Cooperation Offer

STARLight

Offer name: 
STARLight
Expiry date: 
26/02/2020
Offering LAG: 
GAL Escartons e Valli Valdesi
Country:
  • Italy
Spoken languages:
  • English - French - Italian

Looking to cooperate with

Type of partner: 

GAL

Country(ies):
  • European Union
Type of area:
  • Rural
Assets of the area:
  • Protected areas

Project idea

Project type:
    • Transnational cooperation
    • With other MSs (no shared border)
Project topic:
    • Tourism / Territorial branding
    • Knowledge transfer / education / training activities
    • Employment / job creation
    • Upskilling
Additional keywords:
  • guides dark skies employment opportunities
Context: 

Starting situation: job opportunities for young people (18-24) who face a professional training in the tourism sector are potentially very large but risk being disregarded due to a "scholastic" preparation not in line with a market in constant evolution. This change in tourism offer/demand pattern affects also persons already operating in the sector: tourism today is experiential, niche and linked to transversal topic such as environmental sustainability which represents an added value not only for local development, but also in terms of competitive added value

Project idea summary: 

The project aims to fill the gap between the skills of potential and/or active tourist operators (in particular Tourist Guides) and the needs of the market, creating a new professional curriculum linked to the tourism operator for the promotion experiential tourism and environmental sustainability, contributing to Europe environmental and climatic goals.
Specific topic: recovery of DARK SKIES, specifically in rural/mountain areas, where job opportunities are perceived as less attractive than urban areas. Biodiversity and ecosystem connectivity are common challenges to Europe and its rural/mountain areas are threatened by human activities. Among these, light pollution is increasingly worrying, as the intensification of artificial light interferes with fragile ecosystems.

Objectives: 

The project will produce:
- a professional curriculum, with skills, knowledge and competences in line with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF)
- a training model based on "blended mobility", that is a part of a "theoretical" distance learning course and, after selection of the participants, study visits in places chosen by the partners (typically in Parks participating as partners).
- Final case study of the course with the realization of a work-based project and a simulation in real environment.