Montenegro (ME) and Republic of Serbia (RS) are candidates for EU membership and by this they have also accepted a responsibility for its European future. EU accession process doesn’t end in harmonization of law systems, but the implementation of real structural and economical changes in their societies is needed. One of the mayor challenges would be education and training of youth population as an important factor for future growth and competitiveness. Young people are part of ME&RS population for which EU membership is especially important and who will gain most from it in the long therm. They will have to learn how to operate within EU economy system where they will have better chance for improvement but on the other hand they will face increased competition from EU market. Significant works have been done in the field of promotion and harmonization and EU membership has strong and stable support. It is the right time to work on strengthening ME&RS future capacities and raise it as close to EU level as possible. It takes time to make such structural changes and young population is a target group that has to be motivated and capable for it. At the same time tourism is most prospective industry of ME with substantial possibilities for SMEs and self-employment development, and the growing industry in RS as well. Thus, the main goal of our project is to educate and motivate young people to start their careers in tourism by fostering entrepreneurial mindset with the exchange of best practice and non formal learning mobility between WB region and highly experienced Program countries (Germany and Spain). The overall goal is expected to be achieved to the following objectives (O):O1- Strengthening of entrepreneurship among young populationO2- Development of core competencies in tourism; basic and specialized knowledge and skills trainings O3- Creating of Open Education Centre in Tourism with three main goals: a) career counseling, b) information sharing and spreading, c) open education platform with programs – business and tourismDevelopment of entrepreneurship in education system of ME&RS is in its infancy and current young population has clear and obvious lack of these skills, so the project will put additional effort on ensuring sustainability. Non-formal educational and training programs will be developed and will be responsible for continual information sharing, up-to-date communication and promotion, as well as open virtual training and education, all enhanced by modern technologies and educational platforms.Therefore this project embedded several innovative aspect: to include tourism orientation in entrepreneurship education, b) to address youth entrepreneurship motivation and mind-set, c) put accent on rural areas that are underdeveloped and facing depopulation, d) to include regional cross-border cooperation and e) to provide internationalization through sharing of EU best practice models and standards.

Agriculture is ingrained in the community‘s history and plays an important economic and cultural role. This sector has influenced the development of the regions across Europe and is one of the key sectors of rural development. Agritourism has been seen core means to diversify the income of farmers. Many regions throughout the world have used their culinary and farm experiences to develop tourism products. The purpose of this project is to understand the opportunities provided by agritourism operations to the tourism sector in the region of Western Balkans.The approach to agritourism development and promotion is seen through:1.Enhancing cooperation of multi-sectoral actors at local level led by college HEIs in the field of tourism, agriculture, and management, 2 Regional Development Agencies in Serbia and 2 regional development agencies in Bosnia&Herzegovina and regional NGO;2.Increased agritourism professional/adults training courses offer (with focus on ICT-based courses)3.Increased teachers/other stakeholders training opportunities with reference to EU CAP and IPARD in Bosnia&Herzegovina and transversal competences in agritourism sector in both Serbia and B&HWith assistance of reputable EU partners - Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia and Greece, major deliverables are prepared as:a.Situational Analysis: understanding of the agritourism sector and agritourist, review of local initiatives, courses, results of the stakeholder consultation, identification of product development and area potentials.b.Agritourism toolkits: in order to provide necessary information to farmers and other stakeholders seeking to become agritourism operators, project team will develop a website and introduce Moodle platform with pertinent information, professional course catalogue in agritourism topics and in transversal competencesc.Boosting agritourism activities across the Western Balkans in mid term run bringing its landscapes closer to the EU