2nd WP Leaders Virtual Meeting Report of the Tourism4all Project

2nd WP Leaders Virtual Meeting Report of the Tourism4all Project

Published on 02/06/2020 (last modified 22/06/2020)

At the center of the meeting an overview of the activities, from the main changes of the project, to the improvement of communication, up to the new ways of carrying out cross-border training and study seminars in the light of the covid emergency. Pilot actions and services for accessibility, the marketing plan and the catalog of accessible destinations also attended the meeting.

The 2nd WP Leaders Virtual Meeting Report of the Tourism4all Project was held electronically on the Google Meet platform. The meeting was chaired by representatives of the Molise Region (LP); of the Veneto Region (PP1), from the Public Institution Rera SD for Coordination snd Development of Split-Dalmatia County (Pp2), from the City of Zadar and from the Special Agency Concentro Of The Chamber Of Commerce Industry, Agricolture And Craft Of Pordenone Di Udine (Pp5).

At the center of the meeting an overview of the activities, from the main changes of the project, to the improvement of communication, up to the new ways of carrying out cross-border training and study seminars in the light of the covid emergency. Pilot actions and services for accessibility, the marketing plan and the catalog of accessible destinations also attended the meeting.

Among the priorities identified, the improvement of the progress of spending, but also the revision of the project calendar and the methods for carrying out the activities due to the covid19 emergency.

The proposal that emerged was the hypothesis of extending the Project by another six months, while the events scheduled during 2020 will all have to take place online.

Due to the emergency related to the spread of coronavirus, cross-border seminars will also have a different calendar and will be conducted online.

The first, organized by the city of Zadar (PP3) will be held in July 2020 and will concern the promotion of project activities to support the tourism sector in the covid emergency.

The second, promoted by the Croatian camping association, will concern accessible tourism practices to be implemented in campsites during the covid. The event is scheduled for February 2021.

The third cross-border event will be planned in attendance at the end of April 2021 and will cover all pilot actions on accessible tourism. It will be organized by Delta 2000 (PP8).

Local training, whose activity will end by 2020, will also take place in virtual ways.

All study visits will instead be scheduled in attendance for the next year. The first, always if it will be possible due to the emergency, will be held in February 2021, the second in March and the third in late April in the same location and in the same period in which the cross-border seminar is scheduled.
With regard to the pilot actions and services for the accessibility of tourist destinations, the need also emerged for definitive planning capable of providing precise dates on the periods of beginning and end of the implementation of the activities and the results achieved, both in report on the extension of the requested Project, both for the final version of the evaluation report for the supervisory committee to be held next month.

B2B events will have to be held in attendance, but again due to the covid emergency, the timing agreement has been postponed to a later date. The same debate then concerned the issue of participation in the Rimini fair in October 2020, on which it will be necessary to decide whether to postpone participation or even replace the expected event.

Lastly, the meeting was also an opportunity to reflect on who will be the definition of the contents and the basic rules that must be followed for the creation of the catalog of accessible accesses.

D 3.4.1 "Train the trainer" activity in Ancona

D 3.4.1 "Train the trainer" activity in Ancona

Published on 19/05/2020 (last modified 28/03/2022)

The second workshop "Train the Trainers" was held in the Italian city of Ancona in the period 04. - 07.02.2020.. The workshop had the aim to educate professionals in the segment of "accessibility culture". This education of professional staff seeks to create a critical mass of stakeholders who will in the future transfer the acquired knowledge to other stakeholders in this segment and thus create a wider network of educated tourism professionals who will integrate tourism available to all in the general tourism offer.

The second "Train the Trainers" workshop, held in the Italian city of Ancona in the period 04. - 07.02.2020., was intended for interested representatives of the tourism sector and representatives of associations of the disabled. During the four days of the workshop, participants were introduced to ways to overcome the problem of accessibility for different segments of disability such as visual impairment / blindness, deafness, autism and mobility difficulties. The lectures were led by experts with extensive experience in working with vulnerable groups, and the lectures themselves were held at the Mole Vanvitelliana in Ancona. The workshop was coordinated by Roberto Vitali, founder of the Village4All association, which has become a reference point in the field of tourist accessibility. Mr. Vitali also presented to the participants a list of the most common mistakes that tourism service providers make in their daily interaction with people with disabilities, while the final lecture presented a cross-section of guest surveys conducted in restaurants with the aim to get acquainted with concrete examples from practice.

This was the last of the two planned "Train the Trainers" workshops, with the first that was held from 25th to 28th of November 2019, in Padua, Italy.

D 2.1.2 Kick-off meeting and the Steering Committee of the Tourism4All project

D 2.1.2 Kick-off meeting and the Steering Committee of the Tourism4All project

Published on 09/01/2020 (last modified 28/03/2022)

On November 27th and 28th 2018, the Kick-Off meeting of the Tourism4All (Development
of a cross-border network for the promotion of accessible tourism destinations) project
was held in Termoli, organized by the Leader Partner Molise Region.

On November 27th and 28th 2018, the Kick-Off meeting of the Tourism4All (Development of a cross-border network for the promotion of accessible tourism destinations) project was held in Termoli, organized by the Leader Partner Molise Region.

 

The project aims to develop and promote a wide cross-border network of tourist destinations accessible to all subjects. The fundamental theme, discussed during the two days, was precisely that of promoting a new and wider social inclusion in the tourism sector. Thanks to the sharing of approaches, methods and related joint services, Tourism4All provides, in fact, the promotion of tourist routes for people with special accessibility needs, such as disabled and elderly.

The potential of Tourism4All was presented with a public event that saw the participation of distinguished speakers and top experts in tourism promotion. The Kick-off meeting has been held in the frame of the General States of tourism and culture, as a further stimulus for the growth of a sector that is becoming essential for the development of local communities.

 

On November 27th and 28th, the first steering committee meeting has been held at Termoli municipality. There was the participation of partnership delegates and several issues have been discussed, such has: activities, outputs, deliverables related to the implementation of pilot actions improving the tourism destination accessibility. In particular, the actions planned for pilot actions are 11 in significant natural and cultural places located in the eligible area of the IT-HR programme.

 

Another relevant task will concern the creation of a brand and a common strategy of promotion of the territory for sustainable tourism purposes; output dissemination through digital platform, in particular it will be produced a catalogue for the touristic accessible offer, related to areas covered by the project and each partner will be involved with a special dissemination campaign.

Tourism4All at the Koinè International Fair

Tourism4All at the Koinè International Fair

Published on 08/01/2020 (last modified 09/01/2020)

In the frame of the International Koinè Fair in Vicenza, Tourism4All project realized a Public Event on 18 February 2019, a workshop titled “Tourism4All@Koinè”, concluded with a significant success.

In the presence of about 70 stakeholders, sector operators, associations and public bodies, the project partnership, led by the Molise Region, discussed and presented the proposals for analysis and direct intervention for the implementation of a shared planning and management within the framework of the sustainable and inclusive tourism.

The same universal accessibility to tourism has, in fact, been placed at the center of world tourism, which intends it as an interesting interdisciplinary tool to improve the cultural, material and immaterial heritage, recovering the real centrality of people regardless of their physique, their sensorial dimension, linguistic, demographic and their cultural characteristics.

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