SSPICE IT!
Sustainability Skills Program for International Catering operators and Entrepreneurs through Integrated Training

SSPICE IT!
Sustainability Skills Program for International Catering operators and Entrepreneurs through Integrated Training

SSPICE IT!
Sustainability Skills Program for International Catering operators and Entrepreneurs through Integrated Training

About the SSPICE IT! Project

Project Summary


Objectives

The food and catering sector is facing radical changes in Europe, with an exponential need for workers with sustainability and digital skills. SSPICE IT! project intends to increase VET teachers and learners’ awareness of the relevance of sustainability, update VET curricula by integrating green and digital skills, and increase the capacity to assess these skills; to create a long-term partnership between VET providers, research centres, businesses, and public authorities at different levels.

Asset-1


Implementation

The 7 partners of the SSPICE IT! project, representing the world of vocational training, research, and business of 6 different EU countries will:

• Develop a training programme on sustainability to develop green and digital skills of future operators/entrepreneurs of the food/catering sector;
• Develop a game-based career guidance and assessment tool to assess green, digital, and entrepreneurship skills;
• Create a community of practices involving key stakeholders in the food/catering sector.

Asset-1


Results

Outcomes of the project will be:

• Increased level of green, digital and entrepreneurship skills of VET learners in the food/catering sector;
• Increased level of awareness and green competencies of VET teachers;
• Enhanced dialogue and cooperation among VET centres and key stakeholders of the food/catering sector;
• Increased attractiveness and responsiveness of VET curricula in the food/catering sector to the labour market needs.

Definition of the target groups

To whom our project is relevant

Communication and dissemination activities will address the following target groups:

A local/regional stakeholder group

consisting of at least 20 referents, in each partner territory, among representatives of enterprises, trade associations, representatives of public authorities responsible for VET programming, research centres, and associations involved in sustainability issues.

National-level stakeholders

including professional associations and companies in the hotel and catering sector, other agencies and public authorities responsible for VET course planning, teaching communities involved in networking sustainability issues such as networks of innovation hubs/ support centres for female and youth entrepreneurship, and NGOs involved in youth training.

European level stakeholders

Networks and communities of teachers and innovators linked to the world of VET and education, such as the European Association of Vocational Institutes, of which AKMI is a member, the European Teacher Education Network (ETEN), the ETwinning teachers' community and the Network of Education on Sustainable Tourism (NEST), the European Network of Apprenticeship Cities, of which CMRC is a member, the European networks of trade associations representing the companies in the sector and networks of companies related to sustainability issues, such as the European Federation of Contract Catering Organisations; research centres, think tanks that at European level deal with the development of "green" competences with particular attention to the "Food" sector, such as Good Food Institute Europe.

Target groups involved in Project activities

To whom our project is relevant

The project addresses 4 target groups that will be involved in and directly benefit from the activities project activities:

Asset-1

Partnership

7 Partners | 6 Countries | 28 Months

(Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, Spain, Romania)

The 7 partners of the SSPICE IT! project, representing the world of vocational training, research, and business of 6 different EU countries will:

  • Design a training programme on sustainability to develop green and digital skills of future operators/entrepreneurs of the food/catering sector
  • Develop a game-based career guidance and assessment tool on green, digital, and entrepreneurship skills
  • Create a community of practices involving key stakeholders in the food/catering sector

News & Articles

Follow us on social media

sspiceit element
Scroll to Top