9.00-11.00 CET (11.00-13.00 GET)

Meeting of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA) Governing Board (Closed meeting for Member States only, Interpretation EN/FR)

13.00-15.00 CET (15.00-17.00 GET)

Meeting of the certified Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (Closed meeting by invitation only, Interpretation EN/FR)

15.00-16.00 CET (17.00-18.00 GET)

Meeting of the members of the University Network for Cultural Routes studies (Closed meeting by invitation only)

16.00-17.00 CET (18.00-19.00 GET)

Speed networking between EPA Member States and certified Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (Closed meeting by invitation only)

9.00-11.00 CET (11.00-13.00 GET)

OPENING SESSION TO THE 2021 ANNUAL ADVISORY FORUM

Welcoming speeches

• Mr. Kakha SIKHARULIDZE, First Deputy Minister of Culture, Sport and Youth of Georgia
• Mr. Zviad SHALAMBERIDZE, Governor of the Imereti Region
• Mr. Davit EREMEISHVILI, Acting Mayor of the Municipality of Kutaisi, Georgia
• Ambassador Irakli GIVIASHVILI, Permanent Representative of Georgia to the Council of Europe
• Ms. Snežana SAMARDŽIĆ-MARKOVIĆ, Director General of Democracy, Council of Europe
• Mr. Julien VUILLEUMIER, Chair of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, Federal Office of Culture, Switzerland

Accession Ceremony for new member States of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe in 2020 and 2021
Presented by Mr. Julien VUILLEUMIER, Chair of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, Federal Office of Culture, Switzerland:

• SWEDEN (2020): Ms. Elene NEGUSSIE, Department for Cultural Environment, Swedish National Heritage Board
• UKRAINE (2021): Mr. Oleksandr TKACHENKO, Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine

Certification Ceremony for Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe certified in 2020 and 2021
Awarded by Mr. Julien VUILLEUMIER, Chair of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, Federal Office of Culture, Switzerland:

• Mr. Jaume DULSAT, President of the European Network of Historic Gardens (2020)
• Mr. Flavio FOIETTA, President of Via Romea Germanica (2020)
• Mr. Giovanni CAFIERO, President of Aeneas Route (2021)
• Ms. Heli LEINONKOSKI and Ms. Noora KIILI, President and manager of Alvar Aalto Route – 20^th century architecture and design (2021)
• Mr. Lubomír TRAUB, President of Cyril and Methodius Route (2021)
• Ms. Corinne FORCE, Representative of the European Route d’Artagnan (2021)
• Mr. Sanjin MIHELIC, President of Iron Age Danube Route (2021)

Introduction to the 10th Annual Advisory Forum on Cultural Routes

• Mr. Stefano DOMINIONI, Executive Secretary of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes, Council of Europe

13.00-15.00 CET (15.00-17.00 GET)

SESSION 1: Resilient Cultural Routes : Impact and recovery

Overview: The ongoing pandemic has had an enormous impact on everybody and everywhere, and the cultural heritage sector has been particularly vulnerable. In addition to Covid-related impacts, there are many other global trends that are changing the landscape in which the Cultural Routes are operating in. This session will look into how and to what extent have the Cultural Routes been influenced by the crisis, how does the outlook for recovery look like in coming years, and what are the key future trends that impact the future of cultural heritage and cultural tourism

Opening remarks:

• Ms. Mariam KVRIVISHVILI, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia

Keynote speech:

• Mr. Pierluigi SACCO, Head of the OECD Venice Office on Culture and Local Development

Panel speeches:

• Ms. Anne GRADY, Principal Officer Cultural Policy Unit, DG EAC, European Commission
• Statement by Ms. Marina DIOTALLEVI, Director of Ethics, Culture and Social Responsibility, UNWTO
• Mr. Nicholas YATROMANOLAKIS, Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports, Greece
• Mr. Bruno FAVEL, Head of the Department of European and International Affairs at the General Directorate of Heritage, Ministry of Culture of France
• Mr. Sergio Ortega MUÑOZ, Head of the Heritage Protection and European Programmes Service, Ministry of Culture and Sport of Spain
• Mr. Luca Bruschi, Manager, Via Francigena, Cultural Route of the Council of Europe
• Ambassador Lazăr COMĂNESCU, Secretary General, Permanent International Secretariat, Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation

Live discussion and Q&A session

Best practices of certified Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe

- Ms. Caroline FISCHER, VIA REGIA
- Mr. Germinal PEIRO and Mr. Ramón MONTES, Prehistoric Rock Art Trails
- Ms. Christin LESER, TRANSROMANICA - The Romanesque Routes of European Heritage
- Ms. Ana Rosa MORENO, European Route of Historic Gardens

Presentation of Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe crossing Georgia

- Mr. Irakli KARKASHADZE, European Route of Historic Thermal Towns
- Ms. Simone ZAGRODNIK, European Route of Historic Thermal Towns
- Ms. Emanuela PANKE, Iter Vitis Route

9.00-11.00 CET (11.00-13.00 GET)

SESSION 2: Innovative Cultural Routes : Digital and user-centered

Overview: In order to be resilient in the 21st century, the Cultural Routes need to be creative, agile, inquisitive and innovative. This relates to new operating models, new audiences, new technologies, and new products and services. We are seeing a growing importance of technological innovations and the digital shift, which accelerated significantly during the crisis. However, with an increasing dependence on technology, people are even more valuing unplugged physical experiences. This session will look into new approaches to business models, service design, and how to use technologies (including virtual reality, mixed reality, audio-visual solutions, artificial intelligence, etc.) to engage the audiences and enhance the experience, while still offering unique, real time and real life participation.

Keynote speech:

• Mr. Lorenzo CANTONI, Director of the Institute of Digital Technologies for Communication, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland

Panel speeches:

• Ms. Mona HESS, Lead of the Chair of Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg, Germany
• Ms. Eithne OWENS, Creative Director, Event, United Kingdom
• Mr. Hendrik SÖDERLUND, Founder of Every Place has a Story, Ericsson, Sweden
• Ms. Stefanie BISCHOF, Manager, The Hansa, Cultural Route of the Council of Europe
• Ms. Natalia ARMIJOS VELASCO, Director General of Culture, Organisation of Ibero-American States
• Ms. Efi KALAMPOUKIDOU, President of European Federation of Tourist Guide Associations

Live discussion and Q&A session

Best practices of certified Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe

- Mr. Dusan VRBAN, European Cemeteries Route
- Mr. Victor SORENSSEN, European Route of Jewish Heritage
- Mr. Patrick LEECH and Ms. Claudia CASTELLUCCI, ATRIUM - Architecture of Totalitarian Regimes of the 20th Century In Europe's Urban Memory
- Ms. Gordana PLAMENAC and Mr. Danko ĆOSIĆ, Roman Emperors and Danube Wine Route
- Mr. Rémi PRAUD and Mr. Chance Matthew WILLIAMS, Liberation Route Europe
- Mr. Antoine SELOSSE and Mr. Richard WILLEMS, Saint Martin of Tours Route
- Mr. Noël ORSAT, Via Charlemagne
- Mr. Charles BONAPARTE, Destination Napoleon

Presentation of Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe crossing Georgia

- Itsik MOSHE, European Route of Jewish Heritage
- Mr. Victor SORENSSEN, European Route of Jewish Heritage

13.00-15.00 CET (15.00-17.00 GET)

SESSION 3: Sustainable Cultural Routes : Inclusive and responsible

Overview: The Cultural Routes and individual sites have a significant cultural, education and economic value. But more than that, they play an important role in contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030, in particular through supporting quality education, reducing inequalities, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate action, good health and well-being, gender equality and much more. The session will look into innovative ways the Cultural Routes can take to encourage sustainable development and increase their positive impact on communities, society and environment.

Keynote speech:

• Ms. Mechtild RÖSSLER, Former UNESCO Director of the World Heritage Centre
• Ms. Maria GRAVARI-BARBAS, Professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and Director of the EIREST, UNESCO Chair "Tourism, Culture, Development", France

Panel speeches:

• Ms. Diane DODD PhD, President, International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism, Spain 
• Mr. Francesc PLA and Ms. Jovana POZNAN, Directorate of Democratic Participation, Culture and Cultural Heritage Division, Council of Europe
• Ms. Meltem ÖNHON, EPA Bureau member and Expert, General Directorate of Promotion, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey
• Ms. Tatjana HORVATIĆ, Head of Movable, Ethnographic and Intangible Cultural Heritage Office, Directorate for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia and Ms. Vlasta KLARIĆ, EUSAIR Facility Point Thematic Expert and TSG Pillar 4 Deputy Coordinator, Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Croatia
• Mr. Miguel Ángel MARTÍN RAMOS, European Route of Emperor Charles V, Cultural Route of the Council of Europe

Live discussion and Q&A session

Best practices of certified Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe

- Ms. Elena TANOU, Phoenicians' Route
- Mr. Hans Morten LØVRØD and Mr. James SIMPSON, Route of Saint Olav Ways
- Ms. Simone ZAGRODNIK, European Route of Historic Thermal Towns
- Mr. Ben BAILLIE, Viking Route

Presentation of Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe crossing Georgia

- Mr. Nikoloz JIBUTI, Prehistoric Rock Art Trails
- Mr. Germinal PEIRO and Mr. Ramón MONTES, Prehistoric Rock Art Trails
- Mr. Paata DOLIDZE, European Route of Historic Gardens

16.00-17.00 CET (18.00-19.00 GET)

CLOSING CEREMONY

Speakers

• Mr. Julien VUILLEUMIER, Chair of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, Federal Office of Culture, Switzerland
• Mr. Stefano DOMINIONI, Executive Secretary of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes, Council of Europe. 

Presentation of the Kutaisi Roadmap

Presentation of the 2022 Training Academy on Cultural Routes in Fontainebleau, France, by Mr. Pierre BEDOUELLE, President of Impressionisms Routes

Presentation of the 2022 Forum in Chania (Crete), Greece, introduction by the Greek Ministry of Culture, the Chania local authorities and presentation by Mr. Vasilis STATHAKIS, Historic Cafés Route

Forum conclusions by Mr. Julien VUILLEUMIER, Chair of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, Federal Office of Culture, Switzerland
Mr. Kakha SIKHARULIDZE, First Deputy Minister of Culture, Sport and Youth of Georgia
Mr. Davit EREMEISHVILI, Acting Mayor of the Municipality of Kutaisi, Georgia

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 Cultural Routes Country Mapping Document for Georgia 

 Cultural Routes Country Mapping Document for Turkey 

 Cultural Routes Country Mapping Document for Poland 

 Cultural Routes Country Mapping Document for Montenegro