CREDinGREEN is a European Union funding program co-funded by Erasmus+ and aims to prepare tourism businesses in the best possible way for the market changes caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the European Green Deal.
The name “CREDinGREEN” is derived from the teaching concept of the EU micro-credential approach. The methodical-didactic micro-certificates accredit graduates and professionals in terms of their correct and success-leading handling of the recent changes in market requirements. This is a simple way to prove the necessary understanding, knowledge, skills and competences for the tourism of the future.
BACKGROUND
Due to the Covid19 pandemic and the European Green Deal, the European tourism market and the entire global tourism industry are also facing drastic changes in the coming years. Tourism is not expected to return to 2019 levels before 2023.
The “CREDinGREEN” project addresses this challenge by aiming to create broad awareness of the massive changes coming to the tourism sector in the coming years.
IMPLEMENTATION
In order to respond quickly to market-driven changes in knowledge and skills in professional education and training, while ensuring high quality accreditation, the European Commission has recently introduced the new EU instrument the “EU micro-credential approach.
These micro-certificates aim to support the tourism industry in adapting to market changes. The CREDinGREEN project will develop a teaching concept on this new methodological and didactic basis.
RESULT
This is followed by the development of a comprehensive strategy paper that provides an overview of the state of the art in green tourism. This “bottom-up” feedback will inform policy makers and funding agencies at the national and EU levels about what is happening at the grassroots level and how they can improve their policies and funding structures to drive developments.
The policy paper will include contributions and articles from policy makers and stakeholders at national and European levels explaining their educational approaches and goals for Green Tourism and the EU Micro Credential approach.
What has been your experience with Covid-19 and the Green Deal?
We are very interested in this question! Because based on your answers the above mentioned teaching concept of the micro-certificates for hotel and tourism professionals and managers will be created.
Just follow the link and you will automatically get to the questions. Thank you for your participation!
Project meeting in Florence, June 2022
In June 2022, we met with a total of 10 project partners from Europe in Florence to work together on our project. We discussed current progress, challenges of the project and distributed new tasks.
A few great days in Italy, a long awaited personal meeting of the project participants and an unforgettable experience. The project coordinators of the University of Applied Sciences of SME have written a summary.
Suzann Heinemann, Founder and Managing Director of GreenSign Institute, initiated and leads GreenSign’s participation in the CREDinGREEN project.
Maxilian Dilitz, Sales & Sustainability Advisor at GreenSign, and Darlene Schwabroch, Business Development Manager at GreenSign, represent GreenSign Institute within the project and participate in the development as well as in CREDinGREEN meetings.
