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Call: Enhancing quality jobs, apprenticeships and traineeships in the tourism sector across Europe

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Programme	COSME
Acronym	COSME
Type of Fund	Action programme
Description of programme "COSME"	COSME is the EU programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) running from 2014 to 2020 with a planned budget of 2.3 bn. €. Accessing finance COSME aims to make it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to access finance in all phases of their lifecycle – creation, expansion, or business transfer. Thanks to EU support, businesses have easier access to guarantees, loans and equity capital. EU ‘financial instruments’ are channelled through local financial institutions in EU countries. To find a financial institution in your country, visit the Access to Finance portal. Opening markets COSME helps businesses to access markets in the EU and beyond. It funds the Enterprise Europe Network that helps SMEs find business and technology partners, and understand EU legislation; the Your Europe Business portal that provides practical information on doing business within Europe; and the SME Internationalisation Portal for companies who want to develop their activities outside Europe. It also finances a number of IPR (intellectual property rights) SME Helpdesks. Supporting entrepreneurs COSME supports entrepreneurs by strengthening entrepreneurship education, mentoring, guidance and other support services. Actions support specific groups who may find it difficult to reach their full potential, such as young people, women and senior entrepreneurs. The programme also aims to help businesses access opportunities offered by digital technologies. Improving business conditions COSME aims to reduce the administrative and regulatory burden on SMEs by creating a business-friendly environment. COSME also supports businesses to be competitive by encouraging them to adopt new business models and innovative practices. This complements actions in areas with high growth potential such as the tourism sector.
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Call	Enhancing quality jobs, apprenticeships and traineeships in the tourism sector across Europe
Description of call "Enhancing quality jobs, apprenticeships and traineeships in the tourism sector across Europe"	The overall objective of this call is to facilitate the uptake of high quality jobs, apprenticeships and traineeships positions in the tourism sector across the EU, with a particular focus on SMEs. Specific objectives of the call are to: 1) Promote through education providers the image of careers in the Tourism sector. 2) Enable and encourage jobseekers and tourism businesses, particularly SMEs to use existing tools and funding opportunities in order to find and offer apprenticeships and jobs in other EU countries, (e. g. EURES, Your First Eures Job, Drop' Pin, European Alliances for Apprenticeships, Erasmus+). 3) Promote such tools and funding opportunities, also through education providers. 4) Promote the importance of acquiring quality and relevant skills, particularly through transnational experiences, and encourage mobility across the EU, taking advantage of low season periods. 5) Facilitate exchanges of good practices, the development of networks and discussion platforms between education providers and the private sector to boost employability in the tourism sector 6) Support transnational cooperation and public-private partnerships to adapt the existing education provision so that it better meets the emerging needs of employers and reflects new trends and developments in the tourism sector (e.g; digitalization, ageing of the population, new types of customers). Applicants are required to propose a model with the aim to boost employability of young Europeans in the tourism sector. This model will focus on cross-border apprenticeships, traineeships and upgrading of skills. It should have a strong practical approach, such as analysis of experiences, participation of testimonials, guidance. Involvement of different operators in the tourism supply chain will be evaluated more favourably.
Link	Link to Call
Thematic Focus	Employment, Education, Tourism, Competitiveness
Funding area	EU Member States
Origin of Applicant	EU Member States Albania / Shqipëria Bosnia and Herzegovina Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia / поранешна југословенска Република Македонија Iceland / Ísland Moldova Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора Serbia / Сpбија Turkey / Türkiye Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna Others
Eligible applicants	Education and Training Centres, Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Research Institution, NGO / NPO, Association, Lobby Group / Professional Association / Trade Union, Public Services, University, Other, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees)
Applicant details	Public or private employment services at European or national level; Travel, Hospitality and Tourism industry associations; European, national, regional tourism associations; tourism education providers, authorities and agencies; trade unions; governmental and non-governmental organisations developing tourism policies; youth associations.
Project Partner	Yes
Project Partner Details	The consortium (i.e. the coordinator plus its partners) must be composed of a minimum of three (3) different legal entities located in at least three (3) Member States. The consortium must include at least: One (1) training provider active in the field of tourism education (university, school, vocational training providers) and one (1) umbrella organisation representing at European level national industry associations/federations in the tourism sector.
Recurring Call	unknown
Project duration max	18 months
Type of Funding	Grant
Financial details	Maximum budget allocated for EU financing under this call: 500 000 € Indicative number of grants: 1. Maximum EU financing rate of eligible costs: 75 % Proposals with an EU co-financing beyond any of the above two maxima will not be eligible.
Submission	Only electronic submissions are allowed for this call
Contact Details	The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) manages COSME on behalf of the European Commission.