With an ever increasing effort by the EU to reduceCO₂ emissions, a project targeting the tourism sector has recently been launched. The project called VINCI (Virtual & Augmented Reality Trainers Toolbox to Foster Low Carbon Tourism & Related Entrepreneurship) is a Strategic Partnership project in the field of Adult Education funded with the support of the Erasmus+programme.
The VINCI projectwhich runs from February 2022 up to January 2024, aims to foster a shift towards low carbon tourism (LCT) and foster related entrepreneurship across severalEU Member States. To do so, the VINCI project brings together seven partners from across Europe, purposely chosen in such a way to ensure a good mix and balance between experts in Climate Change/Sustainability, Tourism, Entrepreneurship, work-based training, VET Curriculum development/pedagogy and digital technologies (AR/VR and m-/ e-Learning).
This project incorporates the development of an innovative curriculum, design of 'best practice' case-studies of how tourism stakeholders can generate less CO₂ emissions in all three phases of travel tourism and development of a set of modular training resources on LCT including Augmented and/or Virtual Reality. Additionally, this project entails the design of the VINCI Toolbox consisting of a repository of digital training resources on LCT and the development of a Trainer's Guide e-book intended to recommend to VET trainers.
The VINCI project, coordinated by the Maltese organisation MECB Ltd, will answer the need of training on LCT whilst helpto foster awareness and knowledge on such tourism activities. Project results, once available can be freely exploited by the project's target groups that includes VET trainers/tourism mentors, VET learners as well as tourism sector stakeholders including entrepreneurs.
You can stay informed and contact the project partnership through our webpage www.vinci.eumecb.com or Facebook page www.facebook.com/vincilowcarbontourism
