Stakeholders Workshops
Members of the NetMAR consortium have planned workshops and meetings with interested stakeholders (industry, policy makers and public agencies) to define targets, limitations and prospects of collaboration.
2nd Stakeholders Workshop
The 2nd NetMAR Stakeholders Workshop will be held between 9:00 am and 12:30 pm in the morning of 9th November 2022 at the at the ‘Stelios Ioannou’ Learning Resource Centre – Library of the University of Cyprus.
This workshop will focus on mobilizing the living heritage of medieval arts and rituals. The keynote speaker will be Ms Patricia Alberth, Director of the Bamberg World Heritage Office. Ms Alberth will share her views on cultural heritage management and will suggest actions for using living heritage for sustainable development.
Ms Alberth’s talk will be followed by a roundtable session in the framework of which selected speakers will briefly share their views about how Cyprus cultural heritage can be preserved, mobilised, and used as a bridge between business and academia, yielding a societal and economic benefit. Such channels include cultural festivals, culinary initiatives, arts and crafts, galleries, and museums. Dr Stavroula Constantinou, the Project Coordinator of NetMAR, will moderate the roundtable session.
NetMAR is committed to soliciting the views and advice of experts from local industry and SMEs, from artists and artisans, local, municipal and state organisations from all over Cyprus. This workshop in a series of three events (the previous 1st workshop that took place in January 2022 and a networking conference that will take place in November 2023) will seek to do exactly that, and we would be honoured and grateful to have you with us.
To register, please fill in the form here: https://forms.office.com/r/2CLZkGkL5v
The workshop will be in English.
Should you have any questions or need further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at netmar(at)ucy.ac.cy
For a printable version of the invitation and the agenda please click here.
1st Stakeholders Workshop
The first NetMAR Stakeholder Workshop took place between 9am and 12pm in the morning of 26th January 2022 at the “Andreas Patsalides” hall of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation.
Stakeholder Workshops are addressed towards interested stakeholders (public agencies, policy makers, and industry). During these workshops, knowledge is exchanged and specific ways of collaboration are identified.
The stakeholder workshops are hosted in Cyprus.
NetMAR first Stakeholders Workshop:
“Creative Tourism and Medieval Arts and Rituals in Cyprus“
The workshop provided the opportunity for the exchange of ideas, insights, and best practices between a broad network of academics, industry experts, policy makers, and key actors of local and governmental agencies in an informal and friendly environment.
You can find the NetMAR 1st Stakeholders Workshop Press Releases here:
English version | Greek version.
The keynote speaker of the workshop was Ms Caroline Couret, the renowned founder of the Creative Tourism Network based in Barcelona. Ms Couret spoke on the subject of “Creative Tourism as a New Way to Experience Heritage” and explained the fundamental principles of creative tourism, which promotes tourism linked to the local culture of a place and promotes active participation in creative activities, linked to a place’s heritage and identity.
The workshop featured Dr Stavroula Constantinou, Project Coordinator of NetMAR, an international network that pairs the University of Cyprus and its recently launched Centre for Medieval Arts & Rituals (CeMAR) with two advanced research centres: the Centre for Medieval Literature at the University of Southern Denmark and the Centre for Medieval Studies of the University of Bamberg in Germany. Dr Constantinou spoke on the subject of “Bridging Academia and Industry: The Network for Medieval Arts & Rituals”.
One of the chief missions of NetMAR is to bring together academics, industry experts, local and governmental authorities and NGOs, and policy-makers with a view to finding exciting and original ways in which the rich medieval heritage of Cyprus can be mobilised for social and economic benefit. The medieval history of Cyprus, its long and rich heritage of medieval rituals and arts, can make Cyprus an even more desirable destination for tourists than currently is, while this heritage can also be commercialised by local industries and businesses.
NetMAR is committed to soliciting the views and advice of experts from local industry and SMEs, from artists and artisans, local, municipal and state organisations from all over Cyprus. This workshop is part of a series of three events (a second workshop and a networking conference) will seek to do exactly that, and we would be honoured and grateful to have you with us.
