IGCAT announces a Conversation with the authors of Eventful Cities, 17th April, Palau Moja, Barcelona Globalization, economic restructuring and urban redevelopment have placed events at the centre of strategies for change in cities. Events offer the potential to achieve economic, social, cultural and environmental outcomes. Critical success factors are identified which
Masters of Gastronomy (Italy) Since launching in 2005, the master program of the University of Gastronomic Sciences (UNISG) has been a study in diversity. More than 400 students have enrolled, representing 50 nations and an age range of 22 to 66. READ MORE
At the European Cities Marketing conference held in Nice this week, the future of cities was top of the agenda. The event attracted a range of interesting contributions on the economic, cultural and social sustainability of cities. It is also clear that culture and creativity are now viewed by city
The European Commission has recently published conference conclusions related to engaging with European Audiences: 2020 and beyond. The conference “European Audiences: 2020 and beyond” took place in October 2012 and brought together some 800 culture professionals in Brussels, including ARTidea‘s, Diane Dodd. The subject of discussion was how to engage
IGCAT welcomes the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, published in Brussels on 26th September 2012. File In particular, IGCAT welcome’s the Commissions recognition that by promoting cultural and creative sectors it is possible to stimulate growth
Over 200 delegates gathered in Paris last week to discuss the emerging field of creative tourism. The event was hosted by the city of Paris, which now has its own creative tourism portal – creativeparis.info. The presentations ranged from academic analyses of the need for creativity in modern society to
Diane Dodd from ARTidea, represented IFACCA at the Brussels Conversations 2012. The conversatiohn is part of a series, this one entitled “A Cultural Coalition for a Citizens’ Europe”. It took place on 16-17 November in Brussels at the initiative of the European House of Culture in partnership with the Marcel
Salone del Gusto and Terre Madre Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain have been ignominiously lumped together as the “PIGS,” Europe’s toxic, debt-ridden encumbrances. But three Taste Workshops held on Sunday October 28 at the Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre 2012 offered a new perspective on three of these countries’
The ECOC remains one of the most desirable prizes for cities across Europe. As more and more cities are involved in competing for the ECOC title, there is also a growing need for information about and evaluation of the event and the host cities. Now in its fourth edition, The
Diane Dodd attended on behalf of ARTidea a meeting of the European Capitals of Culture stakeholders in Brussels, 15th October 2012. The meeting, organised by DG Education and Culture of the European Commission put forward the Commission’s proposal (adopted in July 2012) for the the future of the European Capitals
Diane Dodd from ARTidea has been selected as an independent external expert for the Council of Europe’s Cultural Routes programme. In a recent meeting at the European Institute of Cultural Routes offices in Luxembourg, Diane and seven other experts discussed and defined with Kseniya Khovanova, the methodology to be used for
Yap Mun Ching While I love Malaysian food and have always appreciated it in all its many forms, I believe that our fixation with it may have also grown to become a cause and symptom of a national illness. In the first place, our obsession with food seems to have
Publication: The story of arts and cultural policy in the twenty-first century is inherently of global concern no matter how local it seems. At the same time, questions of identity have in many ways become more challenging than before. Narrative, Identity, and the Map of Cultural Policy: Once Upon a
Dr. Diane Dodd from ARTidea attended, as an observer, the meeting entitled ‘Participation and Citizenship: can cultural institutions in Europe lead the way? Should they?’ organised by the Platform for Intercultural Europe, 5-6 June 2012, in Brussels. The meeting looked at problems related to diversity and solutions needed to bring
On the 29th March 2012, Diane Dodd from ARTidea accompanied Valentí Sallas, Head of International Relations and Cristina Sanchis, from the Department for Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Autonomous Government of Catalonia), on a visit to the Fundació Alícia. Fundacío Alícia (Ali-mentació i cièn-cia / Alimentation and Science), is a
On the 29th March 2012, Diane Dodd from IGCAT accompanied Valentí Sallas, Head of International Relations and Cristina Sanchis, from the Department for Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Autonomous Government of Catalonia), on a visit to the Fundació Alícia. Fundacío Alícia (Ali-mentació i cièn-cia / Alimentation and Science), is
