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"Without Blue there is no green"
Dr. Sylvia Earle
who we are
CodeBLUE: Cross-Disciplinary Innovative Education in Tourism and Services for a Sustainable Blue Economy
CodeBLUE is an international cooperation project that rethinks tourism and services education through the lens of the sustainable blue economy. It responds to European priorities on climate action, environmental protection, and the green and digital transition by promoting responsible use of marine and coastal resources while supporting economic growth and local communities across Europe’s coastal and maritime regions.
The project introduces an innovative, cross-disciplinary and learner-centred educational approach, embedding sustainability as a core principle of tourism performance. Through a modular curriculum, digital learning tools and open educational resources, CodeBLUE equips higher education, vocational and lifelong learning providers with the skills and capacities needed to develop future professionals capable of driving a resilient, inclusive and sustainable blue economy.
what we do
CodeBLUE: Cross-Disciplinary Innovative Education in Tourism and Services for a Sustainable Blue Economy
aims
CodeBLUE aims to transform tourism and services education by embedding blue-economy principles at the core of learning and teaching. The project strengthens interdisciplinarity, quality and relevance of education, equipping higher education institutions, students and practitioners with the skills needed to foster innovation, sustainability and climate resilience in coastal and maritime tourism.
Specific objectives include: improving the relevance of tourism education through a new blue-economy perspective; developing a flexible, modular and cross-disciplinary curriculum adaptable across higher education, vocational and lifelong learning contexts; upskilling educators, learners and practitioners through innovative digital tools and teaching methods; and strengthening cooperation between higher education and business to support resilient, inclusive and sustainable blue-economy ecosystems.
ACTIVITIES
Project activities include:
- Identifying needs, gaps, and pathways for a cross-disciplinary modular curriculum in tourism adapted for micro-credentialing
- Elaborating innovative curriculum and learning resources
- Piloting and validation in real terms
- Dissemination events and strategies for HEI-business-policy collaboration to drive innovation in blue-economy tourism and services to sustain CodeBLUE impact.
RESULTS
The project delivers:
- Map of required skills in coastal and maritime tourism, identifying gaps and paths for integrating the blue economy into tourism education
- Modular, cross-disciplinary curriculum on the blue economy for tourism and services, suited for hybrid and digital learning
- On-line training modules and inventory of open learning resources
- Strategies portfolio for university-business-policy collaboration
- Enhanced knowledge, skills and competences for blue-economy tourism.
our partners
Varna University of Management, Bulgaria (Coordinator)
PAR University of Applied Sciences, Croatia
University of the Aegean, Greece
Associacão KIPT Inovação e Turismo, Laboratório Colaborativo, Potugal
