Events
Explore all RURITAGE's past and upcoming events.
Meet the community behind RURITAGE
RURITAGE is not a project. At least if you believe our project territories. Instead, RURITAGE has become a community of people, experiences and exchanges. You can get [...]
RURITAGE has ended – where does this leave us?
As all good things, the four years of RURITAGE have come to an end, but it’s not a bad thing. Instead, we must look at what we [...]
Additional Replicators – establishing action plans together with RURITAGE community
In February 2019, RURITAGE launched an open call for additional territories to join our community and develop their own heritage-led strategies within the project's framework. We received [...]
RURITAGE workshops for Latin America and the Caribbean UNESCO Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks.
A great deal of Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries face challenges similar to those that the RURITAGE community has been addressing. With that in mind, our [...]
Heritage-based regeneration at regional level: learning from practice
Kuopio, Finland on 10th-12th of May 2022 During the second week of May 2022, the 3-day Summer School “Heritage-based regeneration at regional level: learning from practice” was [...]
RURITAGE Summer School in Politecnico di Torino
Ruritage Summer School in Torino, 26th June - 2nd July, just ended with a significant student audience gathering in that Italian city. The course was organized by [...]
Around the world in 19 pitches – Ruritage’s impact on its Role Models and Replicators
In early June, Ruritage’s Role Models and Replicators pitched their final progress to a rapt audience at the project’s final conference in Paris. After four years of [...]
RURITAGE Final Conference – 9 &10 June 2022 at UNESCO, Paris
As a way of celebrating the achievements of RURITAGE project, the conference “Sustainable Rural Regeneration in the European Agenda” was held on the 9 and 10 of [...]
Sustainable Rural Regeneration Conference at UNESCO’s headquarters on 9 and 10 June 2022
On the 9th and 10th of June 2022, RURITAGE will host its final conference at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris. During the conference, practitioners and international experts on […]
RURITAGE Resource Ecosystem
RURITAGE Resources Ecosystem is RURITAGE project digital hub that gathers information, data and methodologies that were created and applied during the project. It serves as an online […]
Rural Connections Webinar #3 Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilence
Rural Connections, webinar series for knowledge exchange with EU Rural projects”, is a set of three webinars involving RURITAGE Role Models and Replicators and a group of […]
Rural Connections Webinar #2 Vision for the Future of Rural Areas
Rural Connections. Webinar series for knowledge exchange with EU Rural projects, is a set of three webinars involving RURITAGE and a group of European rural projects. The […]
Test of the tourist route in Magma Geopark
Organized by Region Stavanger and Magma UNESCO Global Geopark, 11 tour operators from 3 continents and 8 countries, visited the region as a preliminary test for the […]
Guide Course in UNESCO Global Magma Geopark
After last year’s Ambassador Course, run online due to Covid-19, UNESCO Global Magma Geopark, Eigersund Næring og Havn KF and Smaabyen Flekkefjord delivered the third edition of […]
LESVOS Island UNESCO Global Geopark MTB and Trail Runs
Lesvos Island UNESCO Global Geopark has already scheduled 6 Mountain Bike Races and 5 Mountain Trail Run Races at the geopark. The athletic events are among the […]
Travelling Voices, how storytelling can be used to tell about rural regeneration
How does cycling on an abandoned railroad in Norway sound to you? How about going on a geological wine-tour, in Germany? Maybe drinking from a miraculous healing […]
Micro E-learning platform “Motimate” launched by Magma UNESCO Global Geopark
Magma UNESCO Global Geopark recently launched the Micro E-Learning platform, an interactive tool which allows local tourist providers and anyone interested to learn about the Geopark to […]
Coming together: Culture, Heritage and Smart Specialisation
Cultural and natural heritage is a crucial part of our communities and our everyday lives. Nonetheless, it is much more complex than we often realize: It can […]
RURITAGE Board of Regions 1st workshop
On November 4th, 2021, over a dozen representatives of Ruritage’s Board of Regions gathered at a virtual workshop to discuss Culture and Natural Heritage (CNH) integration in […]
PIAM Onlus Ottobaso Walk
Otto Basso Monferrato” is a PIAM Onlus association project born in 2019. Its goal is to promote the northwest territories of the Asti province as a holiday […]
Camino Connectivity Map
Also known as St. James Way, the French Camino de Santiago de Compostela is a thousand-year-old pilgrim route which, since the 9th century, transformed the “finis terrae” […]
The sunflower field where smiles are cultivated – Puglia!
In Foggia, Puglia (Italy) a local farm has transformed the way they grow sunflowers with the objective of not only growing a commercial product but also to […]
Basket Weaving in Izmir.
One of Izmir’s regeneration plan actions aims at preserving the ancient basket weaving craft which is fading by training new basket weavers.In this scope, the community is […]
Psiloritis UGGp creates a campaign in Athens metro stations.
In order to further promote the tourism products and the heritage of the geopark to the visitors and residences of the biggest city of Greece, Athens, the […]
Virtual course on Local Economic Development – Colombia
For three months starting in January 2022, the Federación Colombiana de Municípios will organize a digital course on Local Economic Development focusing on heritage conservation and land […]
Appignano del Tronto Rural Art Festival
During 3 days in September, the community of Appignano del Tronto, Italy, organised the open air Rural Art Festival, a colleciton of cultural events and a walking […]
Global Nomadic Art Project in Geo-N UNESCO Global Geopark.
In cooperation with the International Forest Art Association, Darmstadt, Germany, Geo-N organized and implemented a Global Nomadic Art Project (GNAP) “Nature Art Stories” 2021. International and German […]
Coastal People-Coastal Life: Using Local Empowerment for Transmission Into Smart Development
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Stone Landscapes and the Scent of Hazelnuts: Renewing Rural Tourism Through Local Culture
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Mysia Ways: Nature-Based and Cultural Tourism Project as a Means for Regional Sustainable Development
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Polevaya Village: Creating Clusters for the Development of Rural Tourism
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Cultural Routes and Heritage Education in Zagori Ecomuseum
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Teach Out Class in Magma UNESCO Global Geopark
Using the interactive TeachOut app, the Magma UNESCO Global Geopark organized an outdoor class where fourteen international students participated. The action took place along the Helvikk trail, […]
St. Rosalia Cave opening!
After being closed for five years due a rockfall, the St. Rosalia cave in the Municipality of Globasnitz/Globasnica, Austria, was finally open to the public in early […]
Donegal Weaving, Wild Atlantic Way
As a way of contributing for the revival of the Donegal style of tweed weaving, a craft that goes back for over 100 years, WestBic, EU Business […]
The fruit that tells the history of the Ørland landscape
Although today this knowledge is almost lost, in Ørland, Norway, historical documents show evidence of a variety of fruit productions in the region. Unfortunately the remains of […]
Treasure Hunt in the Katla UNESCO Global Geopark
In the context of their Regeneration Plan, which includes the research on ancient travel paths along with the creation of themed trails and other activities related to […]
“Foro Territórios con Futuro” by AICE
On the 16th of October, AEICE, organized the “Foro Territorios con Futuro” (“Territories with a Future Forum”), in the emblematic “Casas del Tratado”, Tordesillas, where in 1494 […]
Art, Landscape & Food gather in Take Art’s Cultivate RURITAGE hub
As a way of exchanging knowledge between the local food and arts sectors, Take Art, through is RURITAGE hub Cultivate, linked with other local organisations to create […]
Forest Art Workshop in Lesvos Island.
The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest in collaboration with Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald UNESCO Global Geopark and the International Forest Art Association – Verein für Internationale […]
International Palace Games, Visegrád, Hungary.
The International Palace Games of Visegrádv are held annually in Visegrád – a small castle town in Pest County, Hungary – on the second weekend of July, […]
Negova Castle Festival of Love, Slovenia
Best known for its wine, spa towns and rural tranquillity, north-eastern Slovenia is a land of medieval towns and soft hills. In one of those hills, surrounded […]
Carbunart Summer Artistic Camp – Via Mariae, Romania
Involving several artists from Bucharest, Cluj Napoca and Harghita County and in collaboration with the Farkaslaka Mayor’s Office, Harghita County Cultural Centre and the Harghita County Centre […]
RURITAGE Professional Master’s Programme Information Session
Interested in learning more about the Professional Master’s progamme on Heritage for Rural Regeneration? The Professional Master’s Information Session will be held online on 20 October 2021, […]
Forum “Territórios con Futuro” – 16th October 2021
Organised by RURITAGE partners AEICE – Habitat Eficiente and their local development initiative, SomosDueroDouro, the “Territórios con Futuro” forum, live on the 16th of October, will work […]
Athletic Activities in Lesvos Island Unesco Global Geopark
Lesvos Relay 320km The most popular sports festival in Lesvos island Unesco Global Geopark took place on Saturaday 25 and Sunday 26 September 2021 with great success […]
Exploring the consequences of climate change in the geological record, an internatonal exhibition.
RURITAGE partners from the Levos Island UNESCO Global Geopark in Greece and the Geo-Naturepark Bergstraße-Odenwald (UNESCO Global Geopark) in Germany, together with the UNESCO World Heritage Site […]
Summer School on Rural Enterprise, Heritage and Tourism Development
Together with four other European Union Horizon 2020 funded projects – Rubizmo, Ruralization, Liverur and Polirural – we’re delivering a summer school focusing on Rural Enterprise, Tourism […]
RURITAGE Board Of Regions
Many regions across Europe are currently updating their “Regional Smart Specialisation Strategies” (RIS3) – in other words, research and innovation strategies for a region that: focus policy […]
Systemic Innovation Areas Webinar Series. Landscape Valorisation – Driver for Rural Regeneration – 30th April.
Our next webinar will be on the 30th of April @ 13h30 CET! Rural landscapes of Europe are products of a thousand-year-old collaboration between human society and […]
Board of Regions
The RURITAGE Board of Regions is made out of European regional authorities who are interested in understanding how to integrate Cultural and Natural Heritage into their Smart Specialization Strategies [...]
Rural Connections Webinar #1 Rural tourism and marketing
This first Rural Connections webinar aims to exchange knowledge and best practices between EU projects on Rural Tourism and Marketing. Rural Connections. Webinar series for knowledge exchange […]
The 10th International Forest Art Trail: Nature – Culture – Identity
It is a warm July day. Together with other volunteers and art lovers, Samira Jamali has been working with the drill for hours. Under the supervision of […]
Systemic Innovation Areas Webinar Series. Local Food. Drivers for Rural Regeneration – 12th of March
Food and gastronomy embody agricultural practices, landscape, local history and traditions, symbolizing the cultural heritage of a territory and are becoming ever more relevant in improving the […]
Webinar Series on Food Innovation
Our partners from the Municipality of Appignano del Tronto and Savonia University are organising a webinar on Food Innovation open to everyone. These will cover e-commerce, new […]
RURITAGE in EUROMONTANA Network
RURITAGE project was presented by our partner Psiloritis UNESCO Global Geopark during a web-meeting organised on 20th of January under the EUROMONTANA Network which focuses on the development and […]
Lesvos Island Unesco Global Geopark – 4th Participatory Workshop
The 4th and last participatory workshop of Lesvos Island Unesco Global Geopark was held online on Wednesday, 27 January 2021. The beginning of the new year provided […]
Systemic Innovation Areas Webinar Series Arts & Festivals. Drivers for Rural Regeneration – 3rd February
Last autumn we launched a series of public webinars on RURITAGE Systemic Innovation Areas. The first theme was Resilience followed by Migration and Pilgrimage On the 3rd of February it […]
Announcing the RURITAGE Photo Contest Winners
Announcing the RURITAGE Photo Contest WinnersWe are excited to announce the long-awaited results of the RURITAGE Photo Contest! We are excited to announce the long-awaited results of [...]
Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest Online Participatory Workshop Tuesday 15 December
The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest will host its third online participatory workshop with local stakeholders on Tuesday 15th December . The previous two […]
Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest 2nd Online Participatory Workshop
The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest will host its second online participatory workshop with local stakeholders next Thursday, 3rd December. The first online participatory […]
Nigel Crawhall
Chief of Section for Small Islands and Indigenous Knowledge in the Natural Sciences Sector of UNESCO
Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest Online Participatory Workshop
The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest is hosting its first online participatory workshop with local stakeholders tomorrow, Tuesday 24th November 2020. One of the […]
Systemic Innovation Areas Webinar Series “Pilgrimage Routes, drivers for rural regeneration” – 27th November.
After a series of webinars introducing RURITAGE’s paradigm (recordings here) this autumn we launched a series of public webinars on RURITAGE Systemic Innovation Areas. The first theme was Resilience […]
Kristof Vandenberghe
Chief of UNESCO’s Section for Earth Sciences and Geo-Hazard Risk Reduction and Secretary of the International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme
Fine Tuning Workshop 21-22 October 2020
RURITAGE believes that sharing knowledge is an essential part of the rural regeneration process. This process involves sharing experiences, learnt lessons and posing questions in a process […]
Bird watching in Lesvos Island UNESCO Global Geopark 17th & 18th October 2020
The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest and the Kalloni Environmental Information Center in collaboration with the Hellenic Ornithological Society are organizing guided bird watching […]
Systemic Innovation Areas Webinar Series “Cultural and Natural Heritage as a Tool for Rural Regeneration and Social Inclusion of Migrants”
After a series of webinars introducing RURITAGE’s paradigm (recordings here) this autumn we launched a series of public webinars on RURITAGE Systemic Innovation Areas. The first theme was Resilience. […]
35th Breakfast@Sustainability’s Cultural and Natural Heritage for regional Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3)
17 November 2020, 09:30 – 12:00 (CET) What is Smart Specialisation and how does it contribute to regional development in Europe? What is the status of Research […]
Outdoor Performance Days
Outdoor Performance DaysSomerset, England To support villages to come together to enjoy social and cultural interaction Take Art created a working party consisting of local village volunteer [...]
“Thinking beyond the COVID-19 crisis: heritage-based opportunities for rural regeneration” – EU Vison Paper
Read more about the European Vision paper Thinking beyond the COVID-19 crisis: heritage-based opportunities for rural regeneration.
Resilience in COVID times The role of RURITAGE project.
For the RURITAGE project partners the COVID-19 pandemic has not only halted a critical development phase for the Replicators and Role Models rural communities, but also generated […]
Petrified Forest MTB Adventure 2020 Lesvos Island UNESCO Global Geopark
On Sunday 11th October, the Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest will host the final of “LESVOS RIDE GRAND PRIX MTB series 2020” in Sigri. […]
Digital Educational Programmes for young children at the Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest
During Greece’s lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic the Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest designed digital educational programmes for children of all ages aiming […]
Pilgrimage in Karavanke/Karawanken Geopark
Last week, on Monday the 21st of September the first pilgrimage in the context of the Ruritage project took place in the Karavanke/Karawanken UNESCO Global Geopark. Inspired […]
Systemic Innovation Areas Webinar Series “Cultural and Natural Heritage as a driver for Resilience in rural areas”
After a series of webinars introducing RURITAGE’s paradigm (recordings here) this autumn we launch a series of public webinars on RURITAGE Systemic Innovation Areas. The first theme […]
SUMMER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES in THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE LESVOS PETRIFIED FOREST
During the summer months the Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest designed and implemented summer educational programmes for children from local communities, refugees and their […]
European Heritage Days 25-27 September 2020 «Heritage and Education: Learning for life»
The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest will participate in the European Heritage Days 2020 by implementing educational activities for its young friends. Inspired by […]
Illustrating local heritage
Illustrating local heritageImbabura Geoparque Mundial, Ecuador A competition for illustrating the indigenous legend “El Gigante and Las Lagunas de Imbabura” was initiated in Imbabura Geopark to process [...]
RURALIZATION Webinar – Impact of COVID-19 on young people in rural and urban areas
COVID-19 has strongly impacted both urban and rural areas. It is now important to understand the extend of these impacts, discuss positive and negative effects of the […]
Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest Educational Programme
Following last weekend’s activities, the Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest, one of our Role Models, continues its educational programme. On the weekend of 19th […]
Festival of Love, Negova Castle, 4–6 September 2020
During three days the Festival of Love – Festival ljubezni – took place in the spectacular envirnoment of the Negova Castle. Everybody who enjoys literature, music, visual […]
St. Olav Waterway Virtual Pilgrimage – 21st to 25th September
St. Olav Waterway is a pilgrimage route from Turku in Finland, through the Finnish archipelago and Åland Islands ending in Sweden, where it connects to existing St. […]
Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest Educational Programmes
The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest, one of our Role Models, invites all its young friends to take part in the educational programmes that […]
CALDERA RUN ANEMOTIA 2020 – Lesvos Island UNESCO Global Geopark
With the participation of a great number of athletes, the mountain trail run “CALDERA RUN ANEMOTIA” took place in the Lesvos Island UNESCO Global Geopark on the […]
Marta Bottero
Full professor in Planning Evaluation and Project Appraisal at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning of Politecnico di Torino.
James Donlon
Unit Manager – National and International Enterprise and Innovation Projects, WestBIC
Annegreth Dietze-Schirdewahn
Professor at the Norweigan School of Landscape Architecture (NMBU).
Rosa Tamborrino
Scientific Responsible for Politecnico di Torino (POLITO) and full professor teaching Digital History
Angela Santangelo
Junior assistant professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Bologna (UNIBO).
Sustainable Rural Regeneration Conference at UNESCO’s headquarters on 9 and 10 June 2022
On the 9th and 10th of June 2022, RURITAGE will host its final conference at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris. During the conference, practitioners and international experts on […]
Rural Connections Webinar #3 Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilence
Rural Connections, webinar series for knowledge exchange with EU Rural projects”, is a set of three webinars involving RURITAGE Role Models and Replicators and a group of […]
Rural Connections Webinar #2 Vision for the Future of Rural Areas
Rural Connections. Webinar series for knowledge exchange with EU Rural projects, is a set of three webinars involving RURITAGE and a group of European rural projects. The […]
RURITAGE Board of Regions 1st workshop
On November 4th, 2021, over a dozen representatives of Ruritage’s Board of Regions gathered at a virtual workshop to discuss Culture and Natural Heritage (CNH) integration in […]
RURITAGE Professional Master’s Programme Information Session
Interested in learning more about the Professional Master’s progamme on Heritage for Rural Regeneration? The Professional Master’s Information Session will be held online on 20 October 2021, […]
Summer School on Rural Enterprise, Heritage and Tourism Development
Together with four other European Union Horizon 2020 funded projects – Rubizmo, Ruralization, Liverur and Polirural – we’re delivering a summer school focusing on Rural Enterprise, Tourism […]
Systemic Innovation Areas Webinar Series. Landscape Valorisation – Driver for Rural Regeneration – 30th April.
Our next webinar will be on the 30th of April @ 13h30 CET! Rural landscapes of Europe are products of a thousand-year-old collaboration between human society and […]
Rural Connections Webinar #1 Rural tourism and marketing
This first Rural Connections webinar aims to exchange knowledge and best practices between EU projects on Rural Tourism and Marketing. Rural Connections. Webinar series for knowledge exchange […]
Systemic Innovation Areas Webinar Series. Local Food. Drivers for Rural Regeneration – 12th of March
Food and gastronomy embody agricultural practices, landscape, local history and traditions, symbolizing the cultural heritage of a territory and are becoming ever more relevant in improving the […]
Webinar Series on Food Innovation
Our partners from the Municipality of Appignano del Tronto and Savonia University are organising a webinar on Food Innovation open to everyone. These will cover e-commerce, new […]
RURITAGE in EUROMONTANA Network
RURITAGE project was presented by our partner Psiloritis UNESCO Global Geopark during a web-meeting organised on 20th of January under the EUROMONTANA Network which focuses on the development and […]
Lesvos Island Unesco Global Geopark – 4th Participatory Workshop
The 4th and last participatory workshop of Lesvos Island Unesco Global Geopark was held online on Wednesday, 27 January 2021. The beginning of the new year provided […]
Systemic Innovation Areas Webinar Series Arts & Festivals. Drivers for Rural Regeneration – 3rd February
Last autumn we launched a series of public webinars on RURITAGE Systemic Innovation Areas. The first theme was Resilience followed by Migration and Pilgrimage On the 3rd of February it […]
Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest 2nd Online Participatory Workshop
The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest will host its second online participatory workshop with local stakeholders next Thursday, 3rd December. The first online participatory […]
Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest Online Participatory Workshop
The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest is hosting its first online participatory workshop with local stakeholders tomorrow, Tuesday 24th November 2020. One of the […]
Systemic Innovation Areas Webinar Series “Pilgrimage Routes, drivers for rural regeneration” – 27th November.
After a series of webinars introducing RURITAGE’s paradigm (recordings here) this autumn we launched a series of public webinars on RURITAGE Systemic Innovation Areas. The first theme was Resilience […]
Bird watching in Lesvos Island UNESCO Global Geopark 17th & 18th October 2020
The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest and the Kalloni Environmental Information Center in collaboration with the Hellenic Ornithological Society are organizing guided bird watching […]
Systemic Innovation Areas Webinar Series “Cultural and Natural Heritage as a Tool for Rural Regeneration and Social Inclusion of Migrants”
After a series of webinars introducing RURITAGE’s paradigm (recordings here) this autumn we launched a series of public webinars on RURITAGE Systemic Innovation Areas. The first theme was Resilience. […]
35th Breakfast@Sustainability’s Cultural and Natural Heritage for regional Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3)
17 November 2020, 09:30 – 12:00 (CET) What is Smart Specialisation and how does it contribute to regional development in Europe? What is the status of Research […]
Petrified Forest MTB Adventure 2020 Lesvos Island UNESCO Global Geopark
On Sunday 11th October, the Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest will host the final of “LESVOS RIDE GRAND PRIX MTB series 2020” in Sigri. […]
Systemic Innovation Areas Webinar Series “Cultural and Natural Heritage as a driver for Resilience in rural areas”
After a series of webinars introducing RURITAGE’s paradigm (recordings here) this autumn we launch a series of public webinars on RURITAGE Systemic Innovation Areas. The first theme […]
European Heritage Days 25-27 September 2020 «Heritage and Education: Learning for life»
The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest will participate in the European Heritage Days 2020 by implementing educational activities for its young friends. Inspired by […]
RURALIZATION Webinar – Impact of COVID-19 on young people in rural and urban areas
COVID-19 has strongly impacted both urban and rural areas. It is now important to understand the extend of these impacts, discuss positive and negative effects of the […]
Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest Educational Programme
Following last weekend’s activities, the Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest, one of our Role Models, continues its educational programme. On the weekend of 19th […]
Festival of Love, Negova Castle, 4–6 September 2020
During three days the Festival of Love – Festival ljubezni – took place in the spectacular envirnoment of the Negova Castle. Everybody who enjoys literature, music, visual […]
St. Olav Waterway Virtual Pilgrimage – 21st to 25th September
St. Olav Waterway is a pilgrimage route from Turku in Finland, through the Finnish archipelago and Åland Islands ending in Sweden, where it connects to existing St. […]
Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest Educational Programmes
The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest, one of our Role Models, invites all its young friends to take part in the educational programmes that […]
CALDERA RUN ANEMOTIA 2020 – Lesvos Island UNESCO Global Geopark
With the participation of a great number of athletes, the mountain trail run “CALDERA RUN ANEMOTIA” took place in the Lesvos Island UNESCO Global Geopark on the […]
Join the RURITAGE Photo Contest!
Do you want to show the world what makes rural areas special? Then take part in the RURITAGE Photo Contest! It is a unique opportunity for local […]
WEBINAR: Thinking beyond the COVID-19 crisis: heritage-based opportunities for rural regeneration.
“Thinking beyond the COVID-19 crisis: heritage-based opportunities for rural regeneration” webinar Which opportunities for the future of rural areas after the COVID-19? How to turn challenges into […]
Public Webinar #4: How to build and implement your heritage-led regeneration strategies.
On previous webinars, participants were presented to the overall approach of the project and the RURITAGE’s methodology for heritage-led regeneration. A first-hand insight into what was achieved so […]
Public Webinar #3: How to build and transfer knowledge for rural regeneration
Following last April’s webinar that gave an overview of the project, we are proud to present the third RURITAGE public webinar. In this webinar you’ll be able […]
Public Webinar #2: Rural regeneration through systemic heritage-led strategies
Following last January’s first webinar that presented the innovative RURITAGE methodology for heritage-led regeneration strategies, in this second edition, the overall approach of the project will be […]
First public RURITAGE webinar on Methodology for Heritage Management and Planning
To explore the innovative Community based Heritage Management and Planning Methodology (CHMP) behind the RURITAGE project, join in for our first public webinar. During a 90-minute webinar, moderated by […]
Heritage-Led Regeneration: What Is Our Vision?
On 20 November 2019, RURITAGE and the ROCK project will co-host a joint workshop to discuss the use of tangible and intangible cultural heritage as a driver […]
Save the date 20.11.2019! ILUCIDARE Playground: Cracking the future of heritage
Explore the multifaceted contribution heritage makes to sustainable and inclusive societies to tackle societal challenges through innovation and to engage in multicultural dialogue. The ILUCIDARE Playground creates [...]