The general objective of the EnoTour project is to bolster regional development and innovation in the enotourism, sector by creating and sustaining public-private digital solutions for training, up-skilling, business innovation and marketing. The project is driven by a European network of universities, professional education providers, wine cooperatives, wineries and regional tourist boards in in Catalunya, Porto, Veneto and Bordeaux, with the following specific objectives:-Develop digital tools to support the wine tourism sectors in comparable European wine regions, to bolster local and international enotourism;-Create innovative pathways to obtain micro-credentials in the wine industry, targeted at students, professionals and lifelong learners, so as to revive the human resources needed to innovate and sustain the sector;-Provide sustainable solutions to professionalise and market local wine industries, based on collaborative public-private, intra- and interregional approaches.EnoTour‘s main output is to develop, pilot and expand the EnoTour Virtual Platform which will provide opportunities to several target groups, under the same umbrella, as a means to link training, professional development and enotourism touristic offers. It's first Component – the Educational Component – will adapt internationally developed study modules in the wine sector into MOOCs, available as micro-credentials for university, VET students and managers and professionals in the wine sector. The second Component – the Corporative Component –provides wineries of different sizes and capacities the opportunity to not only undergo a Self-Assessment for their business enotourism sector. The third Component offers a a platform for connecting tourists and wineries, via interactive virtual solutions, visits, tastings and other experiences supported by AI. In addition to this innovative tool, the project itself positions enotourism as an important dimension of local development.

Skills4Retail - Accelerating the Triple Transition in European Retail through skills. Vision The Skills4Retail project will focus on fast-tracking the ‘Triple Transition’ of Green, Digital and Resilience in the Retail sector, helping retailers to embrace ecommerce and ensuring their new business models are sustainable from the start. The project's goal is to design a new Retail Skills Strategy and VET Training Programme that will address the urgent and emerging skills needs of retailers in the key areas of Digital, Green and Resilience. It will focus on training fresh new talent for the sector through training programmes in VET Schools and Higher Education Institutions, and the reskilling of the existing workforce via work based learning and short-term modular courses. Mission The current and future demand for specialized digital and green skills within the retail sector will not be met by existing education and training programmes. There will not be enough skilled workers to fill the jobs, and they will be competing with digital and other sectors for the best talent. Europe needs an innovative new Retail Skills Strategy that can fast-track the upskilling and reskilling of existing retail employees and managers, students, workers from other sectors, and the unemployed to address the skills gap. The Alliance will work together to design, develop, implement, and disseminate a new Retail Skills Strategy and VET Training Programme that will tackle the immediate and future skills shortages across the sector. Outcomes The Skills Strategy & VET Training Programme will focus on the practical application of Digital, Green and Resilience Skills within the retail sector. The programme will be market and industry demand-led at its core, continuously adapting and evolving to address current and future industry needs and supporting European Retailers to achieve long term growth, competitiveness and sustainability through digital and green transformation.