Routes4U meeting for the Baltic Sea Region
Strenthening regional development through the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe
6-7 September 2018 | Oslo, Norway
The first Routes4U meeting for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) took place on 6 and 7 September 2018 in Oslo, Norway. The meeting contributed to identify the regional needs of the Baltic Sea Region with regard to the Cultural Routes Programme in the framework of the Routes4U Project.
It determined areas of cooperation and recommendations on regional development, social participation and cultural cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region. One dedicated session focused on strengthening the existing Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe and developing new ones.
Meeting's programme
6-7 September 2018 | Oslo, Norway
Thursday 6 September
13:30 | Registration of participants |
13:45 | Official opening |
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14:30 | Plenary session | The Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe and Routes4U Project |
"The Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe: strengths of a 31-years long Programme"
"Routes4U - Fostering regional development through transnational cultural routes, heritage policies and practices in EU macro-regions"
"EEA Grants Culture. Working Together for a Green, Competitive and Inclusive Europe"
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15:00 | Parallel workshops (part 1/2) |
Workshop 1 | Regional development through cultural tourism Participants will discuss cultural tourism as driver for growth, jobs and economic development in the Baltic Sea Region. They will formulate recommendations on how to tackle specific challenges in the Baltic Sea Region.
Workshop 2 | Social participation in the regionalization and Europeanization of cultural heritage Participants will discuss possibilities of cultural cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region. They will formulate recommendations on how to strengthen the role of civil society in promoting heritage as basis for common identity, as highlighted by the Council of Europe Faro Convention.
Workshop 3 | Marketing strategies for the promotion and visibility of cultural heritage Participants will discuss the challenges related to tourism management and marketing, and will formulate recommendations on visibility strategies, meant at increasing the visibility of cultural heritage in the Baltic Sea Region.
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16:00 | Coffee break |
16:15 | Parallel workshops (part 2/2) |
17.30 | Plenary session | Workshops follow-up |
18.00 | Evening programme |
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21.00 |
End of the day |
Friday 7 September
09.00 | Plenary session | Keynote speeches |
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09.20 | Plenary session | The Cultural Routes crossing the Baltic sea region |
Certified Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe: best practices and lessons learnt
Proposals for new "Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe", extension of existing certified Cultural Route and new themes for Cultural Routes
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10:15 | Coffee break |
10.30 | Plenary session | Fostering the Cultural Routes in the Baltic sea region, within Routes4U Project |
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The discussion will focus on the possibilities of strengthening and further expanding the existing certified Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe in the Baltic Sea Region. The session will moreover explore the potential of creating new Cultural Routes, which will contribute to foster regional development in the Baltic Sea Region.
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12.00 | Closing session | Summarizing the results and future steps to be taken |
13.00 - 15:00 |
End of the meeting. Lunch and social programme in Oslo. |
Participants to the meeting included representatives from European Institutions, Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe networks and stakeholders from the cultural and tourism field at national and macro-regional level in the Baltic Sea Region.
The event was hosted by the Arts Council Norway.
Routes4U Project is a joint programme between the European Commission (Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy – DG REGIO) and the Council of Europe (Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes – EPA). The project aims at strengthening regional development through the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe in the four EU macro-regions. Norway is member of the EPA on Cultural Routes since 2011 and currently chairing its Governing Board.