Federturismo Confindustria is the lead partner of the NEXT TOURISM GENERATION ALLIANCE, in charge of implementing the NTG project, co-financed by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ programme.
The project aims – by providing concrete and innovative tools to improve the relationship between industry, education system and public authorities – to respond to the future skills needs in this economic sector, so remarkable for the GDP and the employment levels of the European Union, but at the same time highly subject to rapid technological changes and continuous transformations in the business models and the organization of production factors.
So, the NTG project partnership – involving 7 trade associations, 6 universities and 1 organization, representing 8 European countries – is engaged to build and implement a structural and permanent mechanism to bridge (and minimize) current and future skills shortages, establishing a Blueprint Strategy for Sectoral Skills Development to respond to the fast changing and increasing gaps in digital, green and social skills sets, also in light of the profound transformation that occurred in the tourism industry following the sudden and disrupting appearance on the scene of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In order to ensure that the results of the project can be effectively relevant and useful for the next generation of educators, decision makers, investors, companies, institutions, students and workers in the field of tourism and hospitality, the sectoral skills are analysed and developed with the year 2030 as a landmark on the horizon.
Based on the results achieved through the NTG project, Federturismo Confindustria's concrete pledge is to promote awareness of transition needs and sharing of best practices among its members with the goal of having reached each member for active knowledge exchange at least 3 times a year until 2025 and beyond.