The document provides an overview of the DisArTY project, which aims to promote community-based tourism led by youth to support economic development in disaster-affected areas. The project will train youth workers in entrepreneurship and community-based tourism strategies through meetings in Italy, Mexico, and the Philippines. It will also develop an e-learning course and professional e-book on developing community-based tourism. The goal is to provide opportunities for young people through sustainable tourism initiatives that benefit local communities and economies.

1. Restoring Disaster Areas through
Community based Tourism Youth-Led
E-LEARNING COURSE
MODULE N. 1
«DISARTY PROJECT»

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◼ Contents Index
◼ 1. Module Description
◼ 2. Module Objectives
◼ 3. Contents
• 3.1 Why DisArTY
• 3.2 What’s DisArTY
• 3.3 The objectives of the Project
• 3.4 The activities of the Project
• 3.5 The expected impact
◼ 4. Dissemination and References

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◼ 1. Module Description
◼ The Module n. 1 «DisArTY Project» will provide the participants to the e-learning course with the detailed
information about the DisArTY Project, by analysing all aspects concerning the context, the ratio, the strategy
designed and implemented, the practical tools and results and expected impact of the project.
◼ In the Module 1, the project activities held will be explained and at the same time, the youth worker participants
will interact with other from other countries through non-formal activities, to start the process to make them
able to design and co-produce a CBT Model.

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◼ 2. Module Objetives
◼ The objective of Module n. 1 is to provide e-learning participants with an overview of the DisArTY
project, in order to have a first approach to the main themes and methodology.
◼ Likewise, the 1st
module seeks to achieve interaction between participants from different countries, in
order to promote interaction between them, establish the successive work dynamics and outline the
training process that will be carried out during the next modules.

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◼ 3.1 Why DisArTY?
◼ According to the data of the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disaster (CRED), during the first
semester of 2017, 149 disasters occurred in 73 countries. The impact of which resulted in 3,162 deaths, affected
more than 80 million people and caused more than US$32.4 billion in economic damages and the number and
magnitude of disasters caused by natural hazards are increasing (United Nations Office for Disasters Risk
Reduction, 2016).
◼ The well-known impact and negative consequences of the different types of natural disasters have progressively
determined the need for mitigation and the preparation of the whole society, in order to act before, during and
afterwards in the affected countries.
◼ Natural disasters have a negative effect on the place where they occur, damaging in many aspects the economy of a
country, which is affected in many sectors, one of the main ones is tourism. When a natural disaster happens, the
country and specifically the tourist destination, loses thousands of visitors and this logically involves significant
economic losses, with the local communities being the most affected and weak in these cases.

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◼ Meanwhile it is necessary to consider that the state of emergency that causes a natural disaster can represent an
opportunity to achieve competitiveness and sustainability challenges for a destination, if the rebuilding of the
damaged resources is carried out in terms of sustainability and tourism competitiveness.
◼ In this context, it is essential to develop strategies that guarantee to countries affected by natural disasters the
recovery of their human activity.
◼ The project DisArTY initially was designed to develop strategies of CBT to be applied in areas affected by natural
disasters. The last 2 years due to the COVID-19 International pandemics, the context of the project changed,
considering also all the aspects of the consequences of international crises in terms of social, economic, health and
political conditions.
◼ 3.1 Why DisArTY?

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◼ 3.2 What’s DisArTY
◼ The DisArTY is a project co-funded by EACEA in the framework of program ERASMUS PLUS KA2 “Capacity
Building in the Field of Youth”.
◼ The project aims at promoting the cooperation between Europe, Latin America and Asia by focusing on
community-based tourism youth-led strategy. This form of economic activity involves the communities that
control, manage and develop their own tourism industry and represents a sector in which specially young people
have an important role to play as the most dynamic and innovative part of this field.
◼ The initial duration of the project was 2 years. The final date of the project has been postponed due to the
COVID19 international pandemics.

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◼ 3.2 What’s DisArTY
The partnership
◼Fondazione Restoring Ancient Stabiae Onlus (Italy - coordinator)
◼Euro-Mediterranean Center for Life LongLearning of Pegaso Online University (Italy)
◼Action Synergy SA (Greece)
◼International Initiatives for Cooperation – ICC/MEX (México)
◼Bridging the Gaps Organization-BTG INC (Philippines)

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◼ 3.2 What’s DisArTY
The project activities are be based on the identification and valorization of local community assets that could be
used in order to achieve sustainable tourism that will benefit local communities of disaster areas. In order to
promote this objective, DisArTY project will design four main activity clusters:
Research on the principles and best practices related with community based tourism through local youth. This implies the
identification and valorization of the local cultural assets
The enhancement of skills and competencies of youth workers in the field of community based tourism and youth
entrepreneurship within the framework of three international capacity building meetings in Italy, Mexico and Philippines.
The development of innovative community based tourism offers at local level with active involvement of youth, many with few
opportunities and/or hit or threatened by unemployment caused by the disaster
The creation of networks and information for entrepreneurial training, business plan development and community based social
entrepreneurship. It will include the development of material for the e-learning course

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◼ 3.3 The objectives of the project
General objective: Training young people from communities disaster areas, to give them opportunities
for entrepreneurship and economic development through strategies and tools of community based
tourism, with the finality to alleviate unemployment and marginalization to which they are subject.
◼ To equip youth workers with key competencies and practical skills in youth entrepreneurship and community based
tourism;
◼ to exchange best practice in the field of community based tourism between Partner Countries and European
Countries and to create new best-practices to share at international level for applying not only in context of
disaster areas but also in different scenarios of vulnerable communities;
◼ to support mutually European and non-European youth workers to identify their local assets and develop youth-led
initiatives;

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◼ 3.3 The objectives of the project
◼ to strengthen the cultural identity of the young people of the localities damaged by natural disasters through the
empowerment of local cultural assets;
◼ to introduce ICT based learning and e-learning in the field of youth work and in the cooperation between
European, Latin America and Asian countries in the field of youth;
◼ to increase the income of the local population not only by generating jobs in the tourism sector, but also through
the diversification of economic activities presented in the areas;
◼ to stimulate the promotion of the principles of sustainable and alternative tourism globally;
◼ to improve the quality of youth work and to support young citizens by creating new networks, providing know-how
and assistance in connecting them with community tourism experts and stakeholders.

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◼ 3.4 The activities of the Project
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PROJECT OUTLINE
THREE MOBILITY
ACTIVITIES
TRAINING
MATERIALS
LOCAL WORKSHOP
KICK-OFF MEETING DISSEMINATION
PROFESSIONAL
E-BOOK
DEFINITION OF A
METHODOLOGY
E-LEARNING
COURSE
NOV 2019
PHILIPPINES
MAY 2019
MEXICO
MAY 2022
ITALY
HANDBOOK

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◼ 3.4 The activities of the Project
TRANSNATIONAL MOBILITY IN ITALY, MEXICO AND PHILIPPINES
◼ TRANSNATIONAL MEETING IN ITALY = 5 DAYS TRAINING MEETING in May
2019
◼ TRANSNATIONAL MEETING IN MEXICO IN JALPAN (STATE OF
QUERETARO) = 5 DAYS CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITY + FINAL COOKING
FESTIVAL in November 2019
◼ TRANSNATIONAL MEETING IN PHILIPPINES = 5 DAYS MEETING ON
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND TOURISM POST NATURAL DISASTER IN BOHOL
IN COVID-19 ERA

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◼ 3.4 The activities of the Project
TRANSNATIONAL MEETINGS (ITALY, MEXICO AND PHILIPPINES
During the project, 3 international meetings will be held, aimed at:
To improve the skills of young workers in the subjects object of the project through a face-to-face training
program with the intention of improving youth work in the participating countries.
To develop an innovative strategy focused on the community based tourism to be applied in communities
affected by a natural disaster.
To work with the local community actor by design a strategy based on the local asset analysis and the
implementation of festival or another kind of event to promote the tourism in the regions.

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◼ 3.4 The activities of the Project
E-LERNING COURSE
The partner organizations will develop an online training course that
will aim to train young people with key skills that increase their
employment opportunities, promote their entrepreneurship and
increase their spirit of innovation in the development of initiatives based
on the application of the principles of the community based tourism as a
strategy to recovery community affected by natural (or other) disasters.
The e-learning will involve the participants with synchronic and
asynchrony activities.

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◼ 3.4 The activities of the Project
LOCAL WORKSHOPS
At the end of the Transnational Capacity Building events,
each partner will organize a domestic workshop with the
aim of disseminating the activities and results of the projects
with the active participation of Youth Workers involved in
the Seminar and the Capacity Building Training activities
which will share their experience and skills acquired. The
national events will be open to the local youth workers, the
stakeholders and the citizenship. During the event will be
presented the Brochure and the Professional eBook.

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◼ 3.4 The activities of the Project
PROFESSIONAL E-BOOK
This activity plans the development of an e-book with practical tools to develop a
community based tourism strategy in communities affected by disasters.
The e-book will be developed by all partner organizations with the collaboration of
the youth workers involved in the project. The model will be based on the
information gathered in the initial research, the e-learning course and the
experiences obtained in the three international meetings.
This model will be available to members of the community in each country and will
be a reference for the replication of the project in other geographical areas.

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◼ 3.5 The impact of the project
IMPACT ON YOUTH WORKERS
◼ The primary target group of the project are youth workers with experience in sustainable tourism and/or
entrepreneurship education with young people.
◼ It is expected that at least 70 youth workers (YW mobility – local YW and e-learning course participants) and from
all the partner countries are going to be involved in the activities of the project both through their participation in
the transnational training events and through their participation in the e-learning course that the project is going to
develop and local activities.

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◼ 3.5 The impact of the project
In their function as multipliers the effect of the project will be:
◼ Qualification of youth workers in practical methods will improve youth work in their respective organizations
and local networks;
◼ Non-formal learning as well as practical collaboration will equip youth workers with key competencies and
entrepreneurial skills enabling them to find new and strategies to identify local community assets and support
young people;
◼ Furthermore, they will gain new knowledge to develop and use their human capital for promoting decent
employment and sane personal and professional development of young people, especially those with fewer
opportunities;
◼ Cross-cultural training as well as communication and collaboration via new media/social networks will help to
promote a culture of mutual respect, tolerance and solidarity;
◼ The international meetings will enhance social, communicative and intercultural competences of youth workers
and foster the international dimension of youth work;

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◼ 3.5 The impact of the project
IMPACT ON YOUNG PEOPLE
◼ The project will offer youth valuable information and innovative know-how for in order to improve their
development prospects. Even, if they don’t get a direct link these resources;
◼ Youth with lower income will get the chance to extend their knowledge and get new opportunities for sane
personal and professional development;
◼ Young people will be encouraged and qualified to engage in the tourism business through the organisation of
community tourism events under guidance of professional youth workers;
◼ Increased opportunities are given by connecting with experienced professionals and counsellors and by delivering
the most important information you may need to develop successful sustainable tourism offers that will be able to
attract a considerable number of tourists and be financially sustainable.

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◼ 4 DISSEMINATION & REFERENCES
◼DISARTY WEBSITE: http://www.disarty.eu/
◼DISARTY FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/DisArTY