It has been referred to as the “Disneyland of food”, and it will be established in a town often considered the gastronomic capital of Italy, Bologna. F.I.CO. (Fabbrica Italiana Contadina – Agricultural Italian Factory) is going to be a 10,000 square meter space devoted to food and wine, with stables, aquariums,
ELIA is pleased to announce that the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and The Glasgow School of Art are hosting the 13th ELIA Biennial Conference in the vibrant and cosmopolitan city of Glasgow. This year’s conference theme focuses on the relationship between the creative and the city and the dynamic interplay between
The special edition of the Report focuses on creative economy at the local level in developing countries. It is co-published by UNESCO and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the UN Office for South South Co-operation. The Report is organized in two volumes: a policy report and a web-documentary
The Netherlands is hosting the upcoming 6th Asia-Europe Culture Ministers Meeting (ASEM CMM) to be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 19-21 October 2014. The ASEM dialogue addresses cultural issues, with the objective of strengthening the relationships between the two regions, in a spirit of mutual respect and equal partnership. The theme
Amadeus, a major provider of a transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry, argues that innovation in travel industry is much more than technology. Innovation includes all those aspects of conceptualisation, and development of creative ideas that will either improve or even create a new service outcome leading
A delegation from the British Council visited the city yesterday to get an idea of how it could help make 2017 a success. The council is the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations and helped Derry with its events last year. About 25 high-profile delegates, including Arts Council
Barbican and Museum of London propose to join forces to turn financial district into ‘exciting, accessible, open place’. London’s Square Mile is not the most obvious place for a family day out, but a new partnership aims to change all that: the Barbican and the Museum of London want to create
An opening ceremony to mark the beginning of a project to promote cultural exchanges between Korea, China and Japan was launched in Gwangju on March 18. The Culture City of East Asia project started when culture ministers of the three nations decided to expand cultural exchanges at the fourth ministers’ meeting
The process to elaborate the new Agenda 21 for culture was initiated by the Committee on Culture in 2013 in Lille-Métropole, Buenos Aires and Rabat and will continue in 2014, with meetings, seminars, articles, questionnaires and pilot-cities. The process will conclude with a major event in 2015: a “Culture Summit
From gem cutters to weavers, artisans have long been synonymous with India’s Pink City, but Jaipur’s craft heritage continues to evolve. In recent years, Western designers have immigrated here and are learning from and employing skilled locals…READ MORE
Ed Gillespie, a communications executive in London who stopped flying for vacation a few years ago, partly for environmental reasons but mostly because he didn’t enjoy it, voyages between continents on freighter ships and rides trains across regions like the Swiss Alps. Slow travel is “reveling in the landscape, culture,
There are some amazing events on tap all over the world, all the time. Hear the music of J.S. Bach played where he lived and created during the Thuringian Bach Festival in Thuringia, Germany. Or follow the beat of the drums to the biggest powwow in North America. Here’s a taste
On the 2 April the conference “Cultural Policies and the Cities” will be held at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The conceptualisation of the conference was made by Michael Wimmer, director of EDUCULT and is linked to the key findings of the last year conference “Reinventing Cultural Policy”…READ MORE
In the small towns of Nieuwoudtville, Clanwilliam, Citrusdal and Piketberg, rooibos tea is grown on plantations and provides jobs to around 5000 people in the area. Currently it generates an annual turnover of €35 million, and has been commercially processed since the 1930’s. The Cederberg region is known for its
The project director of the Port Harcourt World Book Capital 2014, Koko Kalango, unfolds programmes that show that the Garden City is ready for its one-year tenure as the global headquarters of books. Nigeria’s Garden City, which piped others including Oxford (United Kingdom), Lyon (France), Ganza (Azerbaijan), Sharjah (United Arab
Limerick (UK) is to play host to the world’s first ever Chip Championship as part of a new festival for the city this June. The Limerick City Business Association has teamed up with the City of Culture team to create ‘Culture and Chips’, a “quirky” food festival taking place over
