23.2.2023
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Official Journal of the European Union
L 58/1441 COMMISSION PILOT PROJECTS
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(cont'd) Digital learning and collaborative work solutions have become central for schools and universities.
The pilot project could further assess what copyright issues have arisen in the context of education & research at a distance, notably in the light of the recent Union and national case-law, and what legal and technical solutions could be found to address the growing needs in the field of distance education and research.
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Pilot project — Building Capacity for the Tourism Ecosystem - Accessing Union Funding Figures (Differentiated appropriations) Appropriations 2023 Commitments
3 000 000
Appropriations 2022
Payments
Commitments
Payments
Outturn 2021 Commitments
Payments
750 000
Remarks The tourism ecosystem is 99,9% represented by SMEs and other small stakeholders.
The proportion of micro and small companies is particularly high in hotels, bars and restaurants, with many owners operating independently or under franchise from large groups.
A common challenge raised by the Tourism Community during different Tourism Task Force meetings in the TRAN Committee is accessing to Union funding.
The majority of tourism stakeholders believe in the importance of creating a proper Tourism budget line, but until this becomes a reality, the tourism ecosystem has to learn how to accessing 14 different programmes currently under way in the multiannual framework.
The recently released Guide on Union funding for tourism has aims to support the tourism ecosystem to find opportunities.
The question is how can the Union build capacity for the Tourism Community and other parts of the tourism ecosystem to access those different calls?
This is the last step to empower micro and SMEs, and the Tourism Ecosystem to be aware and access the available Union funding, finding partnerships and consortia, best practices and other tools.
According to findings in the EU special report entitled EU Support to Tourism - Need for a fresh strategic orientation and a better funding approach, from the Court of Auditors, during the last multiannual financial framework the Commission’s actions in supporting the Union tourism ecosystem were partially effective.
The transition pathway for tourism also highlighted the need to facilitate access to Union funding, the need to build up capacity, support through technical assistance and funding to meet these demands.
Bearing that in mind, this pilot project intends to: — ease the access to Union funding for Tourism enterprises and the Tourism Community in general by mapping the difficulties and creating the appropriate tools to increase the share of tourism and travel ecosystem on total using of funds, complementing the existent database of Union-funded projects;