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
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
IGCAT took part in a study on the impact of European cultural routes on small and medium size enterprises (SME’s), innovation and competitiveness as part of a European Commission funded project led and coordinated by the Council of Europe. The overarching goals of the study are to provide an insight
Diane Dodd recently completed editing a volume of collected papers on food and tourism experiences for the OECD. The volume looks that the ways in which food and gastronomy are becoming more closely linked with tourism, and how regions throughout the world are using food as a means of introducing
IGCAT’s Director, Diane Dodd recently completed editing a volume of collected papers on food and tourism experiences for the OECD. The volume looks that the ways in which food and gastronomy are becoming more closely linked with tourism, and how regions throughout the world are using food as a means
An evaluation of The Viking Route was delivered to the European Institute of Cultural Routes today. The evaluation considered if the Route met the criteria of selection necessary to carry the prestigious title Route major of the Council of Europe. Diane Dodd from ARTidea was chosen by a jury last
The third European Cultural Capital Report aims to update the wealth of information contained in both previous reports (European Cultural Capital Report volumes I and II produced by Bob Palmer and Greg Richards) and the original evaluation report (produced for the European Commission – Palmer Report, 2004).Given the wealth of
More than 100 participants from 24 countries gathered in Barcelona on the occasion of the first International Conference on Creative Tourism in order to discuss the rapidly growing field of creative tourism in Europe. Prof. Greg Richards from Tilbourg University gave a keynote speach that outlined the growing importance of this
More than 100 participants from 24 countries gathered in Barcelona on the occasion of the first International Conference on Creative Tourism in order to discuss the rapidly growing field of creative tourism in Europe. Prof. Greg Richards from Tilbourg University (now IGCAT’s President) gave a keynote speach that outlined the
