Translation of "Programme Carrières en tourisme jeunesse " (French → English) :

Tourism Careers for Youth Program

National Tourism Career Awareness Programme

21. Calls on Member States to accelerate the Youth Guarantee programme, given that the crisis has prevented disproportionate numbers of young people at the beginning of their careers from finding jobs and youth unemployment has reached alarming levels in half of the regions;

Finally, the Year is expected to raise awareness of the wide array of EU funding opportunities cultural heritage can benefit from, such as programmes for the environment, through the Natura 2000 sites, other programmes on cultural tourism, citizenship, and external relations or Erasmus+, the EU programme for education, training, youth and sport.

61. Welcomes mobility tools, and cooperation projects such as Knowledge Alliances and Sector-Skills Alliances under Erasmus+ and Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, as efficient means for tourism workers involved in education and training at all levels to exchange best practices, improve their language skills and obtain practical knowledge of cultural tourism; is concerned, however, at the lack of interest among young people in pursuing careers in certain tourism sectors; stresses the advantages of a ‘dual-education’ system in the tourism sector and the importance of combining learning with hands-on work experience, thereby improving both ...[+++] theoretical knowledge and practical skills; calls on the Member States and on local and regional authorities to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the European Social Fund and by other EU, national and regional funds to promote vocational training;

38. Welcomes mobility tools, as well as cooperation projects such as ‘Knowledge Alliances’ and ‘Sector-Skills Alliances’ under Erasmus+ and Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, as efficient means for tourism workers involved in education and training at all levels to exchange best practices, improve language skills and obtain practical knowledge of cultural tourism; is concerned, however, at the lack of interest among young people in pursuing careers in certain tourism sectors; stresses the advantages of a ‘dual education’ system in the tourism sector and the importance of combining learning with hands-on work experience, thereby improving ...[+++] both theoretical knowledge and practical skills; calls on the Member States, and on local and regional authorities, to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the ESF and by other EU, national and regional funds to promote vocational training.