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07 September 2011 Brussels

Alice JUDE, Coordinator of NECSTouR Permanent Secretariat

OBJECTIVES

HISTORY:2007: EC Communication “Agenda For a Competitive and sustainable tourism”2009: Official Creation of NECSTouR asbl

Adoption of Lisbon Treaty2010: EC Communication “Europe, the world’s No 1, tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe”

Strengthen and promote the coordination among European Regions to ensure the role of Regional authorities in the future

European Tourism Policy

CrossCultouR 07 September 2011, Brussels

MEMBERS

SPAIN Catalunya, Euskadi, La Rioja, Illes Balears (University of Girona, Tourism Research Institute CICTourGUNE)

UNITED KINGDOM Cornwall (Plymouth University) FRANCE Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Bretagne, Midi Pyrénées, Aquitaine, Bourgogne, Ile de France (Cité de la Culture et du Tourisme durable, French Chambers of Commerce) LUXEMBURG (European Institute of Cultural Routes) SWEDEN Vastra Gotäland, Skane SWITZERLAND Valais BELGIUM Vlaandern, German speaking Community of Belgium MALTA (University of Malta) ITALY Toscana, Veneto, Emilia Romagna, Puglia, Umbria, Campania (National Center of Research CNR, University of Florence, University of Pisa, LUSPIO University of Rome, Mediterranean Fondation of Lucca, SITI, ISNART, Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce, Legambiente Turismo, Legacoop, National Working Group on Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Observatory of European Islands) CZECH REPUBLIC Zlin Region (Buisness University of Prag, University of Economics of Prag) ALBANIA (European University of Tourism)


Activities


FOCUS: Cultural Routes


Taskforce: Governance of European Cultural Routes

Sustainable and competivtive paneuropean productSignificance of the regional level to create and maintain a coherent

transnational productsCoordination: Euskadi and EICRObjective: Gather and Analyse the knowledge on existing routes and develop a « good

governance toolkit » for regional authorities.Activities• Creation of a framework: Cooperation agreement with Council of Europe and adhesion of the European Insitute of Cultural Routes• Gathering Knowledge

External: CoE-EC Study, Odyssea, CrossCulTouR Internal:

- Collection of cultural routes of our members- Elaboration of a questionnaire for Regional authorities

• Participation to the call for proposals of DGENTR

QUESTIONNAIRE ON EUROPEAN CULTURAL ROUTES


- Responsibility-Methodology

-Budget-Specificity-Difficulties

- Measurement

GOOD GOVERNANCE TOOLKIT

NEXT POSSIBLE STEPS

– Integrate Regions of Transromanica within NECSTouR and use

their expertise to enrich the work of the taskforce

– Submit a proposal for the next call for proposal on transnational

cultural products


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