Creation of new cultural routes and strengthening of certified Cultural Routes

26-27 March 2019 | Helsinki, Finland

Routes4U Consultation on Cultural Routes in the Baltic Sea Region. 26 March 2019, Helsinki.The Routes4U consultation on Cultural Routes in the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) took place place the 26 and 27 of March 2019 in Helsinki, Finland.

Participants discussed about certified Cultural Routes to be strengthen and new projects to be developed, such as "Maritime Heritage/Traces of Ice Age" and "Modern Movement". Those Cultural Routes should promote and protect the rich heritage of the Baltic Sea Region, contributing to cultural tourism and transnational cooperation.

Around 70 participants, 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, attended the meeting.

The event was organised within the framework of the Finnish Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

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Video

The live stream of the plenary sessions is available online: Day 1 Day 2

Working documents

All you need to know about Cultural Routes and the Baltic Sea Region for the meeting
General documents

Roadmap for the Baltic Sea Region
 

Working documents

Workshop 1 | The development of new Cultural Routes in the Baltic Sea Region: Modern Movement

Workshop 2 | The development of new Cultural Routes in the Baltic Sea Region: Maritime heritage/Traces of Ice Age

Workshop 3 | Facilitating common impact: macro-regional and national structures to strengthen the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe

Programme

26-27 March 2019

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Tuesday 26 March

11:30 Registration of participants
12:00 Networking lunch
13:00 Official opening
 

Moderators:
KOSKI Eero, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland
MARKKOLA Susanna, Program manager of culture tourism, Visit Finland, Business Finland

  • KAIVOSOJA Riitta, Director General, Department of Art and Cultural Policy, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland
  • HIETASAARI Kristiina, Director, Head of Product and Content/Visit Finland, Business Finland
  • DOMINIONI Stefano, Executive Secretary, Enlarged Partial Agreement (EPA) on Cultural Routes, Council of Europe; Director, European Institute of Cultural Routes (EICR)
 

Keynote speech

  • LIPPONEN Paavo, Former Prime Minister of Finland

Family picture
14:30 Routes4U in the Baltic Sea Region
 
  • METZGER Constanze, Senior Project Officer, Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes, Council of Europe
14:45 Introduction to the workshops
 
  • Workshop 1 | The development of new Cultural Routes in the Baltic Sea Region: Modern movement.
    Moderator: BERGER Laura, MA, Doctor of Science (Architecture), Department of Architecture School of Arts, design and architecture, Aalto University
    • Speaker: PETRULIS Vaidas, Chair, Baltic Sea Region Working Group on 20th century Built Heritage
  • Workshop 2 | The development of new Cultural Routes in the Baltic Sea Region: Maritime heritage / Traces of Ice Age
    Moderator: PIEKARSKA DURAJ Lucja, PhD, Expert on Cultural Routes, Assistant Professor, Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University
    • Speaker: TIKKANEN Sallamaria, Chair, Baltic Sea Region Working Group on Underwater Heritage
  • Workshop 3 | Facilitating common impact: macro-regional and national structures to strengthen the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe
    Moderator: LESZCZYNA-RZUCIDLO Magda, PhD, Expert on the Baltic Sea regional cooperation in "Pomorskie in the European Union" Association and Euroregion Baltic
    • Speaker: KOKKONEN Pellervo, Director of Tourism Development, Savonlinna Development Services Ltd
16:15 Coffee break
16:30 Parallel workshops
 
  • Workshop 1 | The development of new Cultural Routes in the Baltic Sea Region: Modern movement
    Moderator: BERGER Laura, MA, Doctor of Science (Architecture), Department of Architecture School of Arts, design and architecture, Aalto University
    Speakers:
    • LINDH Tommi, Chief Executive Officer, Alvar Aalto Foundation
    • RUPENHEITE Agnese, Coordinator, Baltic Region Heritage Committee (BRHC); Deputy head Cultural heritage policy division, Latvian National Heritage Board
    • CERNY Philipp, Project Manager, Iron Curtain Trail
    • BEDOUELLE Pierre, Impressionisms Routes (Cultural Route of the Council of Europe)
  • Workshop 2 | The development of new Cultural Routes in the Baltic Sea Region: Maritime heritage / Traces of Ice Age
    Moderator: PIEKARSKA DURAJ Lucja, PhD, Expert on Cultural Routes, Assistant Professor, Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University
    Speakers:
    • STEVNS MATSON Ea, Manager, The Vikings Route (Cultural Route of the Council of Europe)
    • HARLEVI Inger, Manager, The Hansa (Cultural Route of the Council of Europe)
    • LAURITSEN Anders, Project Manager, Ice Age
  • Workshop 3 | Facilitating common impact: macro-regional and national structures to strengthen the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe
    Moderator: LESZCZYNA-RZUCIDLO Magda, PhD, Expert on the Baltic Sea regional cooperation in "Pomorskie in the European Union" Association and Euroregion Baltic
    Speakers:
    • GAILITE HOLMBERG Ilze, Senior Adviser, Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture (NDPC)
    • PUODZIUVIENE Rugile, Chief Officer, Department of Creative Sectors and International Culture Policy Ministry of Culture of Lithuania
    • LEINONKOSKI Heli, President, Alvar Aalto Foundation; Administrative Director, City of Jyväskylä
    • LØVRØD Hans Morten, The Route of Saint Olav Ways (Cultural Route of the Council of Europe)
  
18:15 Evening programme
 
  • 18:15 Thematic Helsinki excursion by tram
  • 19:30 Reception at the City Hall hosted by the City of Helsinki
20:30 End of the day

 

Wednesday 27 March

09.00 Paralell workshops | Elaborating recommendations
10:00 Coffee break
10:15 Plenary session
 

Moderators:
METZGER Constanze, Senior Project Officer, Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes, Council of Europe
LEHTIMÄKI Marianne, Regional expert on cultural heritage and routes; former Coordinator, Baltic Region Heritage Committee

  • Workshops follow-up: report on recommendations
    • BERGER Laura, MA, Doctor of Science (Architecture), Department of Architecture School of Arts, design and architecture, Aalto University
    • PIEKARSKA DURAJ Lucja, PhD, Expert on Cultural Routes, Assistant Professor, Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University
    • LESZCZYNA-RZUCIDLO Magda, PhD, Expert on the Baltic Sea regional cooperation in "Pomorskie in the European Union" Association and Euroregion Baltic
  • Support, good practices and work plans for 2020
    Speakers:
    • MAŚLANKIEWICZ Natalia, Coordinator, European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region Policy Area (EUSBSR PA) Culture, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Poland
    • WILLIAMS Kaarina, Senior Adviser for regional identity, Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)
    • SIRAVA Inese, Director of Tourism Department, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia
12:30 Conclusions | Remarks and next steps
 
  • DOMINIONI Stefano, Executive Secretary, Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes, Council of Europe; Director, European Institute of Cultural Routes (EICR)
  • KARVONEN Minna, Director, Division for Art and Cultural Heritage, Department for Art and Cultural Policy, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland
13.00

Networking lunch
 

Social programme

  • 14:15 Departure for the Aalto House and Studio Aalto, the former architect’s office completed in 1955
  • 14:30 Guided visits to the Atelier and the Aalto House
17:00 End of the meeting. Happy travel home!
More information
Countries of the Baltic Sea Region

Countries of the Baltic Sea Region

  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • Germany

Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein

  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Poland
  • Sweden
Cultural Routes crossing the Baltic Sea Region

Cultural Routes crossing the Baltic Sea Region

  • Cluniac Sites in Europe
  • Destination Napoleon
  • European Cemeteries Route
  • European Route of Cistercian abbeys
  • European Route of Megalithic Culture
  • European Routes of Emperor Charles V
  • European Routes of Jewish Heritage
  • Impressionisms Routes
  • Réseau Art Nouveau Network
  • Route of Saint Olav Ways
  • Saint Martin of Tours Route
  • Santiago de Compostela Pilgrim Routes
  • The Hansa
  • Via Regia
  • Viking Routes

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.

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Venue

Korjaamo Culture Factory
Töölönkatu 51 A–B
00250 Helsinki, Finland

Accommodation

Privileged rates until the 6 March

Accomodation is at the expenses of the participants.

In the framework of the conference (26-27 March), you can beneficiate of a privileged rate for a booking made before the 6 March at the Helka hotel:

  • Helka hotel website: helka.nitesoft.se
    Special feature: room equipped with furniture designed by Alvar Aalto
    Price: +/- 120€ per night
    Address: Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 23, FI-00100 Helsinki (1,8 km from the venue)
    Promotional code: Routes4U
    NB: case sensitive code. Promotion valid until the 6 March.

Other options close to the venue (+/- 700m) are:

Contacts

 

Constanze METZGER, Routes4U Senior Project Officer

Tel.: +352 24 12 50 38
E-mail: constanze.metzger[at]coe.int

 

Laura LIGAZZOLO, Routes4U Project Assistant

Tel.: +352 24 12 50 39
E-mail: laura.ligazzolo[at]coe.int