<< Background >>The VINCI multi-disciplinary partners applied for this project as they have an interested in contributing in the fight against climate change by focusing on the tourism sector. There are many human activities that are contributing to the generation of CO2 emissions and thus to the climate change problem. The European Commission has as a matter of fact launched the 'Green Deal' action plan with the intent of making the EU's economy more sustainable by turning climate and environmental challenges into opportunities and making the transition just and inclusive for all. As clearly outlined in this action plan, the main economic actors i.e. EU businesses, consumers and citizens, are expected to be the driving force behind this transition towards a low-carbon and climate resilient continent. One of the EU's economic sectors that contributes to CO2 emissions and that thus needs to take action to help reach the ambitious EU's 2030 Green Deal target of reducing gas emissions by at least 55% is the tourism sector. The behavior and decision making of tourism stakeholders such as passengers, travel agents, hotels, tour operators etc. involved in the three main phases of travel tourism i.e. (i) preparing to travel (ii) mobility/travelling phase and (iii) activities at the destination phase, need to be increasingly re-aligned with low carbon activities. The transition towards the 2030 goals also provide an opportunities to individuals that want to be entrepreneurial in this sector. Such an entrepreneurial drive needs to be amplified to help unlock the jobs potential vested within a low carbon tourism economy.There is thus an urgent need to address these issues by making these tourism stakeholders aware that they are implicitly contributing to climate change challenges and to thus train them with 'basic skills that help foster low carbon tourism’ activities as well as with best practices and other actions that can be executed to help control and offset CO2 emissions. Tourism stakeholders need to understand the link between Climate Change, Tourism & Transport, Low Carbon Footprint Energy Sources and concepts of how to designing Low Carbon Tourism Travel Paths and Options. At the same time, many of these tourism sector stakeholders are too busy to attend training courses to help them learn the fundamentals of 'low carbon tourism'. To compound the issue more, VET trainers/tourism mentors lack relevant training resources on ''basic skills of low carbon tourism (LCT)'' that can help them explicitly target and reach out to tourism learners and stakeholders. In addition, EU citizens travelling as tourists need guidance on decisions they can make to help them follow a 'green travel path'. There is thus a need to provide VET trainers/tourism mentors with a set of innovative training resources they can use with such tourism stakeholders/learners to help them learn at their own pace, time and location.<< Objectives >>The VINCI project thus aims to foster a shift towards low carbon tourism (LCT) and foster related entrepreneurship across a number of EU Member States. To do so, the VINCI project brings together a number of partners from across Europe, purposely chosen in such a way to ensure a good mix and balance between experts in Climate Change/Sustainability, Tourism, Entrepreneurship, work-based training, VET Curriculum development/pedagogy and digital technologies (AR/VR and m- / e-Learning). In addition, given tourism and related economic activities vary across Europe’s Geographic spread, the VINCI consortium brings together partners from Northern Europe down to the very South. Together, these VINCI partners have thus set the following objectives to help reach the overall project aim:OB1: development of an innovative curriculum to help fosters low carbon tourism activities and amplify related entrepreneurship;OB2: raising awareness through 'best practice' case-studies of how tourism stakeholders can generate less CO2 emissions in all three phases of travel tourism;OB3: develop a set of modular training resources on low carbon tourism activities and related entrepreneurship, some of which will be Augmented and/or Virtual Reality based to better engage learners;OB4: development of the VINCI Toolbox consisting of a repository of digital training resources on LCT, including an m-/e-Learning platform to help stakeholders acquire skills on LCT even at their place of work & home;OB5: development of a Trainer's Guide e-book intended to recommend to VET trainers, specific training units and/or training styles relevant to different tourism sector stakeholders;OB6: to disseminate in both the partner countries and other EU Member States, awareness on the concept of LCT as well as the VINCI project results that can exploited by the project's target groups that includes VET trainers/tourism mentors, VET learners as well as tourism sector stakeholders including entrepreneurs.<< Implementation >>As detailed in the VINCI proposal, to reach the set objectives, the project will, through a three-phase implementation methodology, execute a number of activities summarised below:(a) It will pool the multi-disciplinary expertise of the members of the partnership by organising regular virtual meetings (ZOOM/SKYPE) and also 4 transnational F2F project meetings. These meetings will collectively help decision making regarding the design, implementation and review of the set project results with respects to quality and knowledge transfer effectiveness;(b) It will take a number of actions such as consulting associate partners, VET training stakeholders etc. that will help shape the development of the individual project results;(c) Partners will collectively work through a division of tasks, to use their expertise to develop the project’s three (4) main results.(d) Organize an online training session to help project partner staff learn how to develop AR and VR educational content;(e) Organize internal peer reviews of project results to ensure the necessary quality is reached;(f) Seek external reviews of project results mainly through demos to associate partners and feedback obtained from participants in multiplier events;(g) Organize project management activities such as setting up internal reporting templates to report on status of project deliverables, financial spending etc to ensure timely corrective action can be taken where necessary. These will be enshrined in bilateral agreements to be endorsed between the partners and the coordinator.(h) Partners will setup various dissemination channels in the form of a project webpage, digital newsletter, social media channels and even organise six multiplier events (one in each partner country) to spread awareness of both the VINCI project and more importantly, the openly available project results that include the VINCI Digital Toolbox with the set of resources by which knowledge on Low Carbon Tourism and related Entrepreneurship can be spread by VET Trainers/tourism mentors and acquired by VET Learners/tourism stakeholders;<< Results >>On completion, the VINCI project will deliver the following key results (R):R1: An Innovative Curriculum To Foster knowledge on Low Carbon Tourism concepts and amplify related Entrepreneurship;R2: A Set of Twelve AR/VR Enhanced Case-studies of how stakeholders can generate less CO2 emissions in all three travel phases involved in the tourism sector;R3: The VINCI 'Low Carbon Tourism and related Entrepreneurship' Digital VET Toolbox;R4: The VINCI Trainers Guide e-Book on Low Carbon Tourism and related Entrepreneurship;Thus by the end of the project, VET Trainers of tourism stakeholders will have a set of modular resources they can use to effectively train learners (staff members of tourism related organisations) according to their own learning style and needs. These will include augmented and/or virtual reality (AR/VR) enhanced training resources, that are intended to engage learners with a more visual and interactive way to learning on LCT. In addition, the VINCI Toolbox will provide travelling tourists with resources they can use to help them make 'green travel path' decisions during their travel phases. Needless to say, during the initial stages of the project, the VINCI partners will generate a Project Management Plan, a Quality Assurance Plan and also a Dissemination and Exploitation Plan to ensure both quality of results as well as project impact/knowledge sharing effectiveness.The project will also result in at least one multiplier event in each partner country targeting VET trainers and in particular tourism sector stakeholders including relevant associations and staff members, to make them aware of the VINCI project and its openly available training resources and m-Learning Toolbox. The project will also result in a number of dissemination outputs including a project webpage, social media presence, digital newsletters and articles in local media of partner organisations all aimed at raising knowledge on the concept of 'low carbon tourism' and of course the resources being made available by the VINCI project.