European Cultural Routes Transferring Experiences, Sharing Solutions project’s newsletter 5/2014

In this issue:

Knowledge Platform
Tutoring Sessions
Workshop
Steering Committee
Mentoring assistance
Local mid-term seminars. External events
Next appointments

Knowledge Platform published
In March 2014 CERTESS Knowledge Platform has been published, with over 200 documents classified according to the proposed structure for the Route Implementation Plan (RIP).

Beside other documents, the platform contains:

41 Good Practices (GPs)
84 Governance Instruments (GIs) supported by a Route Tool-Kit.

The Platform is accessible from:
http://certess.culture-routes.lu/database

Tutoring Sessions & Route Implementation Plan Formulation
4 Tutoring Sessions (TS) were held to assist the Project partners in the formulation of their RIPs, namely:

TS1 in Luxembourg from 22 to 24 January 2014
TS2 in Rome, Lazio Region from 4 to 6 February 2014
TS3 in Valletta, Malta from 11 to 13 March 2014
TS4 in Granada, Andalusia (Spain) from 6 to 8 May 2014.

The final RIPs are expected to be completed in early Autumn 2014 for their presentation in the CERTESS Final Conference to be held the 22 October 2014 in Luxembourg (Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster).

Workshop 5 in Finland
Partners met in Jyväskylä at JAMK University of Applied Sciences on 26 and 27 March 2014. The purpose of the meeting was to review the progress of Route Implementation Plan formulation with an individual presentation of the Plan Outlines, followed by a general review of project progress and the logistic arrangements for a project final video to be shot in Summer 2014. In the final part of the Workshop the Governance Instrument n. GI-P12-7 (GOPP workshop methods) was tested in order to undertake a Logical Framework Structure for partnership joint ideas after project end.

Steering Committee Meeting 6
SCM6 in Sevilla, Andalusia (Spain). The CERTESS Project Steering Committee held its meeting n. 6 in Sevilla on 11-12 June 2014, reviewing the technical and financial progress of the project and deciding on remaining actions. The first day was devoted to the presentation by the partners of their individual Route Implementation Plan now well ahead in their formulation stage.

Mentoring assistance
The partners agreed to introduce an activity not originally anticipated at the time of project design, i.e. the opportunity of the Lead Partner team visiting the region of individual partners to carry out technical work together.
The purpose is to streamline design procedures and to tailor-make actions to match the Route theme chosen by the partner. 2 mentoring sessions took place in Finland and Czech Republic, with more to follow in the period July to September 2014.

Local Mid-term Seminars. External events.
During the 1st Semester 2014, the Lead Partner attended Mid-term Seminars organized by 2 partners, Malta and Czech Republic. Partners from Finland and Poland attended also external conference (Viking) and fair (ITB).

Next appointments
The 2nd Semester 2014 will see the following activities:

Completion of the Route Implementation Plan by each partner
Realization of a video which will recollect students’ impressions during their visit to each partner region
Project Final Conference in Luxembourg on 22 October
Individual Final Conferences in each partner region.

Information & Contacts
Project website http://certess.culture-routes.lu/

For further information please contact 
Sorina Capp, CERTESS Project Coordinator
European Institute of Cultural Routes
Abbaye de Neumünster – 28, rue Münster
L – 2160 – Luxembourg
Tel +00 352 621 139 264 | Fax +00 352 24 11 76
E-mail sorinacapp@culture-routes.lu