Cult-CreaTE High-level dissemination event / Final Conference
"Cultural & Creative Tourism based on CCIs for SME Competitiveness"
24-25 May 2022, Cēsis, Vidzeme, Latvia
All times EEST
Programme
Vidzeme Concert Hall "Cēsis"
09:00 Registration
09:30 Session 1: Opening ceremony & Keynote address –
Cult-CreaTE Interreg Europe overall results
Moderator: Raitis Sijats, Vidzeme Tourism Association (Lead partner)
Opening Address: Jānis Rozenbergs, Chairman of Cesis County Council
Opening Address, Lāsma Krastiņa-Sidorenko, Ministry of Culture Republic of Latvia, Head of Creative Industries Division
Opening Address, Inese Šīrava Ministry of Economics, Director of the LIAA Tourism Department
Address by Nicolas Karanikolas, Mayor of Naoussa, Greece
Keynote address: Creative Tourism within Cult-CreaTE Project, Caroline Couret, Creative Tourism Network (ECTN Advisory Partner External expert)
Overall Achievements and Results of the Cult-CreaTE Interreg Europe project, Manos Vougioukas, Project Coordinator
Interreg Europe - State of play of interregional cooperation, Kristaps Rocans – Policy officer Interreg Europe Joint Secretariat
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Session 2: Cult-CreaTE Project Results
Moderator: Raitis Sijats, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Results of Action Plans implementation at Cult-CreaTE partner destinations:
Vidzeme Tourism Association, Latvia
Veneto Region, Italy
Cork City Council, Ireland
Pécs-Baranya Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Hungary
Nicosia Tourism Board, Cyprus
Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region, Poland
Dundee City Council, Scotland
Naoussa Municipality, Greece
13:00 Networking Lunch
14:30 Session 3: Synergies with other Projects and Initiatives
Moderator: Janis Sijats, Vidzeme Tourism Association
UNESCO International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development 2021
CHRISTA Interreg Europe Project
ReInHerit Horizon 2020 Coordination and Support Action (CSA)
UNWTO Sustainable Development Goals 2030
Other related Projects and Initiatives
16:00 Coffee Break
16:30 Session 4: Cult-CreaTE Policy implications and the way ahead
Moderator: Manos Vougioukas, Project Coordinator
Policy – makers debate (elected representatives of partner authorities):
“Legacy of the Cult-CreaTE project results in policy change, regarding Cultural and Creative Tourism based on CCIs for Competitiveness of SMEs”
Declaration of Vidzeme on “Sustainable CCT development and promotion based on CCIs for SMEs Competitiveness”
Concluding Remarks: VTA (Lead partner), Interreg Europe JS, ECTN
18:00 End
20:00 Working Dinner
25 May AM: Study visits to CCIs SMEs linked to the Vidzeme Action Plan (separate programme)