The Creative Tourism Network participated in the European Region of Gastronomy Award meeting in Athens, organized by IGCAT and hosted by the South Aegean Government. A round-table, was moderated by Caroline Couret, Director of the Creative Tourism Network and member of the Executive Board of IGCAT, gathered policy-leaders from eight
Before the Cherokee people were forced from their lands in the eastern U.S. along the Trail of Tears, the tribe grew varieties of crops now nearly lost. But at the Cherokee Nation Seed Bank in Tahlequah, Okla., a vital part of the tribe’s history is kept frozen. Deep underground on
Jointly nominated to receive the European Region of Gastronomy 2019 award by an independent jury, Sibiu (Romania) and South Aegean (Greece) received the 2019 title for their commitment to food and cultural diversity. A special Ceremony took place on 25 January 2017 at the Grande Bretagne Hotel in Athens, Greece in front of the
IGCAT’s proposal to develop innovative souvenirs, is being put to the test by European Regions of Gastronomy. A pilot international competition took place on 25 January 2017 at the Electra Metropolis Hotel in Athens. Eight Regions of Gastronomy Platform partners brought samples of innovative souvenirs, identified as hand-made or artisanal products.
IGCAT is pleased to announce a legacy for its Young Chef Award programme! Finalists from the Regions of Gastronomy, who took part in the first edition of the European Young Chef Award in November 2016, signed a protocol with IGCAT to build a network of Regional Young Chef Ambassadors advocating
The first European Region of Gastronomy hand-over ceremony took place on 24 January 2017, at Electra Metropolis Hotel in Athens, Greece. Catalonia (Spain) and Minho (Portugal), 2016 European Regions of Gastronomy, passed the baton to 2017 winners: Aarhus-Central Denmark Region(Denmark), East Lombardy (Italy), and Riga-Gauja region (Latvia), officially awarded the title at a ceremony in Expo Milan in October
Policy-leaders from eight European Regions of Gastronomy engaged in a discussion concerning Food, tourism, and sustainability as drivers for regional development on 24 January 2017 in Athens. The Round Table, aimed at exchanging views about real challenges and lessons learnt, was moderated by Caroline Couret, Director of the Creative Tourism Network and featured interventions by George
Every year the International Institute for Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism, IGCAT, embraces two to three European regions and award them the title European Region of Gastronomy. Winners are chosen based on their approach and attitude to food following ingredients from the first shoots in the field to the family
Little attention, if any, has been paid to one of the most recent “branches” of entrepreneurship: cultural and creative entrepreneurship. Sometimes, correctly or wrongly confused with social entrepreneurship, creative and cultural entrepreneurship has emerged as an independent research field in the last decades. From the pioneering article by Paul DiMaggio
Contemporary international relations see an increasing role for cultural diplomacy as a foreign policy tool. The proliferation of international cultural relations managed by non-state actors moved also governmental actors to reshape and to reinvigorate their government-driven cultural diplomacy. At the same time, the EU has shown an increasing interest in
This conference has two aims: First, to bring together leading creative tourism researchers with creative tourism networks and practitioners to outline “the state of the art” – the main lines of research and key issues in both the research and practice of creative tourism. What is the state of the
Simra Sethi, IGCAT´s International Expert from United States, presents The Slow Melt the first podcast covering the continuum of chocolate. The aim is to bring greater attention to the incredible people working so hard to support cocoa farmers and makers; advance conservation and social justice efforts; and explore the chemistry, psychology
According to AVAAZ, in days Europe could outlaw GM crops, or it could open the flood gates. These crops and their pesticides could be an ecological nightmare, but with enough support we can swing key countries to protect the future of farming. One of the crops can be lethal for
Dr. Alessio Cavicchi, IGCAT´s International Expert from Italy, is leading a new EU university-business project called The Wine Lab. It is widely recognised that small wineries achieve better performance when they are networked or clustered, but often firms located in areas that are geographically disadvantaged, have difficulties also in establishing
American farmers have secretly been feeding their cows defective Skittles to avoid paying for corn. That discovery was made public after a truck deposited hundreds of thousands of Skittles onto a rural road. All of them were in one colour and without the trademark “S” on them and, after they
In response to a subsequent call in September 2014 by Arterial Network for contribution from writers, journalists and researchers across the Africa continent to share their opinions and knowledge on a broad topic, a compendium of written works by 25 authors from 14 African countries has been released as a
