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Academy's Facility and Ecosystem Built on a 3000 m² campus; • Professional training kitchens & demo classroom • Spaces for international workshops and certification exams • Application & Practicing Restaurant • A non-profit retail point where local entrepreneurs' products are sold Every participant who can access the academy get full suite of services in the complex, ensuring holistic learning, hands-on practice, and professional growth. The academy seeks to join or co-create EU projects especially Erasmus+ KA2 VET projects with experienced lead partners capable of coordinating the projects. Potential topics on collaboration opportunities may include: • VET excellence and innovation • Culinary education & hospitality training • Curriculum development and digital education • Green and sustainable gastronomy • Inclusion, entrepreneurship, and workforce development • Cross-border capacity building Potential leading partners and/consortium members may include: • VET centers & training academies • Gastronomy schools & universities • Hospitality associations • Municipalities or regional development agencies • Chambers, NGOs, or private sector institutions involved in food and tourism sectors • Cluster members The academy welcomes collaboration with organizations working to advance vocational excellence, culinary innovation, and sustainable gastronomy. Advantages and innovations What Academy Offers as a Project Partner • Strong infrastructure for training, piloting, and dissemination • Access to chefs, trainees, professionals, and gastronomy SMEs • Expertise in culinary pedagogy, workshop design, and skills development • A practicing restaurant for real-world testing of project outputs • Broad local and international stakeholder networks • Experience hosting national and international projects • A UNESCO-recognized culinary environment ideal for cultural and educational cooperation We welcome collaboration with organizations working to advance vocational excellence, culinary innovation, and sustainable gastronomy. Let’s develop impactful KA2 VET projects together. Technical Specification or Expertise Sought The Academy offers a strong training and piloting infrastructure, supported by direct access to chefs, trainees, and gastronomy SMEs. With solid expertise in designing and delivering professional culinary training programmes, it can effectively contribute to curriculum development and hands-on implementation. Its practicing restaurant provides an authentic real-service environment for testing project outputs. Backed by national and international project experience, the Academy ensures high-quality cooperation and impactful results.