Horizontal VET Capacity Building Project for internationalisation and modernisation

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Horizontal VET Capacity Building Project for internationalisation and modernisation

The Project “Horizontal VET Capacity Building for internationalisation and modernisation including innovation, digitalisation and sustainability by methodology transfer and exchange of good practices”:

Project Coordinator: HOTEL SCHOOL Hotel Management College
Project implementation period: December 1, 2023 – November 30, 2025
Project No: 101129249
Project Acronym: CB-VET plus
Project Topic: ERASMUS-EDU-2023-CB-VET

The VET CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT is aimed at building capacity and fostering internationalisation and modernization of the VET providers from the Western region of Ukraine, Latvia, and Italy to strengthen private-public cooperation, improve the quality and responsiveness of VET to economic and social developments, align VET provision to local, regional, and national development strategies in the areas of VET teachers and trainers professional development, innovation in VET, and the development of green and digital skills of the project stakeholders for the twin transition through methodology transfer and practical training delivered by the two experienced European VET providers.

Horizontally aligned VET providers of tertiary and non-tertiary levels with the focus on the hospitality, tourism and food production will produce the four work packages including:

WP1 “Project management and coordination”,
WP2 “Professional development of VET teachers / trainers from Ukraine”
WP3 “Embedding green skills and digital innovations in VET curriculum in Ukraine”
WP4 “Dissemination of project results”, where the WP2 will include the five methodological workshops in Latvia and Italy for modernisation and internationalisation of the educational institutions, regarding green skills for twin transition: embedding ESDGC in the curricula and teaching and learning processes, digital skills for twin transition: integration of sustainable hospitality digitalisation aspect and use of simulations software for teaching and learning processes, also use and design of innovations and computer games in the hospitality industry business and educational processes, and NO LEFTOVER Culinary Arts for VET educators.

The project will support the development of eight methodological toolkits in Ukranian to transfer innovative and modern methodologies across the region and create wider access to and use of the accumulated knowledge by EU VET providers, fostering the sustainability of the developed innovative projects.

The project CB-VET plus project No. 101129249 gathers together four partners: HOTEL SCHOOL Hotel Management College, Italian Hospitality School SRL (Italy), National University of Food Technologies (Ukraine) and Don Bosco Youth Educational Center (Ukraine).

Methodological toolkits, published by the partners

Six educational toolkits have been prepared for implementation in the curricula of professional disciplines in the hospitality sphere of VET institutions for use in Ukraine’s vocational and technical education institutions. Electronic format. The language is Ukrainian, with an explanation of certain parts of the toolkit in English/ German/Polish/Slovak. A reference guide, presentations, means of monitoring, cases/situational tasks, and a glossary are included.

Curricula for professional disciplines in the hospitality field for vocational and technical education (VET) institutions have been modernized.

Full information about the toolkits is available on the website of the National University of Food Technologies. The toolkits are also available in Moodle. Please log in as a guest.

Modernisation of food production. Green aspects of craft technologies for functional foods.

The toolkit is devoted to topical issues of food industry development in the context of growing requirements for product quality, environmental safety and sustainable development, and highlights modern approaches to the modernization of food production with an emphasis on the introduction of environmentally sustainable (“green”) technologies.

Digital Technologies as a Basis for Tourism Business Development

The toolkit ‘Digital Technologies as a Basis for Tourism Business Development’ was created for teachers and students of vocational education and professional colleges. It comprehensively addresses the modern aspects of digitalisation of tourism services that are relevant in a rapidly changing market environment.

Modernisation of the hotel industry in the context of modern European trends

The study focuses on innovative environmental approaches in the hotel business, particularly the introduction of greening as a concept of sustainable development. The toolkit discusses construction eco-trends, environmentally friendly cleaning technologies, and monitoring measures as tools for preserving the environment in the hotel industry.

	Modernisation of the restaurant industry in the context of modern European trends This toolkit is dedicated to the relevant aspects of the development of restaurant business enterprises, considering the current challenges of environmentalisation and digitalisation. It explores key topics related to the transformation of the restaurant business in the context of the growing demand for environmental responsibility and the introduction of the latest technologies.
	Modernisation and Internationalisation of the Tourism Industry This was created for teachers and students of vocational education institutions and professional colleges. It highlights key aspects of the legal mechanisms of international tourism activities and analyses the global experience of developing green tourism using innovative technologies.
	How to Build a Sustainable and Innovative Business in the Food and Beverage Industry in Ukraine? The educational toolkit is devoted to the analysis of sustainable digitalization of hospitality issues from the perspective of the food and beverage industry in the world and Ukraine