A journey through space and time across Europe to foster cultural heritage, enhance diversity and promote intercultural dialogue: the Council of Europe Cultural Routes Annual Advisory Forum 2016 will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva in Vilnius (Lithuania) on 26-27 October.
This year’s Forum “Expanding the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe: challenges and opportunities” will look at the recent expansion of the programme, highlighting both challenges and opportunities.
Over two days of workshops and interactive debates, two main themes will be explored:
- Expanding the geographic coverage and launching new partnerships;
- Developing new themes and practices.
The Forum will discuss trends and challenges in relation to Cultural Routes, providing a platform for sharing experiences, reviewing progress, analysing professional practices, launching new initiatives and developing partnerships across Europe and beyond. Participants range from managers among the 32 cultural routes of the Council of Europe to representatives of national ministries, European Union and International Organisations, academics, experts and tourism professionals. (more...)