INNO4Tourism Career Support Office Launch Event, Savannakhet University, Savannakhet Province
17 February 2025, Savannakhet, Savannakhet University (SKU) officially launched the INNO4Tourism Career Support Office, at the Tourism and Hospitality Management Department, Faculty of Business Administration, Savannakhet University. The ceremony was chaired by Dr. Khamkeo Manivong, Acting Vice Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration (FBA), at Savannakhet University. About 46 participants including deans, faculty members, students, representatives from government, and the private sector attended the event.
Following the welcoming remarks of Dr. Khamkeo Manivong, Acting Vice Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration, the participants have a chance to learn about the INNO4Tourism Career Support Office and the INNO4Trousim Project as a whole through presentations by project team members followed by discussion and a tour in the Office.
The INNO4Tourism Career Support Office was established as a part of the Innovative Curricula on Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Tourism Workforce (INNO4Tourism) Project, which is a co-funding project for 2023-2026, with support from the European Commission through the Erasmus+ Programme on Capacity Building in Higher Education with the total budget of €748,054 for nine higher education institutions (HEIs) and organizations in Asia and Europe, namely National University of Laos and Savannakhet University in Lao PDR; and Prince of Songkla University, Chiang Mai University and Phuket Tourist Business Association in Thailand; University of Palermo and CESIE in Italy; University of Macedonia and SYMPLEXIS in Greece.
The INNO4Tourism Career Support Office is an ideal setting to provide career advice, facilitate job search and application, and function as a place for finding internship and career-related information hub for faculty members and students. The services will foster university-business partnerships and collaboration between students and prospective employers through face-to-face and online platforms. In addition, the office is staffed with academics and professionals who are able to provide career mentoring and advice to enhance the employability of the graduates.