News 2023
Finland organises a Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe Forum in Jyväskylä and includes the Cultural Routes Programme in the Roadmap for the National Development for Cultural Tourism 14-15 December 2023
On 14-15 December 2023, the Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland and Finnish Heritage Agency organised a Cultural Routes Forum in Jyväskylä. The Forum was held at the new Aalto 2 Museum Centre. It brought together some 15 representatives of Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe crossing...
France: publication of a series of articles on the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe.
As part of an agreement with ATOUT France, France's tourism development agency, the French Ministry of Culture has shared a series of themed articles on the Cultural Routes passing through France to promote the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe Programme. Chilowé, an online travel agency,...
2024 Annual Advisory Forum: Preparatory visit to Visegrád and Budapest, Hungary
From 12 to 14 December, the Secretariat of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme visited Visegrád and Budapest, Hungary, to prepare the 13th Annual Advisory Forum on the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, which will be held in Visegrád and Budapest from 25 to 27 September...
Second Cultural Routes Academic Workshop
The European Institute of Cultural Routes, in cooperation with the University Network for Cultural Routes Studies, held the second edition of the Cultural Routes Academic Workshop on Thursday 7th December 2023 (online). Organized by the EICR in cooperation with the University Network for Cultural...
The Secretariat of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme attends the European Heritage Days Assembly in Strasbourg
On 28-29 November, the European Heritage Days (EHD) Assembly took place at the Council of Europe Headquarters in Strasbourg, bringing together the national coordinators of the European Heritage Days programme. The European Heritage Days, a joint initiative of the Council of Europe and the...
Spain : « European Heritage Projects, using European Heritage as a resource for interculturality”
The programme of Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe and the Faro Convention were presented on 23rd November at a meeting held in Alicante organized by the Ministry of Culture of Spain on the topic “European Heritage Projects, using European Heritage as a resource for interculturality”...
Hungary : National Coordination meeting of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe
On 20th November 2023, the Directorate of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Hungarian Open Air Museum, state institution coordinating the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe Programme in Hungary since 2019, organised a national coordination meeting for the representatives of Cultural...
12th plenary session of the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP)
The Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP) held its 12th plenary session in Strasbourg on 15-17 November 2023. Members of the Committee discussed, inter alia, the follow-ups to the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Culture (Strasbourg, 1 April 2022) and the 4th...
UNWTO : International conference on accessible tourism for all
The second UNWTO Conference on Accessible Tourism took place in San Marino on 16 and 17 November 2023. The Government of San Marino, through its Ministry of Tourism, collaborated with the Ministry of Tourism of Italy to organise the event, in partnership with AccessibleEU, a key initiative under...
The Secretariat of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme attends a conference in the European Parliament, Brussels
On 15 November, the Intergroup of the European Parliament “European Cultural Heritage, Ways of Saint-James and other European Cultural Routes” organised a symposium on the theme “Preserving and transmitting Europe’s cultural heritage: common challenges for a threatened legacy” in Brussels. The...
3rd Meeting of the Inter-institutional Cooperation Programme on Cultural Routes and Itineraries
The OEI, within the framework of the collaboration established with the European Institute of Cultural Routes and the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation, held the third Inter-institutional Meeting of the Euro-Ibero-American Cultural Routes and Itineraries Cooperation...
Council of Europe: the EPA Statutory Committee adopts the Programme and budget 2024-2025
On 6 November, the Statutory Committee of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes (EPA) composed of the 40 Permanent Representatives of the member States to the Council of Europe met in the premises of the Council of Europe (Palais de l’Europe, Strasbourg) to discuss and adopt the draft...
Cultural Routes : 2023-2024 Certification Cycle underway
Applications for certification as well as regular and exceptional evaluation files were received by the Secretariat by 31st July 2023 (deadline established as per decision of the EPA Governing Board). The current cycle focuses on the regular evaluation of nine certified Cultural Routes of the...
The Phoeniciens’ Route : XVI EuroMediterranean Dialogue on the Phoenicians' Route
On 19-20 October, the Phoeniciens’ Route, Cultural Route of the Council of Europe certified in 2023 organised the XVI EuroMediterranean Dialogue on the Phoenicians' Route and its 2023 International General Assembly. The event, with conferences, exhibitions, meetings, roundtables, guided tours,...
Iron Curtain Trail – EuroVelo 13 : EuroVelo & Cycling Tourism Conference and renewal of certification ceremony in Izmir, Türkiye
On 11-13 October 2023, the European cycle route network held a conference on the theme “Cycling: a new perspective in heritage”. The event was organised by the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) and Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA), in partnership with the Izmir...
Türkiye : The Vice-Chair of the EPA Governing Board attends the 6th KAS-BSEC Workshop for Young Diplomats
On 5 October 2023, the Vice-Chair of the EPA Governing Board, Mrs. Meltem ÖNHON (Türkiye) attended the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) workshop for young diplomats, representing the EPA on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe at this occasion. The sixth edition of the Workshop for Young...
“Best Practice Awards” for 4 Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe at the 2023 Annual Advisory Forum in Łódź, Poland
On 22 September, the “Best Practices of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe” were awarded in Łódź, Poland during the closing ceremony of the 12th Annual Advisory Forum of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe. The selection process was made by the EPA Governing Board and...
12th Cultural Routes Annual Advisory Forum: 300 stakeholders, 60 speakers from across Europe met in Łódź, Poland on 20 - 22 September 2023
The 12th Annual Advisory Forum on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe took place in Łódź, Poland on 20-22 September, organised by the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA) and the European Institute of Cultural Routes, in cooperation with the Ministry...
12th Annual Advisory Forum in Łódź, Poland, honours post-industrial heritage
The 12th Annual Advisory Forum on the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (20-22 September) opened today in Łódź, Poland, focusing on “Cultural Routes: the social and creative dimensions of cultural heritage in a post-industrial context”. The 2023 Advisory Forum is organised by the Enlarged...
Women Writers Route : Certification ceremony in Ljubljana, Slovenia
On 12th September 2023, the official certification ceremony of the Women Writers Route as a ‘Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe’ took place in the Main Hall of the National Assembly, in the presence of Urška KLAKOČAR ZUPANČIČ, President of the National Assembly; the Slovenian MP Mrs. Tamara...
