Societies are experiencing great changes and people are much more aware of this than before. Public institutions, businesses and local communities consider the green and digital transitions as a necessary step for their further development. Tourism, perhaps more than other sectors, knows these dynamics, as demonstrated by the success of so-called ‘experiential’ products and the importance of responsible practices such as that of regenerative tourism.
HyPro4ST project partners analysed the main labour market needs and skills’ gaps in the tourism sector, with the aim to upskill professionals in sustainable, hybrid, digital, creative and entrepreneurship project management and develop a new job profile: Sustainable and Hybrid Project Manager. The labour market analysis was carried out in all partner countries (Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia), using a quantitative and qualitative research approach, including:
- Administration of online questionnaire to over 300 stakeholders;
- Organisation of focus groups and interviews (involving 37 experts in total);
- Desk research on documents acquired from indirect sources;
- Identification of 15 best practices.
Therefore, a considerable amount of technical and scientific texts was analysed, both during the preparation of the questions for the questionnaire and for the interviews, and during the desk research. The analysis underlined the importance to ensure a hybrid managerial approach to the production and distribution of tourism services, as a response to the demand of greater professional skills based on strategies and flexibility. These skills concern not only the technical aspects but also ethics, creativity, and innovation.
However, the development of these skills is not adequately supported by the training system. The creation and consolidation of an advanced and transversal profile, such as that of the Sustainable and Hybrid Project Manager, and also the provision of the appropriate training material to acquire this title can represent an effective response to the demand for change that modern society requires!
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About the project
HyPro4ST – Sustainable Tourism Innovation Through Hybrid Project Management is a project financed by the program Erasmus+ Key Action 2 Partnerships for Innovation: Alliances 2021 Programme, and it has the objective of Developing a new job profile in tourism sector, aimed to upskill managers, professionals, practitioners and students of the tourism sector: the “Sustainable Hybrid Project Manager”.
Partners
- SCN – CITIES NETWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY (Coordinator, Greece)
- CESIE (Italy)
- RAZVOJNI CENTER SRCA SLOVENIJE (Slovenia)
- UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI (Slovenia)
- INSTITUT ZA POLJOPRIVREDU I TURIZAM USTANOVA (Croatia)
- University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management (Croatia)
- Corinthia Hotels Association (Greece)
- OLYMPIC TRAINING & CONSULTING LTD (Greece)
- ReadLab – RESEARCH INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT LAB PRIVATE COMPANY (Greece)
- Post-Innovation for Sustainable Development (Greece)
- KOZEP-DUNANTULI REGIONALIS INNOVACIOS UGYNOKSEG NONPROFIT KFT (Hungary)
- Domínio Vivo – Formação e Consultoria, Lda (Portugal)
- UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (Portugal)
- Confesercenti Provinciale di Palermo (Italy)
- Minerva 90 Felsőoktatási és Tanfolyamszerve (Hungary)
- TÜV AUSTRIA SERVIS d.o.o. (Slovenia)
For further information
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Contact Simona Sglavo: simona.sglavo@cesie.org.