The 2nd International Meetings on Research and Public Decision-Making in Cultural Policies will be held on 3 and 4 December 2014 at the TNP of Villeurbanne, France. The general topic of these meetings, aiming to intertwine presentations of works and viewpoints of researchers and European and international actors, is Metamorphoses
Culture ministers of the EU met in Brussels and adopted a high level document on cultural heritage. The opening words of four paragraphs (out of the thirty) carry the essence: Cultural heritage plays an important role in creating and enhancing social capital, has an important economic impact, plays a specific role in achieving the Europe 2020 strategy goals
Cultural Policy Quick Facts is a short international overview of the existence of cultural policies, plans and guidelines; the nature of cultural authorities and governance; and the key elements of cultural policies. The information has been drawn from the Cultural Policy Database, an IFACCA initiative designed to compile information on the cultural policies
On 18 September in Brno, Czech Republic, in the framework of the 22nd ENCATC Annual Conference “New Challenges for the Arts: Is it just about money?” (17-19 September 2014), a selected group of academics, researchers, trainers and cultural professionals from Europe and around the world will present papers at the 5th Annual ENCATC Research
New independent research, commissioned by Tourism Research Australia and Tourism Western Australia, shows an increased focus on culinary tourism is in line with visitor trends and expectations. The research found more than one million domestic visitors to Western Australia last year actively sought out food and wine experiences or determined where
ENCATC, in partnership with European Cultural Foundation, invites young researchers to apply for the 11th Cultural Policy Research Award (CPRA). Initiated in 2003 and now in its 11th edition, the Award is entering a new phase incorporating three major changes. First, the Award will be bestowed up a young researcher who has successfully defended his
Food and travel go together like, well, forks and knives. If you love good #TripLit as much as you enjoy good food, here are five delectable reads from around the world to add to your list. In Alice, Let’s Eat (1978), Calvin Trillin tracks barbecue mutton to its global capital in Owensboro, Kentucky,
Newsletter EUHTStPol. Wine tourism has been recovering the usual rhythm since the economical crisis. The number of visitor to wine cellars associated to the Wine Route in Spain has increased to 1.689.203 on 2013, this is 18.08% that the year before according to the sixth annual report of the Observatorio Turístico.
Newsletter EUHTStPol. The trend is to look for trends. Nowadays businesses need to include a ‘plus’. A plus in order to attract customers, a bit saturated of proposals. The goal is to give life to spaces like the famous restaurant L’Eggs by Paco Perez, invited chef of the recent Contest
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
Creativity is a critical prerequisite to innovation, which in turn is a major contributor to organisational success and survival. To date, analysis of creativity and innovation in culinary practice has been limited, with identified research gaps relating to drivers, barriers, sources and diffusion of innovation. Further, as an everyday activity,
After a successful first meeting in the North Brabant Province of the European Region of Gastronomy partners, a second meeting has been convened. It will take place in Sant Pol de Mar on June 18 – 20 2014. The meeting is organised and hosted by IGCAT. The partners have agreed
Real estate agent and developer, Kleindienst Group, has announced that its flagship The Heart of Europe development on Dubai’s The World is the new home for 58 unique Mediterranean trees – the oldest of which are two olive trees aged between 1,300 and 1,400 years old. Having grown in the hot
By the time the World Cup is over, Mary Santos da Silva hopes she will be able to afford to build an extra floor on the roof of her house. A resident of Alto de Ondina, a neighbourhood overlooking the ocean in the city of Salvador, Mary is one of
It’s a global trend that has captured the imagination – and hearts – of romantics around the world, but it seems the tide may be turning against love locks. Paris council has pledged to take action against the locks, which are attached in their thousands to the guard rails of bridges
