Boosting the power of co-creation at the 10th IGCAT Experts Meeting
Gastronomy as a key to local development, cross-sectoral collaboration, engaging local communities, the importance of education and life-long learning to secure a sustainable future, were among the topics discussed at the 10th IGCAT Experts Meeting hosted by Aseer, World Region of Gastronomy awarded 2024 on 22 April 2024. Organised at King Khalid University in Abha, […]
Consolidating visions for a better future
IGCAT and the European Region of Gastronomy Platform consolidate their vision for a better future. With the aim of stimulating engaging cross-cultural debate and fostering collective learning amongst the network of IGCAT experts and representatives of the European Region of Gastronomy Platform, the 5th Annual IGCAT Experts’ Meeting took place in Minho, European Region of […]
Boosting local economies: developing the MicroEcoRegion of Ter Gavarres
On Wednesday 21 June, IGCAT participated to a meeting organised by EcoRegió Catalunya and the Municipality of Celrà (Girona) at the Centre de Promoció econòmica in Celrà, to celebrate the approval of the MicroEcoRegion Ter Gavarres project. After attending the meeting of EcoRegió Catalunya Steering Committee in the morning, where possible opportunities for collaboration were explored, IGCAT was invited to the […]
European Sweets Itineraries – End or Beginning?
The European Sweets Itineraries (ESI) is a European project co-funded by the European COSME programme which aims to offer new educational itineraries for international VETs schools through the production of local sweets in regional areas of Portugal, Italy, and Spain, tested by students from Latvian Hospitality schools. The final partnership meeting and the public dissemination […]
Gastronomy and culture as niche products for youth-friendly tourism
Students take part in pilot #IGCAT project set to monitor new models for an educational approach to local cultures and gastronomy Hospitality students from Latvia have just received first-hand experience of sustainable European tourism offers connected to gastronomy and culture in Catalonia that is currently celebrating the title European Region of Gastronomy 2016. IGCAT organised and […]
How India can learn to tackle climate change from its indigenous communities
Phrang Roy, better known as Bah Phrang, works to preserve the knowledge of indigenous communities to ensure the children of today do not lose their links to their identity. As chairman of the North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society, an organisation active in 41 villages in Meghalaya, he promotes indigenous forms of knowledge through […]
People need affordable food – Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
FOOD and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva has said that declining prices could thwart international efforts to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty unless steps are taken to guarantee decent incomes and livelihoods for small-scale producers. Globally, food prices are believed to be back to their long-term downward trend in real terms, as […]
Tourism and local culture can fuel chinese rural economy
Yanqing, a national ecological demonstration base, will be one of the sites for the 2022 Winter Olympics. In the past four years, with an investment of 30 million yuan ($4.71 million), Yanqing has turned a once farm-field valley into an attractive place with beautiful names such as the «Most Beautiful Country Road». The State Administration […]
Visiting a Favela Community in Rio de Janeiro
Favela tours in Rio de Janeiro are a controversial subject. As Rio has been working to pacify many of the communities with the UPP (Police Pacification Units), tours have been on the rise as curious travellers leave the beach to explore another perspective of the city. With around 22 percent of Rio’s population living in the […]
When Tourism and Sports Team Up for Development and Peace
The Rio Olympics will be held from September 5th to 21st 2016 and will be the first ever Olympic Games in South America. According to the International Olympic Committee, tourist arrivals are expected to be around 480,000 for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Sport is a powerful tool because teams strengthen social ties and networks, […]
Plan to Boost Mizen Tourism with a Community Partnership Strategy
A PLAN to develop a single Mizen Peninsula brand, promote economic diversification and establish a formal network of historical assets for increased tourism was launched at the Mizen Head Visitor Centre.The Integrated Strategic Local Development Plan 2015 was revealed by the newly-formed Mizen Community Partnership (MCP). To encourage economic diversification, the MCP has begun networking […]
