Educational landscape is being reorganized
GastroSuisse will be renewing its training program over the next two years. The offering will be geared more towards the future and demand. In addition, the invested funds will have a better effect. More attractive training programs and courses will help to attract new specialists to the restaurant and hotel industry.
Demand for higher vocational training in the catering and hotel sector has been stagnating for several years - a nationwide trend. For this reason, the presidents of the GastroSuisse cantonal associations commissioned the national association to review its training programs at the beginning of April 2024.
Based on an analysis, the GastroSuisse Board of Directors decided at its meeting on May 22, 2024 to maintain the offerings in the two dimensions of gastronomy entrepreneur training (GUA) and further training (WB). This is because the two areas of GUA and WB form the basic framework of GastroSuisse's educational offering. Under the working title "Realignment of the training landscape", the association will adapt the range of GUA and WB courses to the changed market situation by 2026 and make them even more demand-oriented. The national association will initiate and implement the "Realignment of the educational landscape" project in close coordination with the cantonal associations.
Furthermore, the Board of Directors has decided not to start a new intake of students at the Hotel Management School Zurich (HFZ) in August 2024. GastroSuisse is considering adjusting its HFZ activities over the next few years. In this context, the association has initiated open-ended discussions with various stakeholders in the education sector. This medium-term approach will ensure the quality of the courses on offer for students and allow current training courses to be completed. In order to optimize the operation of the HFZ, costs will be reduced with immediate effect. In this context, five people will be affected by redundancies at the end of May 2024.
With the above decisions, GastroSuisse is taking a goal- and solution-oriented approach to the future of its educational domain and underlining its will to shape and act. In addition, the measures adopted will enable the association to be even more economical with its members' funds.
Source: www.gastrosuisse.ch
