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UNESCO Frmework for Cultural Statistics
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2025 UNESCO framework for cultural statistics, Part II: a classification guide

UNESCO has released the 2025 Framework for Cultural Statistics, Part II, introducing a comprehensive classification guide aimed at enhancing the measurement and analysis of cultural phenomena globally. This updated framework provides standardized definitions and indicators across various cultural domains, including cultural heritage, creative industries, and cultural participation. By harmonizing cultural statistics,

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14 October 2025
International Food Atlas Webinar: Exploring Food Heritage through a UNESCO-Supported Initiative
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IGCAT

International Food Atlas Webinar: Exploring Food Heritage through a UNESCO-Supported Initiative

IGCAT recently hosted the “International Food Atlas” webinar, presenting an ambitious global initiative to document, safeguard, and transmit foodways as living heritage. The session was organised by IGCAT and led by IGCAT Expert, Majed AlMuhanna from the Culinary Arts Commission of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture and representative of Aseer, World Region of Gastronomy 2024.  Majed AlMuhanna

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9 October 2025
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1st World Gastronomy Summit celebrated on the eve of MONDIACULT 2025

The International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism (IGCAT) is proud to highlight that its 1st World Gastronomy Summit, hosted by Catalonia as World Region of Gastronomy 2025, served as a major platform for advancing gastronomy’s role in cultural policy. The Summit culminated in the adoption of the Declaration

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29 September 2025
IGCAT’s Food Film Menu 2024 screened at Slow Food’s Terra Madre
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Fabrizia

IGCAT’s Food Film Menu 2024 screened at Slow Food’s Terra Madre

14 amazing food stories from across the globe have delighted an international audience at Slow Food’s Terra Madre – Salone del Gusto event in Turin, that hosted a screening of IGCAT’s International Food Film Menu 2024 on 28 September. This outstanding collection of short films highlighting local gastronomy and food

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29 September 2024
Food in the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe
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Fabrizia

Food in the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe

IGCAT is honored to acknowledge the participation of our President, Dr. Diane Dodd, at the 13th Advisory Forum of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe in Visegrád (25 – 27 September 2024), hosted by Stefano Dominioni, Executive Secretary of the European Institute of Cultural Routes (EICR). Dr. Dodd

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26 September 2024
MONDIACULT 2022 - States adopt historic Declaration for Culture
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Fabrizia

MONDIACULT 2022: States adopt historic Declaration for Culture

One hundred-fifty States unanimously adopted an ambitious Declaration for Culture at the end of a three-day conference convened by UNESCO. The text affirms culture as a “global public good”. It reflects countries’ agreement on a common roadmap to strengthen public policies in this field. MONDIACULT 2022, the largest world conference

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7 October 2022
Green Key International signs UNESCO Sustainable Travel Pledge
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Fabrizia

Green Key International signs UNESCO Sustainable Travel Pledge

By signing the UNESCO and Expedia Group’s Sustainable Pledge, Green Key further strengthens its mission of promoting sustainable travel, community resilience and heritage conservation globally. Green Key’s endorsement of the UNESCO Pledge means a further 3,200 properties across more than 60 countries will become part of the UNESCO Pledge, taking

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29 March 2022
UNESCO steps up efforts for biodiversity conservation with the designation of 20 new biosphere reserves
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Fabrizia

UNESCO steps up efforts for biodiversity conservation

UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme today added 20 new sites, in 21 countries to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, which now numbers 727 biosphere reserves in 131 countries, including 22 transboundary sites. UNESCO Biosphere reserves now cover more than 5% of the Earth’s landmass, in which biodiversity

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22 September 2021
Menorca stands out as a safe and sustainable destination at FITUR 2021
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Fabrizia

Menorca stands out as a safe and sustainable destination at FITUR 2021

Menorca, European Region of Gastronomy awarded 2022 was presented at FITUR as a leading destination in terms of sustainability and safety, on 20 May 2021, as reported by the online news portal Menorca.info. During her speech from the Balearic Islands’ stand, President of the Fundació Fomento del Turisme de Menorca (FFTM), Susana Mora highlighted

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24 May 2021
Biodiversity at risk, threatens human survival, UN forum hears
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Fabrizia

Biodiversity at risk, threatens human survival, UN forum hears

The Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Audrey Azoulay opened the UNESCO Forum on Biodiversity by pointing out that one year after its emergence, the COVID-19 pandemic has confirmed what we had already known; “by threatening biodiversity, humanity is threatening the conditions for its own survival”. “The pandemic demonstrated that

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26 March 2021
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