One of the materials or intellectual outputs developed within the EURO-BIRD project has consisted of the curricular design of two competency units in ornithological tourism within the Natura 2000 Network:
CU1: Interpreting the natural heritage associated with visitors of bird life of the Natura 2000 Network.
CU2: Providing escort services to tourists and visitors and designing ornithological itineraries.
Currently, there is no approved certification that distinguishes an ornithologist with higher education from another who is simply passionate about birds. This curriculum is one of the basic tools so that the competence units can be transferred or integrated as cross-cutting modules within the RVA curriculum process in the System of Qualifications and Vocational Training in each country.
This manual and didactic guide aims to respond to the demand for training of the rural population by designing a curriculum profile that complements the theoretical knowledge of the closely group related to ornithological tourism.
This is a manual and didactic guide in which teaching units (UD) adapted to students of the training course and for future courses on ornithological tourism. This UDs are developed based on the curriculum developed in the intellectual output 1 (curricular desing of two competence units).
Thus, 14 training modules (MF) which the contents that allow the student to achieve key competences in the field of ornithological tourism are developed are established, according to the teaching units defined above.