PPPA – Upskilling and reskilling the Tourism Ecosystem – Tourism Knowledge hub and Tourism Data Space – 2025

Objective

To support the current policy work on data management and data sharing by developing guidelines on how to participate and use the D3Hub and the future common European tourism data space for destinations and SMEs in the tourism sector.

Priorities

• Priority 1: To provide clear guidance on how to access resources for managing and sharing of data
• Priority 2: To increase the use and adoption of digital tools, platforms and smart technologies by transferring knowledge to DMOs and SME on how to better use and take advantage of the digital tools available
• Priority 3: To increase reliance on data: its generation, collection, use and re-use
• Priority 4: To advise DMOs and tourism SMEs, in their transition towards more digital and sustainable activities
• Priority 5: To improve access to training, upskilling and reskilling opportunities for DMOs and tourism SMEs
• Priority 6: To promote the innovation and resilience of the tourism sector

Among financed actions

• Coordinate with existing measures
• Develop and publish the guidelines
• Propose and set up a communication and dissemination strategy
• Development of the communication strategy
• Implementation of the communication strategy (dissemination)
• Envisage capacity building measures aimed at DMOs and SMEs

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• Be a public or private entity
• Be established in one of the eligible countries:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
• A consortium composed of at least 3 entities and maximum 7 entities, which complies different conditions (see details on the call document), must be constituted

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: 24 months
• Contact: EISMEA-SMP-COSME-ENQUIRIES@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 1 million euro
• Amount of the grant: up to 1 million euro
• Funding rate: up to 90% of the total eligible costs