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Forestur is one of the Pilot Projects selected under the Leonardo da Vinci Programme in 2006. This project aims to link e-learning, continuous vocational training and tourism. The project will last 2 years: from 1st October 2006 to 1st October 2008. The project partnership includes 9 institutions from 4 European countries: Hungary, Italy, Romania and Spain. Florida Centre de Formació (Spain) is the coordinating organisation.
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The objective of the project is for tourist professionals in rural areas to benefit from high quality continuous training adapted to their needs. This training will prepare them to face important challenges relating to economic growth, employment and sustainability in the future. This will be facilitated by the use of ICT, which provides an ideal framework for training in this context, and this will at the same time enable and promote the integration of ICT in rural areas. ICT also offers a wide range of marketing possibilities for this type of business, as well as simplifying administrative work such as, for example, bookings and invoicing. |
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The target group is made up of professionals (workers and business people) in the tourism sector in rural areas. Final and potential targets / users are: local and regional development agencies and authorities; tourism associations and service companies in rural areas; professionals in continuous training (teachers and managers); and people responsible for local and regional tourism and rural development policy. |
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* A report on specific training needs in the rural tourism sector in the four participating countries. * An ICT-based training methodology adapted to the tourist sector. * Training materials suitable for tourism professionals in remote areas. Available in CD format and also downloadable from the project website. * A project website containing the project description, resources, access to the training platform, links, etc. * Support manuals for trainers and trainees.
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What is Forestur? 
