Good Practice Report on Managing Cultural Values in Rural Areas
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Mountain Community Sirentina Joint Good Practices Report regarding management of cultural values in rural areas DELIVERABLE SUMMARY PROJECT INFORMATION Project acronym: SY_CULTour Project title: Synergy of culture and tourism: utilisation of cultural potentials in less favoured rural regions Contract number: SEE/B/0017/4.3/X Starting date: 1.3.3011 Ending date: 28.2.2014 Project website address: http://www.sycultour.si Lead partner organisation: Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute Name of representative: Prof. Dr. Oto Luthar Project manager: Dr. David Bole E-mail: mailto: [email protected] Telephone number: +386 (0)1 200 27 22 DELIVERABLE INFORMATION Title of the deliverable: Joint Good Practices Report regarding management of cultural values in rural areas WP / activity related to the WP3/Activity 3.2: Creation of a good practice deliverable: database regarding management of cultural values in rural areas Type (internal or restricted or Public public): WP leader: Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute Activity leader: Mountain Community Sirentina Participating partner(s): All partners Author: Angela Santilli E-mail: [email protected] Telephone number: (+39) 0864 79175 DELIVERY DEADLINES Date of the delivery to the JTS: [Type text] Index 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Sy_CULTour database of good practices ...................................................................................................... 4 3. Typology of the related cultural value ........................................................................................................... 5 4. Activities aimed at valorizing the spotted cultural values with proven development potentials ................... 6 5. Main involved actors (promoters and stakeholders) ...................................................................................... 6 6. Benefits for the actors and the local community ........................................................................................... 7 7. Possibility of transferring the good practices................................................................................................. 7 8. Main findings and conclusions ...................................................................................................................... 8 Apendix - Described good practices by partners ............................................................................................... 9 1. INTRODUCTION The Joint Good Practice Report is a tool created to better understand the main characteristics of the collected good practices (inserted in the created online database) capable of showing successful management of cultural values in rural areas. It also has a relevant use as input for the common methodology created for the management of cultural values. In particular the Report has been drafted in order to facilitate the preparation of action plans, where the transfer and adaptation of good practices will be a main part of, to engage the involved stakeholders to take actions leading to the development of cultural tourism for generating income and jobs in each involved pilot area. 2. SY_CULTOUR DATABASE OF GOOD PRACTICES Each project partner collected good practices within its territory. With reference to different cultural values a variety of good practices were gleaned and the most relevant information concerned: 1) The typology of the related cultural value 2) The activities aimed at valorizing observed cultural values with proven development potentials 3) The main involved actors (promoters and stakeholders) 4) The benefits for the actors and the local community 5) The possibility of transferring the good practices The following good practices were collected: LP – ZRC SAZU a) The Idrija Lace Festival b) The Protection and Promotion of Idrijski ţlikrofi as a “Traditional Speciality Guaranteed” PP1 – PAT a) Trentino Ecomuseums Network b) The Community Maps of the Trentino Ecomuseums c) Commons d) Officinal herb production and association PP2 – RCR a) Izlake–Zagorje Art Colony b) Zasavje traditional cuisine in local restaurants PP3 – MCS a) The tasty bread as it used to be b) Botanical course: officinal herbs and herb tea PP4 – Region of Thessaly a) The Pelio Train b) Municipal Company for Traditional Products of Milies PP5 – OJ a) Farm games in Planina pod Golico b) Old house names c) Traditional hike along an ancient mining route d) The Month of Daffodils PP6 – HCC a) Green-Cretan-All Inclusive b) Cretan vegetables; from Collecting to Cooking PP7 – PRA a) Involving tourists in rose-picking b) “En Plein Air” during Rose picking PP8 – CTRIA a) Royal Day International Folk Dance Festival b) Valley of Arts IPAFLP1 – UNSPMF a) Tobacco Museum b) Dida Hornjakov salaš c) Branding, promoting and selling Sombor Cheese in wooden vat from Stapar d) Museum-ethnological collection in Kupusina e) Sombor cauldron festival f) Bodrog fest g) Weaving Museum 3. TYPOLOGY OF THE RELATED CULTURAL VALUE Immovable and movable cultural heritage and intangible heritage are the origin of the observed good practices. The socio-economic contexts, the cultural background and traditions where a use for the spotted cultural values developed are all very different. A relevant lesson learnt is that different cultural values can originate similar good practices and, at the same time, from similar cultural values diverse good practices can develop. For instance, the traditional use of herbs and vegetables (for cooking, as medicine and more) by local communities of different territories (the Mountain Community Sirentina, Abruzzo region, and Heraklion, Crete) originated two different good practices both aimed at creating local development. The Italian partner detected within a municipality part of its pilot area, Rocca di Mezzo, the practice of “organizing botanical classes on officinal herbs and herb tea” mainly for tourists but for locals as well aimed at preserving the knowledge and uses of traditional local herbs. On the same level, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry spotted the Cretan open-air Museum 'LYCHNOSTATIS focused on educating and training local (young) people and tourists about the uses of traditional edible vegetables. Another relevant example is the one provided by Pazardzhik Reginal Administrartion (Bulgaria) and by the Central Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency, (Hungary). Pazardzhik Reginal Administrartion detected in its territory a traditional agricultural activity, rose picking; that has been maximized by the Municipality of Strelcha through a festival which has become a relevant event capable of attracting tourists. Central Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency registered in the Municipality of Székesfehérvár the old tradition of inviting dancers and musicians to this city from all over the world, that has been revived and promoted through the organization of the Royal Day International Folk Dance Festival. 4. ACTIVITIES AIMED AT VALORIZING THE SPOTTED CULTURAL VALUES WITH PROVEN DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALS Numerous are the typologies of activities that the project partners detected to find a way to utilize the available cultural values. In the majority of cases it has been registered their versatility: very similar activities have been implemented to valorize different cultural values spotted in different contexts. The most common registered activities have been: organization of festivals establishment of museums setting up of classes and courses creation of new tourist itineraries What is has been noted is that the main activities implemented through the developed good practices are multidimensional, in other words they operate on many levels and require the participation of several stakeholders. For instance, the activities described in the “Traditional hike along an ancient mining route” good practice collected by the Municipality of Jesenice contains many facets: the preservation of a cultural values, economic knowledge, locally recognized as valuable; the valorization of local community; the organization of an educational event where participants (hikers) can learn about the history of the iron industry and other activities (cart driving, charcoal pile burning and mining); the attraction of tourists to promote the tourism development of the territory. 5. MAIN INVOLVED ACTORS (PROMOTERS AND STAKEHOLDERS) Another registered common denominator to all collected good practices is that only the involvement of stakeholders with real interest for the new “actions” allowed successful implementation. Moreover the promoters and the participant stakeholders belonged to both private and public sectors. This shows that solid cooperation between these two sectors is essential for the implementation of effective practices capable of utilizing cultural potentials to improve the socio-economic development of less favored rural areas. Illustrative is the good practice, the Protection and Promotion of Idrijski žlikrofi as a “Traditional Specialty Guaranteed”, collected by the LP in Idrija municipality. The good practice was promoted by the following organizations: the Society for the Promotion and Protection of Idrija Dishes; the Idrija and Cerkno Development Agency (ICRA) via Idrija turizem; the Municipality of Idrija; the Idrija Local Community