2025 UNESCO framework for cultural statistics, Part II: a classification guide
UNESCO has released the 2025 Framework for Cultural Statistics, Part II, introducing a comprehensive classification guide aimed at enhancing the measurement and analysis of cultural phenomena globally. This updated framework provides standardized definitions and indicators across various cultural domains, including cultural heritage, creative industries, and cultural participation. By harmonizing cultural statistics, UNESCO seeks to support evidence-based […]
International Food Atlas Webinar: Exploring Food Heritage through a UNESCO-Supported Initiative
IGCAT recently hosted the “International Food Atlas” webinar, presenting an ambitious global initiative to document, safeguard, and transmit foodways as living heritage. The session was organised by IGCAT and led by IGCAT Expert, Majed AlMuhanna from the Culinary Arts Commission of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture and representative of Aseer, World Region of Gastronomy 2024. Majed AlMuhanna presented the International Food Atlas as the […]
1st World Gastronomy Summit celebrated on the eve of MONDIACULT 2025
The International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism (IGCAT) is proud to highlight that its 1st World Gastronomy Summit, hosted by Catalonia as World Region of Gastronomy 2025, served as a major platform for advancing gastronomy’s role in cultural policy. The Summit culminated in the adoption of the Declaration on Food at the Heart […]
Recognising Food as Culture, Heritage, and Identity at IGCAT’s 1st World Gastronomy Summit
Food at the Heart of Culture and The Cultural Value of Food were the key themes explored at the 1st World Gastronomy Summit, held at the Palau de Pedralbes in Barcelona. The event was organised by the International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism (IGCAT) and generously hosted by the Government of Catalonia, World […]
IGCAT’s World Gastronomy Summit joins the Extended Programme “Towards MONDIACULT 2025”
The International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism (IGCAT) is proud to announce that its 1st World Gastronomy Summit, hosted by the Government of Catalonia, has been officially included as a side-event in the Extended Programme “Towards MONDIACULT 2025”, contributing to the objectives of the upcoming UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development. […]
IGCAT Endorses the UNESCO Food Atlas as an Urgent Tool to Safeguard Foodways
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 22–23 July 2025 IGCAT participated in a high-level international meeting co-organised by UNESCO and the Culinary Arts Commission of the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, focused on the development of a Food Atlas. This initiative aims to serve as an indispensable repository of traditional knowledge, community-based practices, and […]
IGCAT’s Food Film Menu 2024 screened at Slow Food’s Terra Madre
14 amazing food stories from across the globe have delighted an international audience at Slow Food’s Terra Madre – Salone del Gusto event in Turin, that hosted a screening of IGCAT’s International Food Film Menu 2024 on 28 September. This outstanding collection of short films highlighting local gastronomy and food sustainability, sparked enthusiasm and interest […]
Food in the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe
IGCAT is honored to acknowledge the participation of our President, Dr. Diane Dodd, at the 13th Advisory Forum of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe in Visegrád (25 – 27 September 2024), hosted by Stefano Dominioni, Executive Secretary of the European Institute of Cultural Routes (EICR). Dr. Dodd shared insights from the European […]
MONDIACULT 2022: States adopt historic Declaration for Culture
One hundred-fifty States unanimously adopted an ambitious Declaration for Culture at the end of a three-day conference convened by UNESCO. The text affirms culture as a “global public good”. It reflects countries’ agreement on a common roadmap to strengthen public policies in this field. MONDIACULT 2022, the largest world conference devoted to culture in the […]
Green Key International signs UNESCO Sustainable Travel Pledge
By signing the UNESCO and Expedia Group’s Sustainable Pledge, Green Key further strengthens its mission of promoting sustainable travel, community resilience and heritage conservation globally. Green Key’s endorsement of the UNESCO Pledge means a further 3,200 properties across more than 60 countries will become part of the UNESCO Pledge, taking the total to more than […]
UN backs plans to ensure regular, healthy school meals for every child in need by 2030
Following pandemic-driven school closures, five UN agencies threw their strong support behind an international coalition to improve the nutrition, health and education of school-age children around the world. In a joint declaration on Tuesday, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World […]
UNESCO steps up efforts for biodiversity conservation
UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme today added 20 new sites, in 21 countries to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, which now numbers 727 biosphere reserves in 131 countries, including 22 transboundary sites. UNESCO Biosphere reserves now cover more than 5% of the Earth’s landmass, in which biodiversity conservation, environmental education, research and […]
