Interparks: “Inclusive Ecotourism”
Empleaverde+ program
The INTERPARQUES INCLUSIVE ECOTOURISM project was born from the hand of two social initiative entities (AMICOS and SERVINSERTA) whose raison d’être is to promote the development and autonomy of people who are in a particularly vulnerable situation, especially people with intellectual disabilities, autism and cerebral palsy-damage.
INTERPARQUES is a 16-month project aimed at unemployed people in the Communities of Galicia, Extremadura and Andalusia. Its main objective is to generate green/blue employment opportunities and improve the socio-labour insertion of people with intellectual disabilities, as well as other groups at risk of exclusion, through personalised innovative itineraries, specific training for employment and real practical experience, adapted to the labour market and the socio-economic context of the project’s area of action.
This project responds to several problems detected both socially and environmentally, such as: climate change, the impact of tourism on natural ecosystems, scarce accessible tourist offer, lack of training itineraries adapted to people in situations of greater vulnerability, social exclusion of people with disabilities and the gender gap, among others.
Nature tourism, based on the natural, cultural and social values of a territory, is a sector that contributes to social and territorial cohesion, economic development, job creation and population fixation. But it can also generate large negative impacts that can affect the economy, the environment or local culture, so a correct development of nature tourism has to be based on the principles of sustainability in these three areas. It is necessary to combine conservationist and tourist aspects that allow an orderly and respectful approach to nature and at the same time allow tourism to become a guarantee of conservation.
Line of action:
Terrestrial ecosystemsStatus:
En ejecuciónExecution date:
2025End date:
2026To improve the labour insertion of people with intellectual disabilities and other groups at risk of social exclusion, through the acquisition of skills, training and work practice in a strategic sector such as sustainable tourism.
Actions are proposed that are focused on professionalizing and promoting nature tourism based on the principles of sustainability, it also has the added value that it will work transversally on the need to make a more inclusive community in which all people, regardless of their abilities, can have a voice, rights and participation.
It includes on the one hand training activities and on the other hand, being aware of the importance of acquiring real experiences and practical knowledge, incorporation into the labour market through the conclusion of employment contracts.
The training activities that will be carried out will be:
- Dynamic agent of sustainable tourist routes in natural spaces.
- Ecomarketing in tourism of natural spaces.
- Equal opportunities between men and women in the nature tourism sector.
- Soft skills: communication, social and organisational skills.
Each of these activities will be taught in the Autonomous Communities of Galicia (Region 2), Extremadura and Andalusia (Region 1) and as a differentiating element we can highlight that in addition to their adaptation to the territory of delivery, the trainings will be adapted to guarantee the participation of people with disabilities.
After receiving the training, 8 participants will be hired for a period of 6 months each, in jobs that will be linked to the trainings received. Thus, the hiring of 4 people as assistants of tourist guides and facilitators of sustainable routes/tourist packages of 4 people in region 1 and 4 people in region 2 is foreseen. In this sense, training will be essential as it will be adapted to the context of the territory and the capacities of the recipients and in it the most relevant aspects of the areas will be learned in order to be able to transmit it in the correct way.
The project is expected to:
1) To obtain the participation of 45 unemployed people.
2) To improve the skills and knowledge of the participants in the field of inclusive ecotourism.
3) To achieve the participation of at least 70% of people with disabilities.
4) To improve the social and personal skills that will facilitate the insertion of participants into the labour market through transversal training.
5) To improve the knowledge of equal opportunities between women and men of the participants through their training.
6) To achieve the employment of at least 8 participants after their participation in the training.
Interparks: “Inclusive Ecotourism”
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