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 4 th Summit of Heads of State and Government (Reykjavik, 16-17 May 2023).
At this…
The second UNWTO -United Nations World Tourism Organization- 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 European…
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 symposium focused on European historical heritage, addressing the need and challenges for its conservation, and how to…
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, provided an opportunity to delve into the rich cultural heritage of the Mediterranean region.…
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 Metropolitan Municipality and other local stakeholders.
The main purpose of the conference was…
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 of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland. The Forum…
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 certificates were presented by Ms. Urszula ŚLĄZAK (Poland), Chair…
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 VONTA, Chair of the Slovenian delegation…
The Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe welcomed its 40th member State following the accession of the Republic of Malta on 30th August.
Established in 2010 by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and twelve founding member States, the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes was established to oversee the implementation of the Cultural Routes of…
The Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA) is pleased to welcome the Czech Republic as a new EPA member State.
On 3 July, the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, informed HE Mrs. Marija PEJČINOVIĆ BURIĆ, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, of the decision of the Czech Republic…