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Awards 2019 Edition Overall Theme:
Culture and Heritage for Responsible Innovative and Sustainable Tourism Actions
Culture and Heritage for Responsible Innovative and Sustainable Tourism Actions
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in the frame of EU co-funded projects CHRISTA, Cult-RInG & Cult-CreaTE - Interreg Europe, FOODBIZ - Erasmus+
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About the Awards
Cultural tourism is the fastest growing sector of European tourism and can contribute both to the sustainability and competitiveness of tourism in the European Union and beyond and to the sustainable future of heritage sites and local communities.
Cultural Tourism products and services are important factors in sustainable development, contributing to the protection and promotion of cultural heritage, the extension of the tourism period, as well as increasing heritage awareness among tourists and host communities, regional GDP and its multiplier effects.
These Awards enhance the visibility of European cultural tourism destinations, create a platform for sharing experience and knowledge and promotes networking between destinations. The Awards Contest is open to tourist destinations across Europe, to showcase their results and outputs in sustainable cultural tourism under seven selected categories.
The Awards have been organised since 2014 by ECTN around annual themes, for the benefit of destinations, communities, associations, businesses, citizens and visitors.
The 2019 edition of the Awards for ‘Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism’ is organised by ECTN in partnership with Europa Nostra, the European Travel Commission and NECSTouR, supported by Iter Vitis Cultural Route of the Council of Europe. It follows on from the 2018 Awards as a contribution to the ‘European Year of Cultural Heritage’ (EYCH2018), by a similar partnership and aims to contribute towards the legacy of EYCH2018 including through the ‘European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage’ and the 'Barcelona Declaration'.
Call for Entries
The 2019 overall theme is based mainly on the Interreg Europe CHRISTA Project (Culture and Heritage for Responsible, Innovative and Sustainable Tourism Actions), initiated by ECTN with 9 partner destinations and ECTN as advisory partner in charge of project communications (2016-2020).
The Awards will be given for achievements by cultural tourist destinations which have produced significant results related to enhancing visitor experience while respecting traditions and involving local communities.
The 2019 Awards address the following heritage-related aspects of sustainable cultural tourism:
The applicants must address one of the above themes. Award winners will be recognised as examples of excellence inspiring other tourist destinations and stimulating further development of sustainable and responsible cultural tourism initiatives.
Award winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony to be held during the 12th International Conference for Cultural Tourism in Europe, on the theme of the CHRISTA Interreg Europe Project, organised by ETCN on 24-26 October 2019 in Granada, Spain. The selected finalists will be invited to the ECTN Conference and to the Awards Ceremony 2019. The organiser and partners will not reimburse any costs for attending the Awards Ceremony, but the conference fee will be waived for one person per finalist.
Who can apply?
The Joint Awards are open to all tourist destinations across Europe, national, regional and local authorities, tourism boards and associations, destination management organisations, museums, interpretation centres, festivals and cultural NGOs.
Application form, Declaration & deadline
The Application form and the required Declaration can be downloaded in Word format from the website:
www.culturaltourism-network.eu/award-2019.html
Detailed instructions on how to fill in the application form are provided in the application form itself.
Please fill in all sections of the application form in English (applications in other languages will not be considered). Please sign the Declaration, scan and/or add a digital signature and send both the Application form and the Declaration together by e-mail to: [email protected] .
No paper version of the application is needed – electronic submission only!
Application forms without the accompanying signed Declaration or with any incomplete fields will not be eligible.
Applications must be submitted by 15 July 2019 – 17:00 CET (Central European Time) at the latest.
By submitting the application, applicants authorise the publishing of their data on the organiser and partners’ websites:
www.culturaltourism-network.eu
www.europanostra.org
www.etc-corporate.org
www.necstour.eu
www.itervitis.eu
Material submitted may be published by the organisers, with due acknowledgement to the applicant.
Awards Jury
The Awards Jury will be composed of experts from several European countries, appointed by ECTN, Europa Nostra, the European Travel Commission, NECSTouR, FOODBIZ project partnership and Iter Vitis.
The Jury’s decision shall be final. The Jury will not accept requests for additional information or justification of their decision once the awardees have been selected.
Awards Criteria
The Awards Jury will assess the quality of applications according to the following criteria:
Concluding Remarks
This is a non-profit initiative. Therefore, the Awards do not consist of any type of monetary prize and does not aim to give any type of economic advantage to the applicants and winners. No financial or contractual obligations will arise neither for ECTN, nor for the partner organisations, Europa Nostra, the European Travel Commission and NECSTouR.
The Awards organiser, partners and supporter or their members and employees or contractors shall not be responsible nor liable in negligence or otherwise howsoever in respect of any inaccuracy or omission in the Awards procedure. They shall not be liable for any direct or indirect or consequential loss or damage caused by or arising from any information or inaccuracy or omission herein. They also shall not be liable for any use of the information concerning the Awards.
Cultural tourism is the fastest growing sector of European tourism and can contribute both to the sustainability and competitiveness of tourism in the European Union and beyond and to the sustainable future of heritage sites and local communities.
Cultural Tourism products and services are important factors in sustainable development, contributing to the protection and promotion of cultural heritage, the extension of the tourism period, as well as increasing heritage awareness among tourists and host communities, regional GDP and its multiplier effects.
These Awards enhance the visibility of European cultural tourism destinations, create a platform for sharing experience and knowledge and promotes networking between destinations. The Awards Contest is open to tourist destinations across Europe, to showcase their results and outputs in sustainable cultural tourism under seven selected categories.
The Awards have been organised since 2014 by ECTN around annual themes, for the benefit of destinations, communities, associations, businesses, citizens and visitors.
The 2019 edition of the Awards for ‘Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism’ is organised by ECTN in partnership with Europa Nostra, the European Travel Commission and NECSTouR, supported by Iter Vitis Cultural Route of the Council of Europe. It follows on from the 2018 Awards as a contribution to the ‘European Year of Cultural Heritage’ (EYCH2018), by a similar partnership and aims to contribute towards the legacy of EYCH2018 including through the ‘European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage’ and the 'Barcelona Declaration'.
Call for Entries
The 2019 overall theme is based mainly on the Interreg Europe CHRISTA Project (Culture and Heritage for Responsible, Innovative and Sustainable Tourism Actions), initiated by ECTN with 9 partner destinations and ECTN as advisory partner in charge of project communications (2016-2020).
The Awards will be given for achievements by cultural tourist destinations which have produced significant results related to enhancing visitor experience while respecting traditions and involving local communities.
The 2019 Awards address the following heritage-related aspects of sustainable cultural tourism:
- Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Heritage Interpretation Facilities
- Innovation and Digitisation in Cultural Tourism Development and Promotion
- Transnational Thematic Tourism Products, including Cultural Routes
- Culinary Heritage, Wine, Food and Gastronomy Tourism (supported by Iter Vitis cultural route for wine tourism and FOODBIZ Erasmus+ project led by University of Macerata)
- Contributions by Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) to Cultural and Creative Tourism (Cult-Create project)
- Actions during the ‘European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018’, initiative on ‘Tourism and heritage’.
The applicants must address one of the above themes. Award winners will be recognised as examples of excellence inspiring other tourist destinations and stimulating further development of sustainable and responsible cultural tourism initiatives.
Award winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony to be held during the 12th International Conference for Cultural Tourism in Europe, on the theme of the CHRISTA Interreg Europe Project, organised by ETCN on 24-26 October 2019 in Granada, Spain. The selected finalists will be invited to the ECTN Conference and to the Awards Ceremony 2019. The organiser and partners will not reimburse any costs for attending the Awards Ceremony, but the conference fee will be waived for one person per finalist.
Who can apply?
The Joint Awards are open to all tourist destinations across Europe, national, regional and local authorities, tourism boards and associations, destination management organisations, museums, interpretation centres, festivals and cultural NGOs.
Application form, Declaration & deadline
The Application form and the required Declaration can be downloaded in Word format from the website:
www.culturaltourism-network.eu/award-2019.html
Detailed instructions on how to fill in the application form are provided in the application form itself.
Please fill in all sections of the application form in English (applications in other languages will not be considered). Please sign the Declaration, scan and/or add a digital signature and send both the Application form and the Declaration together by e-mail to: [email protected] .
No paper version of the application is needed – electronic submission only!
Application forms without the accompanying signed Declaration or with any incomplete fields will not be eligible.
Applications must be submitted by 15 July 2019 – 17:00 CET (Central European Time) at the latest.
By submitting the application, applicants authorise the publishing of their data on the organiser and partners’ websites:
www.culturaltourism-network.eu
www.europanostra.org
www.etc-corporate.org
www.necstour.eu
www.itervitis.eu
Material submitted may be published by the organisers, with due acknowledgement to the applicant.
Awards Jury
The Awards Jury will be composed of experts from several European countries, appointed by ECTN, Europa Nostra, the European Travel Commission, NECSTouR, FOODBIZ project partnership and Iter Vitis.
The Jury’s decision shall be final. The Jury will not accept requests for additional information or justification of their decision once the awardees have been selected.
Awards Criteria
The Awards Jury will assess the quality of applications according to the following criteria:
- Relevance to the legacy of ‘European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018’: ‘European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage’ and the Barcelona Declaration 'Better Places to Live, Better Places to Visit'
- Technical content of actions
- Evidence of success
- Sustainability of the actions
- Ability to attract visitors from outside Europe to lesser known destinations
- Innovative nature of the actions
- Involvement of the local community
Concluding Remarks
This is a non-profit initiative. Therefore, the Awards do not consist of any type of monetary prize and does not aim to give any type of economic advantage to the applicants and winners. No financial or contractual obligations will arise neither for ECTN, nor for the partner organisations, Europa Nostra, the European Travel Commission and NECSTouR.
The Awards organiser, partners and supporter or their members and employees or contractors shall not be responsible nor liable in negligence or otherwise howsoever in respect of any inaccuracy or omission in the Awards procedure. They shall not be liable for any direct or indirect or consequential loss or damage caused by or arising from any information or inaccuracy or omission herein. They also shall not be liable for any use of the information concerning the Awards.
Find out more about ECTN Awards 2019, award criteria, how to submit application form and other useful information in the description:
