Voyage
VOYAGE Challenge started as a project co-funded by the European Commission and later became independent Entrepreneurial travel training program.
VOYAGE project developed a new self-sustainable tourism product – entrepreneurial travel, which consisted of theoretical and practical activities for young people interested in tourism industry. During the theoretical training of entrepreneurial travel the participants were introduced to leadership, decision-making, team-work, communication and marketing theories as well as self-sustainable development schemes and promotion strategies. Participants visited successful companies of tourism value chain, where they got a chance to hear exclusive business success stories directly from the owners who managed to earn millions from their ideas. Whereas during the practical training participants got familiar with specific sailing features in Mediterranean Sea visited naval touristic sites, participated in sailing simulations and later took a challenge in actual sailing with professional and experienced captains. This project pursuesed to increase youth entrepreneurship skills and to boost tourism business, especially during low and medium seasons. Therefore, the project name has been adjusted VOYAGE entrepreneurial travel.
Coordinator: Europe Social Entrepreneurship and Innovative Studies Institute (Lithuania).
Partners:
State Department of tourism under the Ministry of Economy (Lithuania)
Lithuanian sailing union (Lithuania)
Top Kinisis Hellas MEPE (Greece)
MoltiVoltiCapovolti (Italy)
Ünlü Apart Pansiyon and Cruises (Turkey)
ARKELLIA (France)
WSTHM (Instytut Turystyki w Warszawie) (Poland)
Objectives of VOYAGE project:
- Minimum of 60 participants selected in the program;
- Two week courses of theoretical and practical assignments;
- 2 tracks mobility scheme sailing in Mediterranean sea;
- Develop new self sustainable tourism product – entrepreneurial travel;
- Help to develop new ideas that could be turned into successful business;
- Carefully plan and prepare new entrepreneurs for successful implementation of their business;
- Visits to successful companies of tourism value chain.
Objectives of the Call:
- Support the extension of the tourism season, hence contributing to improve SME’s competitiveness and jobs growth;
- Foster transnational cooperation among the widest possible number of actors along the tourism value chain;
- Facilitate European public-private partnerships;
- Foster youth’ wider sense of European citizenship trough increased intra-EU mobility.
Target group: young people (18-29 year) interested in tourism industry and in gaining entrepreneurship skills, as well as those who are willing relate their work-future with tourism industry
Call: COS- TFLOWS-2014-3-15
Title of the project: Valuable Opportunities You Are Given in Europe
Acronym: VOYAGE
Project No.:676730
Duration of the project: 13 months
Project duration and start date: 1st August, 2015
Co-funded by the COSME programme of the European Union
