Pursuant Resolution CM/Res(2013)67, the Secretariat of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA) shall update every three years its list of eligible independent experts who may be asked to provide opinions on the award of the “Cultural Route of the Council of Europe” certification and the evaluation of Cultural Routes networks and projects, as well as to provide expertise for the launch and further development and consolidation of cultural routes.

Selected experts will analyse the application and evaluation files submitted by cultural route networks interested in obtaining or maintaining the certification "Cultural Route of the Council of Europe" in accordance with Resolution CM / Res (2013) 67 revising the rules for the award of the "Cultural Route of the Council of Europe" certification.

Working languages for drafting reports will be English or French.

Inclusion in the database of eligible experts will not guarantee selection for consultancy. This will depend, inter alia, on academic and professional experience in the field of cultural routes, knowledge of specific-subject matters related to cultural routes currently applying for certification or under regular evaluation, as well as on the need to ensure gender as well as geographical balance among selected experts.

Selected experts who have been involved in advising applicants on the development of their cultural route projects prior to the application or who have been involved in any capacity in the management, governance or scientific committee of a cultural route may not qualify to asses such an application.

In order to submit their application, interested candidates are invited to:

- Fill in the application form

- attach a CV to the form

Deadline for applications: 31 August 2018