High-level dissemination event / Final conference

The High-level dissemination event / Final Conference of the Cult-CreaTE Interreg Europe project

will be held online by Videoconference on 26 May 2020, 10:00 - 16:30 CEST

PROGRAMME 

10:00 Session 1: Opening & Keynote Address - Cult-RInG Interreg Europe main results 

Moderator: Dr Constantinos Michailides - Head of Directorate of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support, Region of Central Macedonia, Greece (lead partner) 

 Opening address – Mr Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Governor of Central Macedonia Region, Cult-RInG lead partner, Greece; President of the Committee of the Regions, EU 

 Interreg Europe: state of play – Mr Erwin Siweris, Programme Director, Interreg Europe Joint Secretariat

 Keynote address: The Iron Curtain Trail as a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe - Cult-RInG action, Mr Michel Cramer, former Chair of European Parliament Transport and Tourism Committee, Germany

 István Ujhelyi MEP (S&D, HU), Vice-Chair of Transport and Tourism Committee, European Parliament

 Sustainable Cultural Tourism, Anne Grady, European Commission DG EAC

 Europe Day Manifesto by European Heritage Alliance 3.3, Sneška Quaedvlieg – Mihailovic, Europa Nostra Secretary-General

 European Cultural Routes: their role in regional development and cultural tourism', Eleonora Berti, University of Bologna

 Overall Achievements and Results of the Cult-RInG Interreg Europe project, Manos Vougioukas, ECTN Secretary-General, Cult-RInG advisory partner

11:30 End of Session 1  

Break

12:30 Session 2: Cult-RInG Project Results - Actions on Existing & New Cultural Routes 

Moderator: Raitis Sijats - ECTN President

Results on existing Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (10 min each max): 

 St James Way in North Portugal, including Pilot Action, Inter-Community of Alto Minho, Portugal - Carla Gomes CIM Alto Minho and Goretti Silva IPVC

 St Olav Ways in west Sweden – Västra Götaland region, Sweden – Marie Fors

 Via Francigena del Sud and Camino di San Paolo/Via Appia Regina Viarum, Lazio Region, Italy – Simone Bozzato and Ilaria Guadagnoli, Università di Roma Tor Vergata

 The Hansa in north Latvia, Vidzeme Tourism Association, Latvia – Janis Sijats

 Iter Vitis in Cyprus, Pafos Regional Board of Tourism, Cyprus – Nicolas Tsifoutis

 The Phoenicians Route in Cyprus, Pafos Regional Board of Tourism, Cyprus - Nicolas Tsifoutis, Marketing manager

Results on new European Cultural Routes (10 min each): 

 ‘Iron Curtain Trail’ in Latvia and along Greece/Bulgaria border, European Cyclists Federation – Vidzeme Tourism Association, Latvia – Janis Sijats / Phlipp Cerny

 ‘In the footsteps of St Paul, the Apostle of the nations’ in Cyprus, Greece and Italy, - Miltiadis Nikolaou, Head of Directorate of Tourism, Region of Central Macedonia, Greece / Video clip by ECTN advisory partner

 Mythology Routes: Aphrodite and Argonautica, PRBT and ECTN (video clips)

14:00 End of Session 2 

Break

15:00 SESSION 3: Action Plan Implementation – Policy makers Panel Discussion 

Moderator: Manos Vougioukas - ECTN Secretary-General

Legacy of the Cult-RInG project results in policy change, regarding sustainable cultural tourism development and promotion along European Cultural Routes, for Growth and Jobs 

 Alexandros Thanos, Head of Tourism, Region of Central Macedonia, Greece

 Silvio Marino, staff member of Assessore Regionale al Turismo, Lazio Region, Italy

 Conny Brännberg, Chair of Culture Committee, Region Västra Götaland, Sweden

 Raitis Sijats, Chairman, Vidzeme Tourism Association (VTA), Latvia

 Luís Pedro Martins, President of Turismo Porto e Norte - Portugal

 Georgios Mais, President of Pafos Regional Board of Tourism, Cyprus

 Piet Jaspert, Vice-President, Europa Nostra, Belgium

 Dr Agathoniki Tsilipakou, Museum of Byzantine Culture (Thessaloniki), Director: "Ιn the Footsteps of the Apostle Paul": Developing and Promoting a Cultural Route through Actions of the Museum of Byzantine Culture

Senior Representatives of the selected 6 Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe:

 Emanuela Panke - Iter Vitis Cultural Route, President

 Luca Bruschi - Via Francigena European Association, Director

 St Olav Ways Cultural Route

 Inger Harlevi - The Hansa Cultural Route, Vice-President

 St James Way Cultural Route

 Antonio Barone - The Phoenicians Route, Director

Views of experts on the future of European Cultural Routes in sustainable cultural tourism:

 Jordi Tresserras, University of Barcelona, Spain

 Latest developments in European Tourism – Iulia Niculica, European Travel Commission

Concluding Remarks:

 RDF RCM, Lead partner

16:30 End of final Conference