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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Limerick bid for European culture title will be no easy task

News that Limerick will bid for the title of European Capital of Culture in 2020 comes as little surprise, yet those assembling the bid will face a lengthy and arduous process. The city will face a tough challenge from Galway and a likely cluster of cities in the South East

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Arterial Network: Driving Africa's Creative Sector with New Website

The General Council of the Arterial Network is currently meeting in Rabat, Morocco (10-11 November), where Arterial Network is proud to launch its new website, actualizing its mission in becoming a leading source of information and exchange for the African creative sector and its diaspora. Arterial Networks’ web-platform will revolutionize

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Farida to get UCLG 'Individual Award' in Mexico City

Renowned women rights activist Farida Shaheed has been awarded International Award UCLG – Mexico City – Culture 21 – that is given to personalities that have distinguished themselves through their contribution to culture as a dimension of sustainable development. Farida is the special rapporteur of the United Nations in the

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Gastronomic Cities: IV Transnational Event 13-15 of November 2014 | Hospitalet de Llobregat | Barcelona

Gastronomic Cities:City strategy on gastronomy as a tool for tourism and employment development is a Pilot Transfer Network within the framework of URBACT programme. The network,with 16 months of  duration, involves 5 European cities through its  municipalities: Fermo (Italy), Hospitalet de Llobregat (Spain), Alba Iulia (Romania) and Korydallos (Greece), leaded by

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Youth Food Movement | Netherlands

Are you interested in current topics around food, such as diminishing biodiversity or an increase in levels of obesity? And are you between 18-35 years old? Youth Food Movement (YFM) is offering an interactive learning programme to further knowledge about making our food chain more sustainable. This interactive programme lasts

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Limerick to bid for European Capital of Culture

Limerick City and County Council has announced plans to bid for Limerick City to be given the title of European Capital of Culture 2020. The Council confirmed that a local steering group, led by the local authority and comprising community, business interests and public representatives will be set up to

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

What Seven Families Across the Globe Eat in a Week?

There’s a lot of talk about the combined problems of food waste , obesity and, paradoxically, unprecedented hunger, but nobody has been able to put food politics into perspective as succinctly as Oxfam America. With an aim to raise awareness of issues of poverty and injustice throughout the globe, Oxfam staff

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Destinations try to build a brand with culinary tourism

In 2005, the tourism body for Providence, Rhode Island, discovered that it desperately needed a brand refresh and successfully turned itself into a New England culinary hub with chefs and new restaurants concepts attracting visitors for foodie trips. Now, a decade later, Providence is realizing that food alone isn’t enough

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Museomix: People Make Museums | An Audience Development Event

Museomix is a 3-day creative sprint to invent, design, prototype and test innovative museum installations with new technologies. It is the first international cultural makeathon that mixes skills and insights. The event is a gathering of mediators, tinkerers, designers, developers, graphic designers, communicators, artists, writers, scientists … at the heart

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Experience Tourism
Diane Dodd

Events to give a taste of 'the real Bermuda'

The Bermuda Tourism Authority’s new winter schedule, ‘Uncovering the Arts’, was kicked off by St George’s Town Crier David Frith. The strategy was launched with a view to attracting more visitors to the Island during slower season. Bermuda’s food, culture and heritage are high on the agenda for tourism attractions

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Experience Tourism
Diane Dodd

Sustainable tourism path to stretch across Europe

It’s called EuroVelo8, and it is what is being planned as THE bike path in the Mediterranean. This is a European project co-funded by the European Commission and winner of the EU Commission called ‘Transnational Tourism Products to Increase the Competitiveness and Sustainability of European Tourism’ of the former CIP

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