VALidating Informal Transversal Skills of young workers in seasonal tourism
Project number: 2016-1-ES01-KA202-025068
Implementation period: 01.12.2016 – 30.11.2018
Project description: The issue of seasonality in tourism has long been a source of concern expressed in EU publications and it is feared that the intense concentration of touristic activities in a relatively short period of time “may have dramatic negative impact on local economies for the whole year” (Ecorys, 2013).
The main objective of the VALITS project is to help young seasonal workers break the cycle of high season activity followed by low season unemployment. This will happen by creating a tool for validating their informal transversal skills which include key competences such as language skills, interpersonal skills, customer service and organizational skills and that have been gained through their informal and non-formal work experience and learning.
The Validation Tool will have the facility to assess these informal transversal skills and offer a grading level that will be meaningful and usable for their Europass CV and future employment.
A second project output will create a Career Guidance Application that will guide the user to full time work opportunities in either the same or different work sectors where their Transversal skill set would be in demand.
The main results of this project will be increasingly disseminated to reach large numbers of those working in the tourism sector. Both the Validation Tool and Career guidance App will be launched at the final project conference in Palma De Mallorca, Spain.
Partners:Sea Teach S.L. – Cala d’Or, Spain (coordinator)
Danmar Computers – Rzeszow, Poland
SDRUDZENIE ZNAM I MOGA – Sofia, Bulgaria
EURO – Palermo, Iatly
SMC Studien und Management Center gGmbH – Salzburg, Austria
