Author: Redazione AEVF

The Sacra di San Michele announces the contents of the new issue of the “Via Francigena and the European Cultural Routes” magazine. The 46^th edition of the biannual magazine of the European Association of Via Francigena Ways will be presented on Saturday 1^st December at 3:30pm at the Castle and Civic Museum of Susa.

The special of this semester will be dedicated to Piedmont, to the Francigena routes with a focus on the Valle di Susa and the Via Francigena Ciclovia project. A photographic and narrative journey to discover the slow routes for hikers, but also for families to discover the territory and symbolic places, such as the Sacra di San Michele, the Morainic Amphitheatre of Ivrea and, of course, food and wine.

The numerous and varied contents make this issue unique. The two editorials, signed by Natacha Bouchart, mayor of Calais and Yves Krattinger, President of the Department of Haute-Saône, confirm the greatness of the cultural route and the institutional commitment to its development. Teamwork without borders, is on the Italian side too, with the important conference organised at the Abbazia di Spineto in Tuscany as an integrated political strategy dedicated to routes.

A strategy also implemented by the EAVF on several fronts. The European association of Via Francigena Ways starts towards the end of 2018 with two important partnerships: the historic agreement with the Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre and the support for the development of the territory by Banca Generali Private.

Small steps for a great route. As in history, today it is modern pilgrims who meet on the ancient route connecting from Canterbury to Rome. The pages dedicated to events narrate the slow-moving activities organised in recent months: among these the successful “I Love Francigena” events in Emilia Romagna. In addition to space for taste and relaxation with Parmigiano Reggiano and the thermal spa offer in Tuscany.

For more information, just browse the new issue of the magazine. Lots of news, and service information in three languages: English, French and Italian. The magazine, published by Studio Guidotti, is accessible free online at www.rivistaviafrancigena.it and can be purchased on the online shop.

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Banca Generali Private and the European Association of Via Francigena Ways (EAVF) walk together to enhance the territories crossed by the Via Francigena.

On Monday 26^th November at 11am, at the Grande Albergo Roma in Piacenza, the collaboration between the private bank and the EAVF, Réseau Porteur of the Council of Europe for the development of the Sigeric Route, will be presented.

The private bank, part of the first Italian financial group – Assicurazioni Generali, synonymous with over 180 years of warranty and solidity, has decided to aid the European Cultural Route by supporting some of its initiatives to enhance the territory. These actions are aimed at guaranteeing a better practicability of the Route and communicating it to an ever-increasing audience of enthusiasts. Slow tourism is, in fact, a response to the enhancement of the attractions that characterise the territories, generating the growth of responsible and sustainable tourism.

It marks the beginning of a new journey, with a look at the environment and society. The event will be presented by Massimo Tedeschi (EAVF President), Sami Tawfik (EAVF project manager), Alessandro Mauri (Emilia Romagna and Tuscany Area Manager – Banca Generali Private) and Fabio Tamburnotti (Banca Generali private, Piacenza). The meeting will be moderated by Donata Meneghelli, journalist for the newspaper La Libertà di Piacenza.

Present at the meeting will: representatives of the Via Francigena in Emilia Romagna, trade associations, the diocese and private entities interested in the initiative.

2018 is a year full of novelties for the Via Francigena guides in Italy. The Terre di Mezzo publishing company, in collaboration with the European Association of Via Francigena Ways (EAVF), has published the first edition in French, dedicated to the stretch from the Great St Bernard Pass to Rome.

With 2200 copies printed, the guide can be purchased online on “Percorsi di Terre” website and will be available in bookshops of large Italian cities and along the route. It’s an important result from an editorial point of view that observes the international market and confirms the interest of walkers across the Alps to slow paths in Italy.

“The guide in French is the most significant innovation for our publishing house in autumn 2018 – confirms Miriam Giovanzana, Director of Terre di Mezzo – it is great for us because it is the first edition of a guide dedicated to an Italian walk in French “.

In addition to the French translation, the second English edition of the Via Francigena guide will also be available from September. After the success of the first volume published in March 2017, the Milanese publishing house has produced an updated version aimed at the English public with information on the thousand kilometres from the Great St. Bernard Pass to Rome.

“Both guides in French and English are aligned with the third Italian edition published in September. All this is the result of great editorial coordination – adds Giovanzana – Despite the lighter alternative offered by the App, the guide still remains the preferred choice for those who undertake the journey“.

A slow pace journey that begins with the Pilgrim Passport. The guides of Terre di Mezzo can be purchased online in packages with the official Pilgrim Passport of the European Association of Via Francigena Ways. Among the various points of distribution of the EAVF Pilgrim Passport (https://www.viefrancigene.org/it/credenziali/), the editorial office of Terre di Mezzo in via Calatafimi 10 in Milan is also a distribution point for the documents.

“From September, our readers can buy the Pilgrim Passports directly from us. A little big surprise that is earning success – concludes the Director Responsible of Terre di Mezzo – a way to start the journey by an exchange of words, with that human contact that makes this experience so special“.

Along the Italian section, in just over two years, more than 20,000 guides were printed (in three languages) that consolidated the official EAVF path. The next objective of the European Association of the Via Francigena Ways is the creation of new guides for the Canterbury – Great St Bernard Pass section and from Rome to Puglia to complete a cultural route of almost 3,000km.

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The deadline for the admission to the 1^st level Master’s degree in “Turismo Culturale dei Territori” 2018-19 at the University of Parma has been extended to 7^th December.

The course is aimed at triennial or magistral graduates who intend to qualify in the field of cultural tourism, to be able to develop strategies for territorial development in support of public bodies or private companies. The Master’s course aims to train “Designers in Cultural Tourism of Territories“, high profile figures that will prepare the organic technical-legal legislation of cultural heritage and tourism, as well as in-depth cultural, economic-managerial and communication-information skills to enhance the resources that constitute the cultural heritage of particular territorial areas.

The “Designers” will be able to identify the strategic growth of tourism in the territory of reference, so as to be fully integrated in the processes of tourism enhancement in both public and private contexts.

The courses will deal with technical-juridical, cultural-communicative and economic-managerial issues, thanks to collaboration between the departments of Law, Political and International Studies, Humanities, Social and Cultural Affairs (DUSIC) and Economic and Business Sciences at University of Parma. Admission to the course is subject to passing the selection test based on qualifications and interview to ascertain the candidate’s motivation.

The new deadlines:

• 7^th December 2018: online registration for the admission and payment of admission fees closes,
• 11^th December 2018: selection deadline,
• 20^th December 2018: publication of admissions and opening of registrations,
• 10^th January 2018: registrations and payment of the registration tax closes.

Admission to the course is subject to passing the selection test based on qualifications and an interview to ascertain the candidate’s motivation. The venue for the selection is the Aula della Bandiera in the department of Law, Political and International Studies, Palazzo centrale, via Università 12, Parma.

The training course, which will last from January to December 2019 for a total of 1,500 hours (final exam between January and March 2020), will be divided into lecture and seminar teaching, integrative activities of a practical-operational nature and training internships or project work at public and private entities. The Master’s is aimed at those with a three-year, five-year, specialist or master’s degree. The possession of a bachelor’s degree related to one of these fields is preferred: legal, political and international relations, humanitarian, sociological or economic.

The Master’s is sponsored by the European Association of Via Francigena Ways (EAVF). The association supports the creation of training modules and will contribute the good practices spread along the European territory of the Via Francigena. Training courses are also available for young students and to develop thematic project work related to the Via Francigena.

Info: http://www.mastertct.unipr.it/

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