In the tourism sector the implementation of the Pact for Skills builds on the work and outcomes of the NEXT TOURISM GENERATION ALLIANCE project (of which Federturismo Confindustria is the leading partner), financed and supported by the EC in the framework of the European Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills.
In particular, Federturismo Confindustria and the other NTG project partners have actively supported DG GROW not only in the launch phase of the Pact for Skills in the tourism sector, but also in its subsequent implementation phase.
Moreover, what is established at European level in the roundtables and meetings related to the development of the Pact for Skills in the tourism sector is then deployed at national and regional level by the National/Regional Skills Groups set up by the Next Tourism Generation Alliance, also in order to reach more quickly and involve more effectively the stakeholders of such a large and fragmented sector by capitalizing on the previous engagement work of the NTG project team.
Thus, in addition to making all its project outputs available to the various stakeholders, the NTG team is working on the Key Performance Indicators of the Pact for Skills in tourism, carrying out at the same time a Skills Intelligence Action, consisting of an activity of identification and continuous monitoring of the digital, green and social skills that companies most need.
Based on the milestones achieved in close collaboration with DG GROW, Federturismo Confindustria's concrete pledges will be in the coming years:
1) first of all, continue to actively support the National / Regional Skills Groups already established in 7 countries (Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Hungary, Bulgaria, Ireland, United Kingdom) as part of the NTG project;
2) secondly, by 2025 - as a member of the partnership "Pact for Next Tourism Generation Skills" (acronym PANTOUR, the new Sector Skills Alliance entrusted with the implementation of the Blueprint in the tourism industry for the next 4 years) - to promote the establishment and accompany the activities of new National / Regional Skills Groups in at least 4 additional countries (Finland, Greece, Belgium, Germany).