TOURISTABLE - VET TRAINING COURSE

The specific objective of TOURISTABLE is to create an innovative training model that enables the VET sector to align with the needs of the labour market while being related to the themes of inclusion and innovation in the tourism sector. Formal and informal learning environments play a fundamental role in stimulating participation in social and cultural life, assisting people with disabilities in reaching their potential.

The expected outcome is a replicable VET model focused on inclusive tourism and the inclusion of organisations active in employment pathways. The focal point is to increase the autonomy of people with disabilities and simultaneously involve them in the enhancement of local cultural and tourist resources. The current attention to the need for broad participation leads to a reconsideration of the concept of accessibility, extending it to all dimensions: physical, cognitive, sensorial, cultural, economic, and educational. Hence, the need to extend opportunities for inclusion, not only by removing physical and sensorial barriers but also by considering communicative and cognitive obstacles in accessing knowledge and flipping the paradigm, making people with disabilities agents of territorial enhancement.

Promoting participation in territorial enhancement for people with intellectual disabilities means realising self-determination, emancipation, inclusion, and empowerment.