CULINART Project

The project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.

Project Ref. No. 597848-EPP-1-2018-1-BG-EPPKA3-VET-JQ „CULINART: Designing a Joint VET Qualification in Culinary Arts and Pilot Pathways for Continuing Training“ is a joint initiative of 9 organizations and aims to enhance the quality and relevance of VET offer in culinary arts following the labour market needs and with view of increasing youth employability, trans-national mobility and career advancement. The overall goal transfers the objectives of the call for proposal to gastronomy due to the high-employment potential of the gastronomy-related professions and their significance for hospitality and tourism.

Overall goal is enhance the quality and relevance of VET offer in culinary arts following the labour market needs and with view of increasing youth employability, trans-national mobility and career advancement.

Main activities of the project include:
- designing a joint VET qualification in culinary arts for associate professionals,
- elaboration of pathways to further studies at tertiary level,
- establishment of a strategic international alliance of VET providers and business entities for piloting, delivery of the new qualification and transition to employment,
- fostering qualification’s accreditation within the NQFs of the countries represented in the project,
- stakeholder mobilisation in favour of adapting the VET for the culinary professions to the enhanced economic and social role of the foodservice sector.

Partners
- International College (BG)
- Varna University of Management (BG)
- FASE (ES)
- GastroAlianza (ES)
- Lycée C.et A.D.(FR)
- IFOA (IT)
- ProANDI (PT)
- Muğla Provincial Directorate of National Education (TR)
- ADRAT (PT)

Web-site of the project: http://culinart-europe.eu/index.php/en/

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CulinArtProject/