The international meeting of the “Development of Digital Education Competencies of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts Departments in Higher Education Institutions” (DIGI-GASE) project, supported by the Turkish National Agency, in which Akdeniz University Manavgat Faculty of Tourism was the coordinator, was held in Lyon, France between November 25-29, 2022, hosted by the Paul Bocuse Institute.

“During the last meeting of the project “Development of Digital Education Competencies of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts Departments in Higher Education Institutions” in 2022, the researches conducted in 2021 and 2022 were examined, the project outputs obtained were criticized and finalized. The last year of the project, 2023, was dedicated to compiling and organizing the research into three separate booklets and preparing supporting videos.

Assoc. Prof. Ramazan Eren, the coordinator of the DIGI-GASE project, mentioned that the partners are a team that supports each other and that the meetings they usually have are intense in terms of exchanging ideas. He also emphasized that the exchange of ideas between each other is the most effective point in the progress of the project in terms of creating new ideas.

At the meeting, Prof. Dr. Luisa Torri from the University of Gastronomic Sciences, one of the project partners, informed the partners about the content of the videos to be prepared and Tuncay Özer, a member of E.A.C.E, shared his presentation on “Digital Tools” with the partners.

At the end of the meeting, Assoc. Prof. Ramazan Eren informed the partners about the content of the next training activity to be held in Italy. Detailed information about the DIGI-GASE project can be found on the website https://www.digigase.com and social media accounts.