International cooperation

The Department of Tourism and Service expresses its sincere gratitude to all participants of the roundtable entitled “Italian Cuisine as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Traditions, Identity and UNESCO Recognition”.

The event focused on issues related to the preservation, promotion and international recognition of gastronomic cultural heritage, as well as the role of national culinary traditions in shaping cultural identity and fostering international humanitarian cooperation.

The roundtable brought together representatives of the academic community, the Italian Cultural Institute, the Embassy of Italy and international partner organisations. Their participation contributed to the exchange of professional knowledge and experience, the strengthening of intercultural dialogue, and the development of international ties in the fields of education, culture and gastronomy.

The Department of Tourism and Service extends its sincere appreciation to all participants for their meaningful contributions to the discussions, constructive engagement and valuable insights into current issues concerning the preservation and promotion of gastronomic heritage.

Events of this kind help broaden international academic engagement, strengthen partnership networks and foster cooperation in tourism, hospitality and restaurant management, and cultural exchange.

Muchattention is paidat the department to the development of externalandinternalacademicmobility of studentsandteaching staff.Studentsand teaching staff of the department are regularlyinformedabout the academicmobilitytrainingprograms of the UMOiAM. The mainpriority of choosing the specialties of the departmentisspecializationin the field of tourism,service,hotelandrestaurantbusiness.Oneof the missions of the departmentis to developinternationalcooperation in order to improve the educationalprocessandimprove the quality of trainingbased on the creativeuse of internationalexperience.Whenchoosing an educationalprogramwithin the framework of internationalacademicmobility, the maincriteriaare: the recognition of the university in theinternationalmarket of educationalservices, the qualityofeducationalservices.

To increase the level of international mobility of students, agreements have been concluded with domestic and foreign partner universities: Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management (NTMi, Switzerland), International School of Hotel Management (French Republic), Academy of Tourism in Antalya (Turkey), Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (PRUE), M.Ryskulbekov Kyrgyz University of Economics (Kyrgyzstan), ARMAS Hotel Chain of LLP BAY TURIZM INS. GIDA SAN.Ve TIC.LTD.STI" Turkey, Kemer.