PacTS4ALL Project
Pact for Tourism Skills Forward Alliance
The PacTS4ALL project aims to coordinate tourism-related upskilling and reskilling initiatives, including the European Commission’s Pact for Skills for Tourism, launched in 2020 as part of the European Skills Agenda. The Large-Scale Skills Partnership (LSP) in tourism has been running for almost two years since its inception, successfully organizing approximately 14 coordination meetings at the time of writing and reaching out to almost 80 signatories that have expressed their interest in working together to achieve better upskilling and reskilling conditions for the tourism workforce in Europe.
The Pact for Skills Management Committee, consisting of five organizations, and project managers from major EU-funded tourism training projects have united to enhance coordination. The PacTS4ALL project provides the necessary resources and space to address current and future upskilling needs in the European tourism industry. It aims to involve key tourism training organizations and values the contributions of all LSP signatories, seeking to expand its reach across Europe.
Funded by the Erasmus+ programme, under the Forward Looking call, Lot 2 Priority 7, PacTS4ALL supports initiatives closely related to the Pact for Skills, aligning with the goals of the Tourism LSP and the broader ecosystem it serves.
Driving Engagement and Visibility for PacTS4ALL
Coordinating Actions for European Tourism Skills Development
Different activities will support the objectives of PacTS4ALL. We have foreseen a series of coordination activities to engage signatories of the Pact for Skills for the Tourism Ecosystem, as well as other stakeholders. This European initiative will be able to count on a portfolio of actions that will increase the visibility of the PfS and The Large-Scale Skills Partnership (LSP) at international level. All of the objectives of the Large-Scale Skills Partnership (LSP) will be translated on the ground through the promotion of NRSPs. The project will thus engage with the European Tourism Ecosystem as a whole. Meetings will be held at all levels of governance with policymakers, social partners and businesses active in the industry as well as educational providers. These are in fact key actors that will be invited to promote and support the local Skills Partnerships. In terms of impact, the scope of the Large-Scale Skills Partnership (LSP) is in fact far and wide, as these objectives have already been proposed and discussed by the audience of the PfS during all the 9 Coordination Meetings held so far.
Within the context of the project, we aim to participate in at least 3 International Fairs, organise 2 International Conferences complemented by 5 regional events and a variety of bilateral meetings with stakeholders; these actions will ensure a personal contact with at least 800 leading stakeholders across Europe.
Results
Innovative initiatives
with a significant impact on education and training reforms in the tourism ecosystem, offering long-term recommendations and policy enhancements.
Strengthening Europe's innovation capacity
by promoting advancements in education and training.
Creating systemic change
by fostering innovation at both practical and policy levels.
Supporting forward-looking ideas focused on key EU priorities
with clear potential for mainstreaming within the tourism ecosystem and transferring to other sectors.
Developing groundbreaking educational methods and practices
ensuring sustainable exploitation and transferability of innovative project results across various contexts and audiences at the EU level.
Partnership
