The Landscape Award Alliance of the Council of Europe – Volume 2 Volume – of Europe of the Council Alliance Landscape Award The European spatial planning European Landscape Convention and landscape, No. 120 THE LANDSCAPE AWARD ALLIANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE Volume 2 European Landscape Convention THE LANDSCAPE AWARD ALLIANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE Volume 2 2018-2019 European spatial planning and landscape, No. 120 EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE CONVENTION CONVENTION EUROPÉENNE DU PAYSAGE COUNCIL OF EUROPE / CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE Council of Europe French edition: L’Alliance du Prix du paysage du Conseil de l’Europe, Volume 2, 2018-2019 All requests concerning the reproduction or translation of all or part of the document should be addressed to the Directorate of Communication (F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex or [email protected]). All other correspondence concerning this publication should be addressed to the Directorate of Democratic Participation. Cover and layout: Documents and Publications Production Department (SPDP), Council of Europe Cover photos: Council of europe, Projects of the 6th Session 2018-2019. This publication has not been copy-edited by the SPDP Editorial Unit. The Landscape Award Alliance of the Council of Europe gathers the exemplary achievements presented by the States Parties to the European Landscape Convention. For further information, consult the Council of Europe website: European Landscape Convention of the Council of Europe www.coe.int/EuropeanLandscapeConvention www.coe.int/fr/web/landscape/landscape-award-alliance Editorial director: Maguelonne Déjeant-Pons With the co-operation of: Susan Moller © Council of Europe, 2020 Printed at the Council of Europe Contents Preface 7 Introduction 9 6th Session 2018-2019 11 Presentation 13 Renaturation of the watercourse of the River Aire, Republic and Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, and partners in Switzerland and France 17 Community activities day, “Let’s do it!”, Estonian Fund for Nature, Estonia 19 Establishment of the Kotka National Urban Park, City of Kotka, Finland 21 Reconquering the quays of the Seine in Rouen, through the development of a large river promenade, City and Metropolis of Rouen, Normandy, France 23 Between land and water, “Another way of owning”, The Men of Massenzatica Consortium, Italy 25 Wortel and Merksplas Colonies: a cultural landscape revalued, Vzw Kempens Landschap, Belgium 27 Dragodid: preserving the dry stone masonry techniques of the Eastern Adriatic, 4 Grada Dragodid Association, Croatia 29 Multifunctional seaside park in Limassol, Limassol Municipality, Cyprus 31 Landscape Futures, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 33 ► Page 3 Martvili Canyon Sustainable Development, Martvili Municipality, Georgia 35 Recreation of Lake Karla, Region of Thessaly, Greece 37 Landscape revitalisation initiative in the spirit of the Pogányvár Landscape Charter, Local governments of: Zalaszentmárton, Dióskál, Egeraracsa, Esztergályhorváti, Kerecseny, Orosztony, Pacsa, Zalaszabar, Zalavár, Hungary 39 The origin of the Latvian cultural traditions: Dikļi, the birthplace of the Latvian singing festival, Kocēni Municipality, Latvia 41 Formation and consolidation of the natural urbanised territory of Telšiai city, Administration of Telšiai Municipality, Lithuania 43 Another landscape for Vianden, Union for the Development and Management of the Our Nature Park, Luxembourg 45 Lista, a unique landscape and partnership, Municipality of Farsund, Vest-Agder County Council, Norway 47 Landscape of the Pico Island vineyard culture, Regional Government of Azores, Regional Directorate of the Environment, Portugal 49 The Spatial Plan for a special-purpose area: the cultural landscape of Sremski Karlovci, Urban and Spatial Planning Institute of Vojvodina, Provincial Secretary for Urban Planning and Environmental Protection, Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia 51 Safeguarding and restoration of the baroque landscape of the Banská Štiavnica Calvary, Calvary Fund Civic Association, Slovak Republic 53 Meadow orchards and landscape, Municipality of Kozje, Slovenia 55 The landscape of Bolonia Cove: research, planning and intervention, Andalusian Historical Heritage Institute of the Department of Culture of the Local Government of Andalusia, Spain 57 Page 4 ► The Landscape Award Alliance of the Council of Europe Yeşilırmak Basin Landscape Atlas, Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Forestry, University of Duzce, Turkey 59 The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre, Bardon Mill, Northumberland, Northumberland National Park Authority, United Kingdom 61 Appendix 1 – European Landscape Convention of the Council of Europe 63 Appendix 2 – Resolution CM/Res(2008)3 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the rules governing the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe 73 Appendix 3 – Resolution CM/Res(2017)18 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the Landscape Award Alliance of the Council of Europe 79 ► Page 5 Preface Whether urban or rural, landscape has an unquantifiable bearing on the quality of life. It is not only areas of outstanding beauty that require our attention, but also the rich variety of settings in which we live, many of which have been undergoing rapid change. The Council of Europe Landscape Award, which is open to the Parties to the European Landscape Convention, is intended to raise awareness among the civil society of the value of this living environ- ment. Its objective is to acknowledge practical and exemplary achievements, as sources of inspiration. Through their participative and innovative approach, the people behind these achievements have demonstrated that landscape matters in the pursuit of human dignity. I am happy that the Council of Europe is able to recognise their work. Marija Pejčinović Burić Secretary General of the Council of Europe ► Page 7 Introduction The European Landscape Convention is the first international treaty on sustainable development based on a balanced and harmonious relationship between social needs, economic activity, the environment and culture to be exclusively concerned with landscape enhancement. Its purpose is to promote landscape protection, management and planning, and to organise international co-operation on landscape issues. The scope of the Convention is broad: it applies to the parties’ entire territory and covers natural, rural, urban and peri-urban areas, which include land, inland water and marine areas. It does not only concern the remarkable landscapes, but also the everyday landscapes and the degraded spaces. The importance of all landscapes is now recognised to the extent that they condition the quality of the living environment of people and deserve to be taken into account in public policies. Many rural and peri-urban areas, in particular, are undergoing significant transformations and require more attention from both the authorities and the public. The Convention provides for a “Landscape Award of the Council of Europe” which recognises policy or measures which local or regional authorities or non-governmental organisations have adopted to protect, manage and plan their landscape, which have proved to be lastingly effec- tive and which can serve as an example to other territorial authorities. On 20 February 2008 the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted Resolution CM/(2008)3 on the rules governing the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe. The Award is given every two years by the Committee of Ministers, based on proposals from an international Jury and the Committee of experts of the Council of Europe in charge of monitoring the imple- mentation of the Convention. ► Page 9 The great achievements, presented by the States Parties to the Convention on the occasion of the 6th Session of this Award 2018-2019, show that it is possible to promote the territorial dimension of human rights and democracy, thus improving the landscape features of people’s surroundings. In accordance with Resolution CM/Res (2017)18 of the Committee of Ministers, these achieve- ments are now part of the Landscape Award Alliance of Council of Europe. They are presented in this second volume of the publications devoted to the Sessions of the Award1. Maguelonne Déjeant-Pons Secrétaire exécutive de la Convention européenne du paysage 1. Cf. Publication of the Council of Europe, European Landscape Convention, The Landscape Award Alliance of the Council of Europe, European Spatial Planning and Landscape Series, 2017, No. 105, Volume 1, 2008-2017. https://rm.coe.int/168075f020. Page 10 ► The Landscape Award Alliance of the Council of Europe 6th Session 2018-2019 Presentation Twenty three projects were presented by the States Parties to the European Landscape Convention2 to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on the occasion of the 6th Session 2018-2019 of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe. On 16 October 2019, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, in accordance with the Resolution of the Committee of Ministers CM/Res(2008)3 on the rules governing the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe3, and on the proposals of the Jury and of the Committee of experts responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Convention: i. acknowledged the twenty three achievements presented by the States Parties to the European Landscape Convention of the Council of Europe (ETS No. 176) for the 6th Session of the Landscape Award 2018-2019, considering that they are part of the Landscape Award Alliance of the Council of Europe, in accordance