PER VIAM - Pilgrim Routes in action

PER VIAM - Pilgrim Routes in action
Recipients:
Duration:
Partner:
DG Enterprise and Industry European Commission
12 months (from March 1st, 2012)
Coordinator: European Association of the Via Francigena Ways
Co-recipients
Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Rome (IT);Tuscany Region,
Florence (IT);Canterbury City Council, Canterbury (UK);SiTI Higher Institute on
Territorial Systems for Innovation, Turin (IT);Bologna University • Rimini
Campus Branch and Advanced School of Tourism Sciences, Rimini
(IT);European Institute of Cultural Routes, Luxembourg (LU);Nidaros
Pilegrimsgård, Trondheim (NO).Associated partners:
Lazio Region, Rome (IT),Association «Les Chemins de Saint Michel», Vire
(FR)Association CIVITA, Rome (IT)Federation of France of the Santiago de
Compostela Pilgrims' Routes Associations (FR)European Cultural Centre Saint
Martin de Tours, Tours (FR)Barcelona University • IBERTUR, Barcelona
(ES)Paris 1 University • Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris (FR)Salento University,
Lecce (IT)Pavia University, Pavia (IT)Cambridge Centre for Landscape and
People, Cambridge (UK)Italian Geographic Society Onlus, Rome (IT)Studi del
Mediterraneo Campus Foundation, Lucca (IT)
Description: Per Viam, Pilgrims' Routes in Action" is the title of the European project coordinated by European Association of the Via
Francigena Ways and founded by the European Union, within the preliminary Action "Sustainable Tourism".
The projectconcernsthe via Francigena and the other trans-national pilgrimage routes certified by the Council of Europe,
seen as means of cultural and sustainable tourism development and as community participation in the enhancement of
European cultural diversity.
Thanks to Institutions, to European networks and to local organizations, the project aims to create a European network
of pilgrimage routes officially recognized by the Council of Europe: the Via Francigena, the Santiago de Compostela
Pilgrims' Routes, the Saint Michael Ways, the Route of Saint Olav Ways, the Saint Martin of Tours Route
Objectives:
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Placing the "Via Francigena" tourism project on a European level,
Creating a territorial brand of the Via Francigena and of the other pilgrimage routes certified by the Council of Europe,
Connecting the Via Francigena with the values linked to culture and sustainable tourism,
Creating a European network of actors involved in the development of trans-national pilgrimage routes,
Supporting economical development and investment opportunities in tourism in the territories crossed by the Via
Francigena and by the other pilgrimage routes.
Methods: The partners will cooperate within the framework of a consortium to promote a responsible and sustainable approach
toward cultural tourism along the Via Francigena. Their joint action willaim to improve the visibility, the communication,
(European Festival of the Via Francigena, promotional material, development of website, walking events, etc.),
theawareness and accessibility of the route (institutional planning meetings, workshops and scientific seminars), in order
to improve the experience of slow tourism.
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Skills: Cultural heritage and historical landscape; religious and sustainable tourism.
Innovative content: The different target groups will benefit from the project through the sharingof good practice, dialogue and scientific
research. As explained before, the project answers the need to create an integrated governance model for the Via
Francigena and the pilgrimage routes certified by the Council of Europe. It will come from the possibility of strengthening
the actors' network by increasing their ability to work togheter in order to vgive value to the Via Francigena.The impact
of this will highlightthe importance of a strong and dynamic partnership aimed at working on cross themes which
concern sustainable tourism and the Via Francigena under an institutional, geographic, cultural, literary, historical and
economic profile. The strengthening of institutional players who work togetherin order to share methods and their
applicationsrepresents the starting point towards the future andto widenthe consciousness of Via Francigena as a
potential"tourist product".
Results: The project aims at promoting and reinforcing the European cooperation among public and private partners involvedat
all governance levels concerning the cultural-touristic routes of the Via Francigena.
SITI – Istituto Superiore sui Sistemi Territoriali per l’Innovazione
Via Pier Carlo Boggio, 61 - 10138 Torino ITA
Tel 0039.011.1975.1111 - Fax 0039.011.1975.1122
E-mail: [email protected]
© Copyright SiTI 2010
Website: www.siti.polito.it