As part of the Sustainable Ecotourism Awareness (SEA) Project, the international webinar entitled “Green Skills for Tourism SMEs”, which is part of the Erasmus Days 2026 events, was held online.
In the webinar on how tourism enterprises can incorporate sustainability practices into daily business processes, green skills, sustainable tourism certifications, the transformation process of SMEs and the role of digital learning tools in this process were evaluated with the contributions of experts from different countries.
Prof. Dr. Avşin Ayhan, Director of Social and Strategic Studies Application and Research Center from our university, where Dr. Halil Burak Sakal took part as a speaker. Assoc. Dr. Halil Burak Sakal provided information about the Green Tourism Certifications Education prepared within the scope of SEA Project and shared the contributions it made to the development of the educational content of our University. Within the scope of SEA Project, our university contributes to the development of green skills in the tourism sector, the dissemination of sustainability standards and the promotion of green certification processes of small and medium-sized enterprises in particular.
The SEA Project, supported by the European Union under Erasmus+ KA220-VET, aims to support the transition of tourism businesses in Turkey, Italy and Malta to sustainable and resource-efficient business models, develop competencies for green certification processes and take advantage of AI-enabled learning opportunities.
To access the entire webinar from YouTube
