International project: Educating Professionals on Islands in GastroTourism (EPIG)
The aim of the project is to improve the level of knowledge in the sectors of tourism and gastronomy, by creating a course of 10 ECTS in gastronomic tourism.
The course will be available to both students and employees in the sectors and is both flexible and useful .
The basis for the course is determined based on what the sectors want or need, the staff's knowledge and development are in focus. To gater information, we will use interviews and questionnaires. Everyone is welcome to contact us with imput!
Some of the topics we hope to include in the course is sustainability, staycation, collaboration and how to prolong the peak season.
Project results
Partners
Ålands yrkesgymnasium / Åland Vocational School (Åland, Finland)
Gutegymnasiet (Gotland, Sweden)
Kuressaare Ametikool (Saaremaa, Estonia)
Three islands, three vocational schools and many common challenges - all in the Baltic Sea.
We hope to exchange many experiences and together create a course that will benefit the gastronomic tourism on our islands!
Funding
Funded by ERDF through Central Baltic
Time period
01.04.2020 - 31.12.2022
Contact
Ave Paaskivi
452 4601
ave.paaskivi@ametikool.ee
Read further
Project story: study visit to Åland in Sept 2021 (in Estonian)
The course will be available to both students and employees in the sectors and is both flexible and useful .
The basis for the course is determined based on what the sectors want or need, the staff's knowledge and development are in focus. To gater information, we will use interviews and questionnaires. Everyone is welcome to contact us with imput!
Some of the topics we hope to include in the course is sustainability, staycation, collaboration and how to prolong the peak season.
Project results
Partners
Ålands yrkesgymnasium / Åland Vocational School (Åland, Finland)
Gutegymnasiet (Gotland, Sweden)
Kuressaare Ametikool (Saaremaa, Estonia)
Three islands, three vocational schools and many common challenges - all in the Baltic Sea.
We hope to exchange many experiences and together create a course that will benefit the gastronomic tourism on our islands!
Funding
Funded by ERDF through Central Baltic
Time period
01.04.2020 - 31.12.2022
Contact
Ave Paaskivi
452 4601
ave.paaskivi@ametikool.ee
Read further
Project story: study visit to Åland in Sept 2021 (in Estonian)
