Employment in food and hospitality businesses has doubled during 2013, according to a joint survey by Grant Thornton and Good Food Ireland. The report, entitled ‘A Foreign Affair — an Ireland abroad experience’, also found that Irish food and hospitality businesses experienced a 63% increase in turnover since 2012; and 90%
IGCAT recently posted a review in Amazon of the book “The Age of Culture” by D. Paul Schafer. According to IGCAT: “This book inspires passion and a great deal of soul searching as to how and where culture and arts got lost in their importance in today’s society. The exceptional author,
Delhi is a step closer to earning the prestigious tag of a World Heritage City, as the Ministry of Culture has sent a full-fledged dossier to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in January on the matter. UNESCO officials will visit the national capital around September to examine
IGCAT attended a public discussion between Ferran Adrià and Israel Ruiz on the theme “Keys to Creativity and Innovation”. They talked about creativity, innovation, training, science and opportunities in the conference which was held on June 25 at CaixaForum in Barcelona. The meeting was organized by the Association of Scholarship Holders
“80% of people in the United States now live in cities. They have to be fed.” So begins the trailer for Growing Cities(embedded below) and the film itself stays true to this simple but important idea. Visiting urban farming projects across the USA, stars and creators Dan Susman and Andrew Monbouquette
Berlin’s new cultural affairs secretary, Tim Renner is worried that the city’s fast-moving economic development might force artists and other culture-creators out of the city by 2030, he told the Berliner Zeitung. As part of his entree into the role, Renner says that he sat down with key members of his new
Armchair travel is one thing, but some novels are so captivating, they provoke an irresistible yearning to see James Joyce’s Dublin for yourself, to wander John Fowles’ mysterious Greek caves or float languidly — in Elizabeth Peters’ style — down the Nile. Joe Kinsella’s “Shoeless Joe” has launched many a
Nelson Carvalheiro, a travel and food blogger, dedicates his latest newsletter to Summer Portugal Food. As an Ambassador to the Blogging Community for APTECE – The Portuguese Food Travel Association, he shares the Portugal Food and Travel Stories project. In addition, he offers a 16 day all inclusive Food Tour of Portugal, where you will have the chance to eat charcoal grilled sardines
Brussels, 19th-20th June – On the Move participated in the two-day seminar on Artists’ mobility, social security and taxation in the EU convened by the European commission – DG Education and Culture. OTM was commissioned, via the EENC network*, to prepare an analytical report on the issue, which served as the background document of the event and was completed
The campaign launched on May 1st has so far been endorsed by more than 500 organizations worldwide. To know more about the campaign: read the Declaration and see the wide range of organizations demanding the inclusion of culture in the SDGs classified by country. In addition, use the communications tools to ask organizations and
To be amazed during your travels is a good thing, but to learn to reproduce what amazes you yourself while on holiday is something else. For example, instead of taking home a replica of an ancient vase as a souvenir from Crete, why not sign up for a pottery class
The 2nd International Meetings on Research and Public Decision-Making in Cultural Policies will be held on 3 and 4 December 2014 at the TNP of Villeurbanne, France. The general topic of these meetings, aiming to intertwine presentations of works and viewpoints of researchers and European and international actors, is Metamorphoses
Culture ministers of the EU met in Brussels and adopted a high level document on cultural heritage. The opening words of four paragraphs (out of the thirty) carry the essence: Cultural heritage plays an important role in creating and enhancing social capital, has an important economic impact, plays a specific role in achieving the Europe 2020 strategy goals
Cultural Policy Quick Facts is a short international overview of the existence of cultural policies, plans and guidelines; the nature of cultural authorities and governance; and the key elements of cultural policies. The information has been drawn from the Cultural Policy Database, an IFACCA initiative designed to compile information on the cultural policies
On 18 September in Brno, Czech Republic, in the framework of the 22nd ENCATC Annual Conference “New Challenges for the Arts: Is it just about money?” (17-19 September 2014), a selected group of academics, researchers, trainers and cultural professionals from Europe and around the world will present papers at the 5th Annual ENCATC Research
New independent research, commissioned by Tourism Research Australia and Tourism Western Australia, shows an increased focus on culinary tourism is in line with visitor trends and expectations. The research found more than one million domestic visitors to Western Australia last year actively sought out food and wine experiences or determined where
