Results
EU-Pacific HEI Alliance and International Offices Task Force
This deliverable formalizes the establishment of the EU-Pacific International Office Task Force, a strategic body that reinforces cooperation between EU and Pacific universities.
The document defines:
Functions and responsibilities of the Task Force, including coordination of joint courses, collaborative research, mobility, and project development.
Organizational structure, covering the Executive Committee, Office Coordinator, Administrative Team, and Advisory Board.
Nomination of representatives from each partner institution, confirmed by legal signatures.
Commitment of partners to integrate the outcomes of the Task Force into their institutions and ensure long-term cooperation.
Ethics and guiding principles, emphasizing inclusion, academic freedom, sustainability, and EU values.
By signing this Charter, partners committed to implementing joint activities such as shared curricula, scientific research, co-funded projects, and continuous cooperation beyond the project’s lifetime.
Joint Research Study
This research is conducted as part of the European project Agritour (www.agri-tour.eu). Its primary goal is to explore and understand the expectations and experiences related to rural tourism, and to investigate the varied meanings and perspectives people associate with the term "agritourism" in Fiji, Italy, Slovakia, Samoa, and Vanuatu.
Rural tourism refers to travel and leisure activities in the countryside, providing opportunities to experience farm life, traditional cuisine, nature-based activities, and authentic cultural exchanges. These experiences also promote sustainable development in rural areas.
Participation is entirely voluntary. All responses will be collected anonymously and used solely for research purposes, in accordance with applicable data protection regulations. Participants may withdraw at any time without consequences, and their decision will not affect them in any way. By submitting the questionnaire, participants give informed consent for the data to be analyzed as part of the Agritour project.
Two questionnaire have been prepared:
For Operators: https://forms.gle/nqh2Mu7nEnyM7zqZ6
For students: https://forms.gle/JPFFFzhst1fR5T9M8
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
A multidisciplinary online course composed of 8 modules on agri-tourism, primarily targeting students living in remote island areas. The course will be tested with 800 students and tailored to fields such as agriculture, tourism, and gastronomy.
Internship Protocol for Sustainability Practice
A practical internship scheme connecting students with local enterprises to apply theoretical knowledge in the field of sustainable agri-tourism. It will be pilot-tested with 48 student-enterprise pairs (96 participants in total).
