NEWS & UPDATES

Greg Richards will be making a keynote presentation on Trends in Creative Tourism at the “Tourism Research and Management in a Rapidly Changing world” conference to be held at the University of Leuven, Belgium, on September 15th and 16th. Creative tourism is gradually emerging as a key area for innovation

IGCAT invites you to an information meeting about the European Regions of Gastronomy programme that will be launched in January 2015. The meeting will take place on 8 October at the offices of the Permanent Representation of Malta to the European Union. A network of regions are organising an award (with

IGCAT’s Director will attend IFACCA’s European Chapter meeting which brings together IFACCA’s national member organisations from the region. The meeting takes place in Vilnius, Lithuania on 15 – 17 September, hosted by the Lithuanian Council for Culture in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania. The

IGCAT welcomed a delegation from 10 municipal authorities, representing the Minho Region of Portugal to discuss and explore their proposed candidature for the title of European Region of Gastronomy in 2016. The overall aim of the European Region of Gastronomy programme is to contribute to a better quality of life

IGCAT President Greg Richards and Director Diane Dodd met with Carme Ruscalleda to discuss the role of gastronomy in social cohesion processes and current IGCAT activities. The conversation with Carme Ruscalleda also explored the benefits and possibilities that the European Region of Gastronomy could offer. Carme Ruscalleda expressed with pride

On  18 to 19 June 2014 the II International Meeting of Project Partners for the European Region of Gastronomy project  took place in Sant Pol de Mar, organised by IGCAT (International Institute for Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism, based in the same town). In the framework of this meeting, IGCAT

Upon his retirement from the Boekmanstichting Cas Smithuijsen spoke on June 6, at the fourth Boekmanlezing in the context of the Holland Festival. The reading – a look back on a half century of arts policy – is published in Boekman 100 (September issue). Cas Smithuijsen received a royal award

IGCAT has recently signed an agreement to take over administrative responsibilities from ART-idea. ART-idea was created in 2010 to put creative ideas into action and it certainly has done that! Since 2010 ART-idea has brought dozens of creative projects to fruition. Since its beginning the board recognised the need to study more closely the

We are proud to announce our collaboration with Creative Tourism Network. The Creative Tourism Network shares IGCAT’s interest in the development of innovative and interesting ideas for regions and cities, intangible heritage recovery, sustainability and innovative practices of tourism. Under the terms of the agreement both IGCAT and the Creative Tourism

IGCAT President Greg Richards and Director Diane Dodd visited UNESCO in Paris this week to discuss the role of gastronomy as intangible heritage and UNESCO support of IGCAT activities. The conversation with Cécile Duvelle, Chief of Section, Intangible Cultural Heritage Section and Giovanni Scepi, explored areas of mutual interest between

On 13th May i2CAT Foundation, in collaboration with the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), organised the first RICHES activity in Barcelona. The workshop brought together representatives of the RICHES project, academics and students from the UIC, representatives of the Network of Common Interest affiliated in the project and several external