Pilot VFL

Testing ReStart Compass for horizontal axis ‘Support’.

Partners: Visit Flanders (in close cooperation with MTU & Failte Ireland)

Period: January 2027 > December 2028

Objectives:

- Develops a support programme (=personal guidance & online platform) on climate measurements in SMEs, building on experiences of support programmes like Failte Ireland.

- Select, hire and train external coaches?

- Select supported SMEs (call, voucher scheme) & match with coach.

- Implement voucher: personal guidance with multiple contact moments covering data collection, action plan, follow up meeting for further support in action roll-out actions. 100 vouchers, € 2000 /voucher (12hours), €200.000 in total.

Expected results:

- 100 more sustainable tourism SMEs such as accommodations. On a long term this is for VFL a test for supporting up to 250 SMEs.

- Improvement of ReStart Compass component ‘Support’.

- On the long term, a wide spread of activities for supporting SMEs on regenerative tourism in whole NWE