Integrated Culinary Arts and Restaurant Sector Employment Solutions for a Skilled and Inclusive Romania-Bulgaria Cross Border Region

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Romania - Bulgaria

Date of latest update: 2023-06-29

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Description (EN):

ICARUS seeks to facilitate labor mobility in the restaurant/culinary business in the RO-BG cross border (CB) area through joint skill-building and employment mobility support services. It aims at creating preconditions for CB labor integration by developing a comprehensive support scheme based on the following key activities and tools: VET training programs fine-tuned to the needs of CB business
Methods and tests for assessing potential employees’ personal skill, Pilot vocational training with CB mobility for 120 persons, Pilot assessment of the personal skills of 150 persons, Continuous VET and lifelong learning pathways, A sustainable RO-BG Cross Border Center for the Facilitation of Labor Mobility in the Culinary and Restaurant Business - a support structure linking education providers, job seekers and business, and providing possibilities for personalized advisory services and counseling for mobile workers and CB employers. These activities should result in improved transferability of employees’ professional and personal skills to business conditions at the other side of the border and should alleviate the uncertainties (for both employees and employers) about the consequences of CB employment. The overall project impact should be to increase labor force preparedness for employment mobility and raise the attractiveness of CB employment among employers and the labor force. The project budget is 437 497 euro distributed among 2 BG partners and a RO VET center.

Achievements (EN):

The project was finalized in April 2019 and the project results are currently being analyzed at Programme level (final report is being verified). This project aimed at creating preconditions for CB labour mobility in the target sector by developing integrated tools: training and assessment programs and methods; continuous VET, lifelong learning and professional development pathways; support structures linking education providers, job seekers and business and providing possibilities for personalized advisory services and counselling for mobile workers and CB employers. The tools are aimed at facilitating the transferability of employees’ professional and personal skills to business conditions at the other side of the border and decreasing the uncertainties (for both employees and employers) about the consequences of CB employment. The following project activities were implemented: The needs for support of training, employment and employment mobility of potential employees and employers in the culinary and restaurant sector in the Romania-Bulgaria cross border region – professional skills were researched and analyzed. An Integrated Training and Employment Mobility Support Scheme for the RO-BG Cross Border Area was developed and implemented, comprising: - Integrated VET curricula with CB relevance and prior learning validation pathways (continuous VET), for 4 key professions: 1) cook; 2) baker/pastry-maker, 3) restauranteur, 4) waiter/bartender; - Soft Skills Assessment Model; - a training program for labour mobility preparedness and support in the RO-BG cross border area, based on 5 courses 1) Labour and citizenship rights, incl. labour legislation in Romania and Bulgaria, 2) Cultural awareness, history and culinary traditions in the CB region, 3) Guest relations and profiles, 4) Digital skills for job seekers, 5) Presentation skills for job seekers. Romania-Bulgaria Cross Border Centre for the Facilitation of Labor Mobility in the Culinary and Restaurant Business was set-up with 2 contact points in Dobrich and Constanta and accordingly equipped with own VET training facilities. A 2-day Capacity-Building and Training Workshop for 40 RO and BG teachers and VET trainers for culinary/restaurant business professions was hosted by RO-BG CB Centre for the Facilitation of Labour Mobility in the Culinary and Restaurant Business in Dobrich. Quick Guides focused were developed on the main issues affecting CB labour mobility, namely Employment and Citizenship Rights and Regulations in the RO-BG Cross Border Area, How to Find Mobile Employees in the RO-BG Cross Border Area, as well as Training for Mobile Employees in the RO-BG Cross Border Area All products of the project can be accessed at http://icarus-robg.eu/.

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Expected Results (EN): R4.1 - Population that have access to joint employment initiatives

Expected Outputs (EN):

ICARUS contributes to SO 4.1 To encourage the integration of the cross-border area in terms of employment and labor mobility - result indicator “Population that have access to joint employment initiatives”. It also contributes to the achievement of all 3 output indicators for PA4. 7380 persons, predominantly in Dobrich and Constanta regions. However, online availability of the project tools, targeted dissemination and the involvement of the Dobrich Regional Inspectorate of Education and its Constanta counterpart will enlarge the geographical scope of beneficiaries to cover the whole CB area. Access to ICARUS VET tools and employment mobility support services will be sustained by the Romania-Bulgaria Labor Mobility Facilitation Centre.

Thematic information

Labour market and employment Education and training

Specific Objective: To encourage the integration of the cross-border area in terms of employment and labour mobility

Thematic Objective: (08) promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting labour mobility by:

Investment Priority: (08 ETC) ETC specific, for cross-border cooperation: promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting labour mobility by integrating cross-border labour markets, including cross-border mobility, joint local employment initiatives, information and advisory services and joint training

Partners (2)

Lead Partner: Асоциация „Добруджанско аграрно и бизнес училище“

Department: Chairman

Address: Bulgaria Street 3, 9300 Dobrich, Bulgaria

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.dabu-edu.org

Total budget: EUR 281 866.87

ERDF budget: EUR 239 586.84

Alege Tu Profesionali – Centrul De Formare Profesionala

Name: Alege Tu Profesionali – Centrul De Formare Profesionala

Department: President

Address: Bd. Ferdinand 7, 900726 Constanta, Romania

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.atp.ro

Total budget: EUR 96 255.63

ERDF budget: EUR 81 817.29

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Integrated Culinary Arts and Restaurant Sector Employment Solutions for a Skilled and Inclusive Romania-Bulgaria Cross Border Region

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Association `Dobrudja Agro & Business School

Integrated Culinary Arts and Restaurant Sector Employment Solutions for a Skilled and Inclusive Romania-Bulgaria Cross Border Region

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Summary

Project name (EN): Integrated Culinary Arts and Restaurant Sector Employment Solutions for a Skilled and Inclusive Romania-Bulgaria Cross Border Region

Project acronym: ICARUS

Project start date: 2017-04-29

Project end date: 2019-04-28

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 378 122.50

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 321 404.12

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 321 404.12.

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Romania - Bulgaria

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-06-29

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169 / 169 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

445 / 445 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (https://interregrobg.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-25, 2023-01-25 and 2024-03-15.

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