E-MONTREAL, Canada - Ekupheleni kwaleli sonto, isigaba sokuqala sephrojekthi enkulu yeminyaka eyi-8 kuya kweyi-10 sizoqala phakathi kwe-Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ) kanye noMnyango Wezokuvakasha waseCuba (MINTUR), ikakhulukazi nge-FORMATUR, uphiko lokuqeqesha lwenkonzo yezokuvakasha nemboni yamahhotela. Ithimba losolwazi be-ITHQ nabanye ochwepheshe bazosiza ekufezeni izinhloso zephrojekthi zokuqeqesha abasebenzi kule mikhakha emibili yemisebenzi yaseCuba kanye nokuthuthukisa ukudla kwezwe lonke. Isigaba soku-1 salolu hlelo sizogxila kakhulu ekudleni kwezwe futhi sizohlala iminyaka emibili.
Phakathi kwamanje no-September 2018, i-ITHQ izobamba imisebenzi yokuqeqesha oprofesa bokupheka kanye nabaqondisi bezikole ezinhlanu zamahhotela eziqokwe njengezibaluleke kakhulu yi-FORMATUR kanye nabaqeqeshi nabapheki abasebenza emahhotela. Ithimba lizophinde lihlole izinhlelo zokupheka zase-Cuba ukuthuthukisa ukuqeqeshwa okugxile kakhulu ekuqeqesheni okuzokwethulwa kulezi zikole ezinhlanu zamahhotela ngo-2017-2018. Ithimba le-ITHQ lizohlinzeka ngokuqeqesha nokulandelela futhi licebise abalingani balo baseCuba mayelana nempahla yokupheka nokuthengwa kokudla.
Ukuhlola kwezivakashi eCuba kwembule amagebe athile uma kuziwa ekudleni, yingakho iSigaba 1 sizozinikela ekuthuthukiseni le ndawo yokwenza ngcono. Isibonelo, izikole zamahhotela zaseCuba zinekhono kakhulu ekufundiseni ithiyori kodwa zishiya indawo encane yokuzilolonga. Ithimba le-ITHQ lizosebenzisa indlela ye-pragmatic evulekele izidingo namasiko emboni yokwamukela izihambi yaseCuba, ekhuthele kakhulu, futhi ehlanganisa izinkomba eziqinile zokulinganisa. Ithimba lizophinde lisebenzise ukuzethemba abantu baseCuba abanalo ku-ITHQ njengesikole sikahulumeni.
Le phrojekthi yaqala esikhathini esingangonyaka esidlule kulandela ukubuyiselwa kobudlelwano bezokusebenzela phakathi kwe-United States neCuba. NgoNovemba 2015, uChristine St-Pierre, uNgqongqoshe Wezobudlelwano Bamazwe Ngamazwe WaseQuebec, wavakashela eHavana ngokusemthethweni, futhi ezokuvakasha zahlonzwa njengendlela yokubambisana. Ukuvakasha okulandelayo kwe-ITHQ kukaNgqongqoshe wezokuvakasha waseCuba kanye nomqondisi we-FORMATUR kuqinisekisile ukuthi iCuba inezidingo eziphuthumayo zokuqeqesha, okuholele ekusayinweni kwencwadi yokuvumelana ngoMeyi walo nyaka.
Lo msebenzi wethulwe ngokusemthethweni kuleli sonto ngokuvakashela eCuba koMqondisi Jikelele we-ITHQ, uMhlonishwa uLiza Frulla, PC, OQ Amanye amalungu amabili e-ITHQ ajutshwe kulo msebenzi afika eHavana ngoSepthemba 12 neqembu le-Economic Mission elihlelwe yi-Export. I-Québec, ehlanganisa noNdunankulu waseQuebec u-Philippe Couillard kanye noNgqongqoshe u-St-Pierre. Imihlangano yokuqala iphrojekthi kanye nokuthuthukisa ubudlelwano kanye nokuvakashela izikole nasemahhotela yabanjwa ezinsukwini ezingemva kokusayinwa kwesivumelwano.
U-Liza Frulla ukholelwa ukuthi le phrojekthi yesikhathi eside ngeke izuze iCuba kuphela kanye ne-ITHQ kodwa futhi nomnotho waseQuebec. “Lolu hlelo luzosiza ukukhulisa ukuheheka kweCuba njengendawo yokuvakasha. Ukwengeza kweminye imisebenzi yokuqeqesha esiyenzile emhlabeni, le phrojekthi izoqinisa isikhundla se-ITHQ njengesikhungo samazwe ngamazwe sokuqeqeshwa kwezokuvakasha, amahhotela nezinsizakalo zokudlela. Izokhuthaza imizamo efanayo, ikakhulukazi eLatin America. Ubudlelwano esibusungulayo buzosiza nezinkampani zaseQuebec emkhakheni wethu ukuthi zize zokwenza ibhizinisi eCuba. ”
Lo msebenzi ubandakanya ukwesekwa kwezimali okuvela kwabanye ababambisene nabo kuhulumeni waseQuebec kanye nezinkampani zikahulumeni zaseCuba nezinkampani ezizimele, ngaphezu kokubamba iqhaza kwe-ITHQ kanye ne-FORMATUR.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Subsequent visits to the ITHQ by the Cuban Minister of tourism and the director of FORMATUR confirmed that Cuba has urgent training needs, which led to the signing of a letter of understanding in May of this year.
- At the end of this week, the first phase of a major 8- to 10-year project will start between the Institut de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ) and the Cuban Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR), specifically with FORMATUR, the ministry’s training division for the tourism and hotel industry.
- In addition to the other training activities we have carried out in the world, this project will reinforce the ITHQ’s position as an international centre for training in tourism, hotel and restaurant services.
