The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and UNESCO will gather for the first time ministers of Tourism and Culture from around the world during the global cultural tourism conference to be held from the 4th to 6th February 2015 in Cambodia. The meeting will focus on five main themes: governance and partnership
Romania recently launched the competition that will design the Romanian city that will receive the title of European Capital of Culture in 2021, according to Minister of Culture Hegedüs Csilla. The deadline for submitting applications is October 10, 2015. ‘The European Parliament and the European Commission decided in April that
Limerick CEO Conn Murray has confirmed that there will be ‘no shortfall’ to the local authority as a result of City of Culture, the final bill for which stands at around €10m. Mr Murray was speaking after a special meeting of Limerick City and County Council at County Hall this
2015 looks set to be a bumper year for Irish tourism, generating “record levels of revenue” and creating around 8,000 more jobs, according to Failte Ireland. Dublin is to be rebranded as a city and the East/South area of the country will also be remarketed as a heritage destination, focusing
The Torribera Campus of Food in Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Barcelona) and CETT school host the only interuniversity degree of Culinary and Gastronomic Sciences taught in Spain. The 62 students of the first promotion will gain knowledge of the food from a scientific point of view to after manipulate them
Brighton’s newest restaurant SILO has adopted an interesting slant on sustainable behaviour by utilizing a pre-industrial food system which generates zero waste.SILO chooses to provide quality through purity, applying this ethos to determining their menu right down to how they source their ingredient. SILO pride themselves on totally eliminating waste from
From 1,000 to 10,000 gardens: this is the challenge with which Slow Food began 2014. An ambitious goal that Slow Food and its Foundation for Biodiversity are undertaking with the help of the network of Terra Madre communities in Africa, and with a major fundraising campaign across the rest of
George Chatzinakos joined the 4th ENCATC‘s (the European Network on Cultural Management and Cultural Policy education) Academy in Brussels, Belgium on 8-9 of December. The theme of this year’s Academy was on “Culture in External Relations and Cultural Diplomacy: Focus on the Americas”. The event was organised in partnership with Goldsmiths, University
Leading human rights and cultural players of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) gathered in Cape Town on the 4th and 5th of December 2014 to assess the state of the human rights agenda as it pertains to the arts and cultural sectors in Africa. Arterial Network South Africa (ANSA) and
As of 13 December 2014, new EU food labelling rules, adopted by the European Parliament and the Council in 2011, will ensure that consumers receive clearer, more comprehensive and accurate information on food content, and help them make informed choices about what they eat. However, rules relating to mandatory nutritional labelling
Malaysia Year of Festivals 2015 (MyFest) organisers recently made a pit stop in Penang with talks for stakeholders and industry players on how to make the campaign a success. Tourism Malaysia deputy director-general Datuk Azizan Noordin and general manager of Visit Malaysia Year 2014 Secretariat general manager Nor Yahati Awang presented
Thessaloniki in Greece is handing over Cluj-Napoca in Romania the title for the European Youth Capital, a title won during a competition that had 49 European countries as participants. The program’s mission is to support youngsters and youth organizations in their active participation in changing the society through a sustainable, responsible
The project aims to explore and try to build a common identity of young Europeans in relation to the culinary habits and terminology through workshops, national gastronomy nights and other activities.Through the exchange of new attempts to highlight the creativity and entrepreneurship and growth as a result of common interests
The French have a worldwide reputation for gastronomic excellence. But while the country still boasts some of the globe’s finest restaurants, chinks have begun to appear in its culinary armour with ever-increasing competition from other countries, from Japan to Brazil via Spain, Denmark and Britain. With so much riding on France’s
The West Bohemian city will be a European Capital of Culture next year. You can look forward to more than six hundred unique events starting Jan. 17 when the West Bohemian city of Pilsen takes up the banner as European Capital of Culture for 2015. ‘Pilsen 2015 is the biggest
The ‘sustainable city’ is only salvageable if we recognise the sociological and political problems that exist within it. Giving people a stake in the urban sustainability debate regardless of their background entails uniting around principles of diversity, recognition and participation. Currently, divisions are being created between those with the aptitude,
