Increasing employability, mobility and employment opportunities in health and spa tourism chain of the 5* resorts in Vrnjačka Banja and Žabljak

PROJECT OVERVIEW
Programme: CBC SRB-MNE 2014-2020
Call for Proposals: 1st
Application No: 41-2
Contract No. 48-00-00047/2016-28-5 signed on 30/12/2018
Project Title: Increasing employability, mobility and employment opportunities

in health and spa tourism chain of the 5* resorts in Vrnjačka Banja

and Žabljak
Specific objective of the Programme: 1.1: Increasing employability and employment opportunities
Programmes’ result: 1: New knowledge, skills and competences
Project budget: Total contract amount (€): Contracted amount

EU (€) and % of total contract amount:
285.660,00 242.811,00

85,00%
Beneficiaries of funds: Lead applicant: Co-applicants:
Municipality of Vrnjačka Banja SRB:

  • N/a

MNE:

  • Tourism Organisation of Žabljak
Location of the action: SRB: MNE:
Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia Žabljak, Montenegro and surrounding communities
Target groups:
  • Unemployed (100)
  • Tourism and related high schools (4)
  • Spa and health resorts (10)
  • Producers of high added value food in the region (20)
  • Other SMEs across the value chain (30)
  • Employment agencies (2)
  • Local self-government administration (2)
Commencement date and project duration: 31/12/2018, 18 months
TERMINATED (01/11/2019)
Overall objective: Increasing employability, employment opportunities and cross-border employment mobility in the tourism sector
Specific objective(s): SO1: Increasing employment opportunities and mobility in the sector of health and spa tourism of Vrnjačka Banja and Žabljak;

SO2: Increasing employability across the chain of high added value food production and processing (organic, traditional technologies, geographical origin) for 5* health and spa resorts in Vrnjačka Banja and Žabljak
Estimated results: R1: Increased employment opportunities and mobility in the sector of spa and health tourism of Vrnjačka Banja and Žabljak for (100 persons within 10 health and spa resorts)

R2: Increased employability across the chain of high added value food production and processing for 5* health and spa resorts in Vrnjačka Banja and Žabljak (50 persons in 20 organic, tradition technologies and geographic origin food producing husbandries and SMEs and 30 others across the value chain)
Main activities

(in relation to the estimated results of the action):

 WP1: Mapping the resources across the 5* health and spa tourism chain in the region for employment creation (studies on resources);

WP2: Awareness raising on 5* spa & health tourism chain employment opportunities (campaigns, events, media, social networks, print…);

WP3: Support to education of young members of vulnerable groups from the rural areas for 5* spa & health resorts (schools and internships…);

WP4: Support to the most promising non-profit organizations across the spa & health tourism chain in Vrnjačka Banja and Žabljak (schools, associations, institutes equipment);

WP5: Education of employers how to define and promote their requirements for employees’ knowledges, skills and competences and how to organize internships of the youths;

WP6: Project management, information and promotion, visibility and reporting.
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