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
When it comes to summer music festivals, the Europeans have always done it a little better than the rest of the world. Every year between June and September, a world-class festival takes place almost every weekend in countries ranging from Spain and France to Germany, Austria and Hungary – and particularly
When Nikita Khrushchev emerged as the leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin’s death in 1953, one of the first things he addressed was the housing shortage and the need for more food. At the time, thousands of people were living in cramped communal apartments, sharing one kitchen and one bathroom with
An international expert meeting on Regional Gastronomy: Between Innovation and Tradition was organised by IGCAT, ATLAS and the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo on May 29-30th 2014. The meeting held in Refóios do Lima attracted some 30 participants from countries including Portugal, South Africa, the United States, Thailand, New Zealand, the UK,
The Minho region of Northern Portugal became the first partner in the European Region of Gastronomy Programme to officially announce plans for its programme. The event for 2016 was officially launched on May 31st 2014 at a ceremony held at the School of Agriculture at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana
The first details of a new £900,000 Creative and Cultural Fund for Belfast, which will bring a series of large-scale cross-community arts projects to life, were unveiled today. The new fund, set-up by Belfast City Council and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, will bring three years of exciting arts and
According to the circular 95 sent by Agenda 21 Culture, the process of producing a new Agenda 21 for culture was approved by UCLG in 2013. It continues in 2014 with several formats, including a Pilot Cities programme, and will end with the Culture Summit of UCLG which is being planned for 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
