Those who will directly benefit from the training activities. Financing through tenders and participating in training courses designed to increase the competitiveness and quality of tourism services. These include:
- Workers in the tourism sectorsuch as employees, assistants and seasonal workers, who want to update or improve their professional skills.
- Unemployed or unemployed? Interest in developing skills to enter the tourism job market;
- Entrepreneurs and managers of tourism, who receive advanced training to improve their business management.
Those who are interested in availing this opportunity should contact us directly. Training institutes Those who participate in the call as proponents, who present projects and request funding to carry out training activities and include:
- Training institutes Accredited, who have the experience and capacity to design and conduct training courses;
- Associations Categories related to tourism, which represent the interests of operators in the sector.
- University and high school, with training programs dedicated to tourism and land management;
- business Tourists, who want to organize courses for their employees and colleagues.
- Public institutions or consortia, engaged in promoting tourism and developing local skills.
These subjects do not directly participate in the training, but they are involved. Administrators e responsible.
Projects should promote structured training courses that include teaching modules and practical activities, with a strong work-based learning component (Work-Based Learning, WBL).
Participation requirements
On the date of application submission, the training provider must meet the following: Eligibility Requirements:
- regulatory and participatory regularities;
- have the ability to enter into contracts with public administrations, not be subject to sanctions or disqualification measures;
- to comply with the application of national collective sector agreements;
- not be subject to bankruptcy proceedings, compulsory liquidation, composition with creditors or similar circumstances;
- Not be the recipient of judicial actions that impose administrative sanctions pursuant to Legislative Decree no. 231/2001.
In addition to the general requirements, the training provider must:
- have appropriate technologies and structures for training delivery;
- be trainers with proven experience in the tourism sector or related fields;
- guarantee the possibility of providing distance education for certain courses;
- Demonstrate at least three years of training activities in the field of tourism.
According to Presidential Decree 445/2000, ownership of the above requirements must be declared through self-certification.
Additionally, Any change or change in requirements After submitting the application it should be notified immediately for necessary scrutiny. Failure to communicate may result in cancellation of benefits.
How to Apply
Applications for participation in the tender for financing training projects in tourism may be submitted by training institutions. By 31 January 2025 through specially verified email (PEC) to the address fondoformazione.mitur@pec.aci.it.
The following must be attached with the application. Documents:
- A financing application containing a self-certification stating that the individual is in possession of the eligibility requirements.
- A detailed proposal for a training course;
- Proposed economic and financial plan;
- any letter of undertaking between the partners forming part of the ATS;
- A detailed proposal of the training course including general objectives of the training course, timetable for project implementation, name of the training course, course director, relevant CV and identification document, minimum and maximum number of participants in the training course, access Procedures and methods Registration, training objectives and expected learning outcomes, description of training activities and their description in planned modules, teaching calendar, language of delivery, list of teachers involved in training activities and brief presentation sheet, frequency of activities , the location to carry out the module and/or if the module is online, a description of the platform used, the organizational, instrumental and logistical elements that will be used to carry out the activities in person.
- Any offer of internship and any contract with public and private institutions or national or foreign universities;
- any CFU (University Educational Credit) or Cf (academic credit) assigned for each training activity and final examination;
- The contribution requested (within the maximum limit of 150 thousand euros) and the expenses eligible for those requesting it (Article 10 of the Notice).
All documents must be prepared PDF format and digitally signed.
