Carolien van der Laan

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Carolien van der Laan ECEAT-Projects the
Netherlands
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Background
Young rural people need initial vocational
training in order to get qualitative
qualifications needed when working in tourism
sector
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Goals
1. Curriculum of initial vocational training
of rural tourism for agricultural
colleges 2. Teaching modules for rural
tourism 3. Short courses for teachers, students
and entrepreneurs of rural tourism.
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Objectives

• Rural Tourism Training network

• Joint curricula and standards

• European certificate

• Exchange of experiences

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Joint curricula and standards

• Tourism and recreation
• Hospitality
• Accommodation
• Food and catering
• Activities
• Nature and environment
• Marketing and promotion
• Legislation
• Health and safety
• Management

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Joint curricula and standards

• Pre-starter course

• Basic course

• Advanced course

• Specialized courses

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2 or 3 days course to see if rural tourist
activities would suit
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courses to bring the entrepreneur to a European
standard in knowledge and behaviour in rural
tourism
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courses to enable the entrepreneur to improve his
abilities in knowledge and behaviour in rural
tourism
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Courses for an entrepreneur wanting to
specialise himselves in a specified subject
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Training courses

• Training duration
• Mostly short courses (1-3 days)
• Organisation once a year

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steps in the RTI network

• Joint European curricula
• Development of training materials
• European certificate

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the RTI network

• national co-ordinators in Ireland, UK,
  Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland,
  Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Germany, Switzerland,
  Austria, Spain, Serbia, Slovenia, Greece,
  Romania, Hungary, Portugal

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The Netherlands

• National Co-ordinator
• Translation of training materials

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