Strengthening the macro-regional strategy through the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe

6 November 2018 | Bucharest, Romania

The first Routes4U meeting for the Danube Region (EUSDR) took place on 6 November 2018 in Bucharest, Romania. The meeting contributed to identify the regional needs of the Danube Region with regard to the Cultural Routes Programme in the framework of the Routes4U Project.

The meeting determined areas of cooperation and recommendations on regional development, social participation and cultural cooperation in the Danube Region. One dedicated session focussed on strengthening the existing Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe and developing new ones.

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6 November 2018 | Bucharest, Romania

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08:30 Registration of participants
09:00 Official opening
 
  • CHIRILĂ Virgil-Alin, State Secretary, Romanian Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration
  • TENEA Diana, General Director, Romanian Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration. Romanian Priority Area Coordinator for Priority Area 3, EUSDR
  • DOMINIONI Stefano, Executive Secretary, Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes, Council of Europe. “The Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe: Connecting citizens through heritage since 1987”
  • SIRAKOV Lyubomir, Bulgarian Priority Area Coordinator for Priority Area 3, EUSDR
    “PA 3 of the EUSDR: To promote culture and tourism, people to people contacts”
  • ONIDA Marco, Coordinator Danube Strategy, DG REGIO, European Commission
09:45 Routes4U Presentation
 
  • METZGER Constanze, Routes4U Senior Project Officer,  Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes, Council of Europe. “Routes4U - Fostering regional development through transnational cultural routes, heritage policies and practices in the EU Macro-regions”
10:00 Parallel workshops (part 1/2)
 

Workshop 1 | Sustainable development through cultural tourism: building prosperity in the Danube Region

Participants will discuss cultural tourism as driver for growth, jobs and economic development in the Danube Region. They will formulate recommendations on how to tackle specific challenges in the Danube Region

  • RADIĆ Darja, Lecturer on Tourism and destination marketing, micro-economics and entrepreneurship, Manager at PROVOBIS Business Consulting

Workshop 2 | Participative and transnational story-telling: cultural heritage for connecting the Danube Region

Participants will discuss possibilities of cultural cooperation in the Danube 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.

  • VUKANOVIĆ Miloš, Deputy Director of the National Museum of Montenegro, Program coordinator of the Association of History Educators of Montenegro

Workshop 3 | Marketing strategies for the promotion and visibility of heritage in the Danube Region

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 Danube Region.

  • NAGY Katalin, Master Lecturer on tourism, University of Miskolc, Faculty of Economics, Marketing and Tourism Institute
11:30 Coffee break
11:45 Parallel workshops (part 2/2)
13:00 Networking lunch
14:00 Plenary session | Workshops follow-up 
 

Presentation of the main topics and issues discussed during the parallel workshops.
Recommendations on the implementation of the Routes4U Project.

  • RADIĆ Darja, Lecturer on Tourism and destination marketing, micro-economics and entrepeneurship, Manager at PROVOBIS Business Consulting
  • VUKANOVIĆ Miloš, Deputy Director of the National Museum of Montenegro, Program coordinator of the Association of History Educators of Montenegro
  • NAGY Katalin, Master Lecturer on tourism, University of Miskolc, Faculty of Economics, Marketing and Tourism Institute
14.30 Panel discussion | Fostering the Cultural Routes in the Danube Region, within Routes4U Project (part 1/2)
 

Discussion on priorities and possible extensions in the Danube Region.
Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe: best practices and lessons learnt.

  • PACHER Elisabeth, Danube Culture Platform (proposals for cultural routes)
  • POP Andreea, European Cemeteries Route
  • DANGULEA Iulia, Iter Vitis
  • BONIS Sebastian, Réseau Art Nouveau Network
  • PLAMENAC Gordana, Roman Emperors and Danube Wine Route
  • LESER Christin, TRANSROMANICA – the Romanesque Routes of European Heritage
15:45 Coffee break
16:00 Panel discussion (part 2/2)
 

Presentation of project and new themes of Cultural Routes in the Danube Region.
Proposals in view of certification or extension of existing certified Cultural Route.

  • ILIESCU Iuliana, Danube Women Stories
  • HIRSCH Petr, European Cultural Route of Saints Cyril and Methodius
  • DURYEA Sarah, European Reformation Route
  • CRESNAR Matija, Iron Age Danube
  • DERVISKADIC Snjezana, RCC Triple P project
  • GRAF Manuela, Tesla Ways
  • BAUMGARTNER Andreas, Via Memoria Mauthausen
17:30 Closing session | Summarizing the results and future steps to be taken

 

Definition of Routes4U priorities regarding the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme in the Danube Region.

  • DOMINIONI Stefano, Executive Secretary, EPA on Cultural Routes, Council of Europe.
  • COZMA Irina, Romanian Priority Area 3 Secretariat, EUSDR.
  • SIRAKOV Lyubomir, Bulgarian Priority Area 3 Coordinator, EUSDR.
18:00 Networking dinner and social programme
21:00 End of the meeting

Participants to the meeting included representatives from European Institutions, National and Regional bodies, Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe networks as well as experts and stakeholders in socio-cultural and economical fields related to the Danube Region.

The event was hosted by the Romanian Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration.

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. Romania is member of the EPA on Cultural Routes since 2013 and currently member of its Governing Board Bureau.

Venue

Hotel Marshal Garden (*****)
50 B, Dorobantilor Boulevard, District 1
010574, Bucharest. Romania