New skills for the new world

This project was of great significance for us as a school as well as for all of our partners. We received positive feedback from all individuals included in this initiative in a direct or indirect manner, as well as from institutions that were not directly connected and included in the realisation phase. In the process of implementation, we directed serious attention to the following aspects:1. Training Need Analysis of the school staff that works with cooks/waiters training, in close cooperation with the employers;2. Comprehensive Guidebook for waiters and cooks, based on the Training Need Analysis; With this project we managed to achieve the following goals:- improve the skills, competences and methodology of the VET staff of schools that were involved in the practical training of cooks and waiters;- strengthen the key competences in VET curricula and provide more effective opportunities;- acquire skills through relevant competencies and valuable knowledge, skills and attitudes for the labor market of tourism;- enhance the access to training and qualifications for all, in a life-long learning perspective, especially by raising awareness on the cook and waiter careers in Europe; Direct target groups were staff of VET schools for Hospitality and Tourism that perform practical training of cooks and waiters. Indirect target group were their students that come mainly from areas with tourism potential and have less access to possibilities for modern training. This was the population of young people, who are in the last year of their education or recently finished secondary school but have difficulties to find job in the hospitality industry as cooks or waiters. The staff trained within the framework of this project will continues to work with young people. They are expected in the future to continue to increase their professional skills but also their soft skills like communication skills, their initiative, adaptability, self-management techniques, but also their inter-cultural awareness. The project partners that were included in this initiative were from Kragujevac, Serbia (applicant and coordinating institution), Ohrid, Macedonia and Madrid, Spain.