Specialists in Cultural Heritage and Attractive Living Environment (SPECHALE)
| Title | Specialists in Cultural Heritage and Attractive Living Environment |
| Abbreviation | SPECHALE |
| Project number | 2018-I-PT0I-KA204-047393 |
| Programme | ERASMUS+ |
- Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Concelho de Moura (ADC Moura) (Portugal) (lead partner)
- Associação Transfronteiriça de Municípios do Lago Alqueva (Portugal)
- Le Terre dei Savoia Association (Italy)
- eConsulenza Agency (Italy)
- Vidzeme Planning Region (Latvia)
- IZTZG Institute for Tourism (Croatia)
- UESS Université Européenne des Saveurs et Senteurs (France)
- Dark Sky Alqueva Association (Portugal) (associated partner)
- Fondazione Artea; Castello di Racconigi – Polo Museale del Piemonte (Italy) (associated partner)
- Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (Latvia) (associated partner)
Project objectives
- Implementing actions to support skills development, social inclusion, critical thinking and new participatory andintercultural approaches to heritage, as well as educational initiatives aimed at fostering the intercultural dialogue.
- Creating an innovative training path in the field of promotion of territories in order to foster the profile of the“Specialist in Cultural Heritage and Attractive Living Environment.
- Achieving the skills development of adult learners, above all the ones with low skills and/or unemployed,citizens, including migrants, by developing useful tools and methods, improving their soft skills.
- Contributing to raising awareness of the importance of Europe' s cultural heritage – tangible and intangible -through education, informal and non-formal learning, in the context of the European Year of Cultural Heritage2018.
Activities
- Mapping of existing initiatives and training opportunities in the fields of cultural heritage, tourism, local development, environment and eco-tourism and identification of missing supply through interviews and surveys.
- Development of training modules for pilot courses (teaching materials and resources) based on the specific needs of the area; testing of a pilot course (at least 150 hours).
- Policy recommendations and recommendations for the inclusion of tested competences in ECVET (European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training).
Results
- Learners with new competences and skills for high quality services; the knowledge gained will be used to promote cultural and tourism heritage more effectively.
- Innovative training tools assigned to adult learners, above all to participants with low skills and unemployed,including migrants.
- Concrete specialized skills for territorial specialists in order to better gather the opportunities given by 2018European Year of Cultural Heritage and by Europe 2020 challenges.
Budget
Total budget: 313 733,00 EUR
Vidzeme Planning Region: 28 358,00 EUR
Implementation period
01.09.2018. – 31.08.2021.
Contacts
Lienīte Priedāja-Klepere
Mob. tel.: +371 26133028
e-mail: lienite.priedaja@vidzeme.lv
