The RESETTING project that kicked-off in January 2022 will help the competitiveness of 60 SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) spread across five European countries (Portugal, Spain, Italy, Albania, and Greece) in which the eight RESETTING partners are located. A 1M € worth grant provided by the European Commission’s Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) will be overall distributed.
This project facilitates transnational cooperation and is committed to co-creation and innovation which will enable overcoming differences and unite entrepreneurs around the common goals of restarting tourism more sustainably and smartly, which aligns with the double digital and ecological transition that we are currently witnessing.
RESETTING is coordinated by Eurecat (Spain) and – besides Portugal – it includes partners from Albania, Italy, Greece. Portuguese local team leader is the Istar-IUL researcher Fernando Brito e Abreu. Sandra Loureiro (project WP2 – Data Analytics for Tourism leader) and Daniela Langaro, Bru-Iscte researchers, are also part of the project team.
The participation of business associations and the public sector, as well as universities, will also lead to the facilitation of dialogue and collaboration between the different public-private stakeholders. Therefore, given the nature of the consortium and the participation of academic and research institutions, the project will promote collaboration between knowledge institutions and companies, in a way that stimulates business innovation in the field of tourism in Europe.
