Translation of "Centre européen des cultures traditionnelles régionales " (French → English) :

That included proactive participation in the Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries (CENTR) meetings and workshops; the chairmanship of the CENTR-IGF working group which led to the successful submission of the regional organisations workshops at the annual IGF meetings in 2013 and 2014; participation in ICANN meetings and involvement in the ccNSO working groups on IDN Policy Development Process; chairmanship of the ICANN ccNSO Strategy and Operating Plan working group since 2014; the partnership with UNESCO; coo ...[+++]peration with ICANN for sharing EURid best practices among Middle East registries and registrars; yearly classes on Internet governance at the College of Europe in Bruges and at the Scuola S. Anna in Pisa.

Regional cooperation has continued within regional fora such as the Energy Community, the European Common Aviation Area, the Central European Free Trade Area (CEFTA) and the Regional School of Public Administration.

12. Considers European Union initiatives such as the ‘European Capital of Culture’, the ‘European Heritage Label’ and the ‘Iron Curtain Trail’ which need to have significant synergies with projects from the Council of Europe’s Cultural Routes programme (such as the ‘Way of St James’, the Via Francigena or one of the other recognised routes) and the European Institute of Cultural Routes to be necessary in promoting European heritage, contemporary creativity and sustainability in cultural tourism, approaching new consumers and supporting remote and lesser-known regions; calls in this context for closer links with traditional ...[+++] regional cultures and for measures to preserve traditional urban and rural landscapes; welcomes programmes such as EDEN and NECSTouR due to their potential for boosting sustainable economic development;

Likewise, we must highlight the need to preserve Europe’s natural and cultural heritage and promote traditional culture, in particular popular and artistic crafts, trades and skills which are in the process of disappearing, and encourage initiatives to enhance and promote this heritage.

9. Is concerned that the communication fails to clarify the ongoing problem concerning misunderstandings about culture in terms of contemporary and traditional arts, European heritage and the profit-driven and profitable "creative industries". Moreover, the objectives set out in the agenda generally represent culture as having important social, economic, political and more generally "instrumental" value but do not incorporate the issue of culture as a value in itself (culture ...[+++] qua culture);

Thanks to the Culture 2000 programme, hundreds of books have been translated, facilitating the circulation of contemporary authors' works, and thousands of cultural organisations from various European countries - theatres, museums, professional associations, research centres, universities, cultural institutes, public authorities, etc.