High-level dissemination event / Final conference

Event

26 May 2020

10 : 00 - 16 : 30 CEST

In person

By Project Cult-RInG

# Opening address – Mr Apostolos Tzit Keynote address: The Cultural Routes programme of the Council of Europe - Dr Stefano Dominioni, Director of the European IKeynote 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 (confirmed)

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