October 2018

Routes4U Project - Fostering regional development through Cultural Routes

Voices from the macro-regions | N°8 - October 2018




Upcoming events (November): - Routes4U meeting for the Danube Region (6 November, Bucharest, Romania) - Publication of the Roadmap for the Adriatic-Ionian Region - Launching of the new Routes4U grant

Voices from the Baltic Sea Region

Since our first Routes4U meeting (Adriatic-Ionian Region, 6 June, Venice, Italy), we give a voice to those working on the ground in the macro-regions through video interviews. Find out below the voices collected during the first Routes4U meeting for the Baltic Sea Region (6 September, Oslo,Norway):

The Cultural Routes and the Baltic Sea

16 of 33 Cultural Routes are located in the Baltic Sea Region, which is composed by eight countries (Estonia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden). Find below some insights of projects carried out by the Cultural Routes:

Follow the Vikings by Edmund SOUTHWORTH
Explore Hansa by Inger HARLEVI
Saint Olav Trip Planner by Hans MORTEN LØVRØD
Symbols Project by Wenche MADSEN ERIKSSON

Edmund SOUTHWORTH, The Viking Routes

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Inger HARLEVI, The Hansa

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Wenche MADSEN ERIKSSON, European Cemeteries Route

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Hans MORTEN LØVRØD, The Routes of Saint Olav Ways

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Experts from the Baltic Sea

We ask our experts to give us more information on the subjects they covered during the Routes4U worshops in Oslo:

Social participation in the regionalization and Europeanization of cultural heritage by Łucja PIEKARSKA-DURAJ
Regional development through cultural tourism by Tomasz DUDA
Marketing strategies for the promotion and visibility of cultural heritage by Pellervo KOKKONEN
Cultural Routes and the Baltic Sea Region by Marianne LEHTIMÄKI

Łucja PIEKARSKA - DURAJ, Jagiellonian University

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Tomasz DUDA, University of Szczecin, Poland

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Pellervo KOKKONEN, Savonlinna Development Services, Finland

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Marianne LEHTIMÄKI, Baltic Sea Region expert on cultural heritage and routes

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7th EUSDR Annual Forum

18-19 Oct 2018 | Sofia, Bulgaria

The 7th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) took place on 18-19 October in Sofia, Bulgaria, bringing together over 900 participants from more than 30 countries.

The event focused on tourism development and preservation of cultural heritage as a precondition to economic growth and territorial cohesion. On this occasion, the Cultural Routes programme and the Routes4U Project were presented as a tool for regional development

Winners of the Routes4U photo competition

During the summer, we invited Instagrammers to share their photo representing the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe in the EU macro-regions.

Thanks to our partnership with Eurail.com, the four selected winners will have the chance to travel through Europe by train with an Interrail/Eurail Global Pass. Check out our Instagram to see the winning photos!

#Routes4U Friday Quiz

Every Friday, test your knowledge on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe and EU macro-regions. Will you accept the challenge?

Routes4U Team

Routes4U Project is implemented by the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes (EPA), under the supervision of its Executive Secretary, Stefano Dominioni.

Constanze Metzger, Senior Project Officer
Denise de Roux, Communication Officer
Laura Ligazzolo, Project Assistant

Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes
European Institute of Cultural Routes
28 rue Münster
L-2160 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 24 12 50 39

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