Agenda-el – ΔΡΟΜΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΙΑΣ – THE ROUTES OF THE OLIVE TREE

Προσανατολισμένο στον διαπολιτισμικό διάλογο στη Μεσόγειο αλλά και πέρα από αυτή και με στόχο να συμβάλλει στην ενίσχυση της βιώσιμης ανάπτυξης στις ελαιοπαραγωγικές περιοχές, το πρόγραμμα του Πολιτιστικού Οργανισμού «Δρόμοι της Ελιάς» περιλαμβάνει προτάσεις πολιτιστικών διαδρομών που είναι ήδη σε φάση υλοποίησης αλλά και την παρουσία ή τη συμμετοχή του σε δεκάδες δράσεις και εκδηλώσεις σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο…

“War and Peace in Europe” Conference (Athens, Greece, 27 January 2024)
Organizer: La maison de l’ Europe “BYRON” & Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry

“MED-Routes” Interreg, Kick-off meeting (Faenza, Italy, 7 February 2024)
Organizer: European Route of Ceramics

“La Via degli Ulivi”, Conference on The Route of Olive Tree (Postiglione, italy, 6 April 2024)
Organizer: Municipality of Postiglione in collaboration with Associazione dei Comuni del Cilento Centrale

“The Oil of the Serenissima”, event for the celebration of the heritage of extra virgin olive oil (EVO) and olive oil tourism, featuring guided tastings and educational workshops (Cappella Maggiore, Italy, 12-21 April 2024)
Organizer: Municipality of Cappella Maggiore & Association “La Ruota”

“10th Panhellenic Olive Oil and Table Olive Festival of Kalamata”, event about olive growing and olive oil production in Greece (Kalamata, Greece, 20-21 April 2024)
Organizer: Agricultural Cooperative of Kalamata, under the auspices of the Cultural Foundation ” Routes of the Olive Tree”

“Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development” Continuing Education Training Course on theoretical and historical approaches to Intangible Cultural Heritage (Salagon museum, Mane, France, 13-17 May 2024)
Organizer: National Heritage Institute (Institut national du patrimoine – INP)

“Town Twinning Between Türkiye and The EU – II for a Green Future “Olive Tree Cultivation in the Era of Climate Change: Tackling Future Impacts with Adaptation Strategies”: EDREMIT – SELVA – Town Twining Meeting (Edremit, Türkiye, 27-30 May 2024)
Organizer: Municipality of Edremit

“MED-Routes” Interreg, 2nd Transnational Project Meeting (Varna, Bulgaria, 29-31 May 2024)
Organizer: BATTI – Bulgarian Association for Transfer of Technology and Innovation

Annual Meeting of the Governing Board of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (European Convention Center (ECCL), Luxembourg, 21-22 May 2024)
Organizer: Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA) and the European Institute of Cultural Routes

“Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe: European cooperation and sustainable development”: 11th Training Academy on Cultural Routes (Brindisi, Italy, 4-7 June 2024) Organizer: European Institute of the Cultural Routes (EICR) & European Association of the Via Francigena Ways (EAVF), carrier network of the Via Francigena, with the support of the Apulia region and the city of Brindisi, and in cooperation with the association “Brindisi e le Antiche Strade”

12th Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe Annual Advisory Forum (Visegrád, Hungary, 25–27 September 2024) Organizer: Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA) and the European Institute of Cultural Routes, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Innovation of Hungary and the Hungarian Open Air Museum

6th International Conference on Development and Economy – I.CO.D.ECON. (Kalamata, Greece, 11-13 October 2024)
Organizer: University of Peloponnese (Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the MSc “Organization and Management in the Agri-Food Sector”), co-organized by the University of Western Macedonia (Greece), the University of National and World Economy (University of Sofia, Bulgaria), and the University Alexandru Ioan Ioan University of Iasi (University Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Romania).

“Shaping Gastronomy, Regenerating Food Systems, and Societies”: 1st Congress of the International Society for Gastronomic Sciences and Studies (Pollenzo, Italy, 26-28 November 2024)
Organizer: International Society for Gastronomic Sciences and Studies

Annual Meeting of the member countries of the RECOMED Mediterranean Olive Oil Towns Network (Kalamata, Greece, 14 January 2023)
Organizer: Cultural Foundation “The Routes of the Olive Tree”
Seminar “European funding opportunities for cultural and creative institutions of the Peloponnese Region” (Kalamata, Greece, 15 February 2023)
Organizer: Creative Europe Greece of the Department of International Relations & European Union of the Ministry of Culture & Sports
5-day training seminar for trainers and managers of Council of Europe cultural routes, YOUTH4CULTURE ERASMUS+ (Kalamata, Greece, 27 February- 3 March 2023)
Organizer: Cultural Foundation “The Routes of the Olive Tree”
Local stakeholders meeting at the Leigh Fermor residence, on the topic: Mountain Trails and Opportunities for Ecotourism Development in Protected Areas, as part of the initiative ” Guardians of Nature: Promoting and restoring trails in the West Mani-Taygetos region” (Kardamili, Greece, 12 March 2023)
Organizer: Greek Ecotourism Society (ELETOIK)
Workshop on “The contribution of culture to the social inclusion of people with disabilities and chronic diseases in the Peloponnese Region” (Kalamata, Greece, 27 March 2023)
Organizer: Praxi AGHSILAOS PELOPONNESE
“Learning Villages, Cultural Heritage and Rural Landscape” (University of Peloponnese, Kalamata, Greece, 17-21 April 2023)
Organizer: Time Heritage Association, Universidad de Extremadura (Spain) & partners
Work meeting of Italian and Greek partners (CNCA, PALMI KOINSEP, Cultural Foundation ” Routes of the Olive Tree”, The Garden of Lyssos, Kalamata Equestrian Club, FarmaFifa) (Kalamata, Greece, 19 April 2023)
Organizer: Cultural Foundation “The Routes of the Olive Tree” & CNCA
General Assembly of the Union of Hellenic Chambers of Commerce & Presentation of the project “Value Chain – Routes of the Olive Tree” (Edessa, Greece, 5 May 2023)
Organizer: Chamber of Commerce of Pella
2nd Euro-Mediterranean Conference of the CLUSTER SERVAGRI project, Presentation of the cross-border tourist-cultural route ” Routes of the Olive Tree Italy-Tunisia ” (Syracuse, Italy, 11-13 May 2023)
Organizer: Gal Eloro , INAT (Tunisia), APO Catania (Italy)
International Event, Discovering Hidden Mediterranean Destinations {Crossdev project} (Jabal Moussa, Lebanon, 17-18 May 2023)
Organizer: CISP (COMITATO INTERNAZIONALE PER IL SVILUPPO DEI POPOLI)
Workshop for Developing LEBANON ROUTES OF THE OLIVE TREE (Lebanon, 19 May 2023)
Organizer: Bchaaleh Noah’s Olive Trees
9th Panhellenic Festival of Olive Oil and Table Olives of Kalamata (Kalamata, Greece, 27-28 May 2023)
Organizer: Kalamata Agricultural Cooperative
10th Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe Training Academy (Perigueux, France 30 May 2023-2 June 2023)
Organizer: Council of Europe & Prehistoric Rock Art Trails
2nd Festival of Magganiako Messinia (Magganiako village, Greece, 3-4 June 2023)
Organizer: Cultural Association of Manganiakites
YOUTH4CULTURE ERASMUS+ final Transnational meeting (Barcelona, Spain, 13-16 June 2023)
Organizer: European Route of Jewish Heritage
Visit of French students to the Routes of the Olive Tree, from CY Cergy Paris Université/Dpt: Masters of European and International Studies-European Projects (Kalamata, Greece, 17 June 2023)
Organizer: Cultural Foundation “The Routes of the Olive Tree”
Meeting Oleoturismo Mediterraneo / Scientific meeting on “Oleotourism in the Mediterranean” (Matera, Basilicata, Italy, 23 June 2023)
Organize: Associazione Nazionale Città dell’Olio
General Assembly of the RECOMED Mediterranean Olive Oil Towns Network (Matera Basilicata, Italy, 23 June 2023)
Organizer: Associazione Nazionale Città dell’Olio
Event “VALUE CHAIN – TALKING CENTURY-OLD TREES” (Xironomi village, Greece, 30 July 2023)
Organizer: Association of the Xironomians
12th Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe Annual Advisory Forum (Łódź, Poland, 20 – 22 September 2023)
Organizer: Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA) and the European Institute of Cultural Routes, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
OLIVE4ALL Symposium – Olive tourism and development of innovative tourism products (Tomar, Oliveira do Hospital, Lamego & Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal, 4-7 October 2023)
Organizer: Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, University of Madeira, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, University of Coimbra, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Polytechnic Institute of Beja, University of Avignon- France
2023 General Assembly – XVI Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue on the Phoenicians’ Route (Sardinia, Italy, 19-20 October 2023)
Organizer: Phoenicians’ Route
Work meeting for the “Cultivating the Future” program (Kalamata, Greece, OTRoutes Headquarters, 18 October 2023)
Celebration of World Olive Day 2023: Informational exhibition, official presentation of a new collector’s edition, awarding of Points of Interest along “The Routes of the Olive Tree” (Mallorca, Spain, 18-19 November 2023)
Town Twinning Between Türkiye and The EU – II for a Green Future “Olive Tree Cultivation in the Era of Climate Change: Tackling Future Impacts with Adaptation Strategies”: Kick-off meeting ([Online], 21 November 2023)
“Festival of the Young Olive Oil”: Conference and competition of Olive Oil Tasting (Koper, Slovenia, 24 November 2023)
“Kalamata: gastronomic destination based on the PDO Kalamata olive”, local community awareness event for World Olive Day (Kalamata, Greece, 26 November 2023)
Celebration of World Olive Day: Olive Oil Tasting – visit to the Salagon Museum and an olive grove (Salagon Museum, Mane, France, 26 November 2023)
Celebration of World Olive Day: Olive oil tasting and parallel events for the creation of a wider, national network dedicated to olive tourism (Portugal, 26 November 2023)
Anniversary activities for the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO 2003) – 1st Meeting of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Network: Discussing Intangible Cultural Heritage (Athens, Greece, 25-26 November 2023)
INSULEUR Forum “Impacts of climate change on the Economies of European Islands, in Particular Tourism” (“Stavros Niarchos” Foundation, Athens, Greece, 1 December 2023)
“Olea Mundi: Culture, Nature, Science”, conference dedicated to the world collection of olive trees “Olea Mundi” (Palazzo Ex-Fabbrica, Lugnano in Teverina, Italy, 2-3 December 2023)
“Sfax oléotour”, Participatory tourist tour, gastronomic olive oil route in the Sfax area, including olive harvesting, observation of traditional and modern olive oil production, olive oil tasting, crafts, local products and traditional confectionery, etc. (Sfax, Tunisia, 8-10 December 2023)
“Cluster Servagri”, Italy-Tunisia cooperation project, final event (Syracuse, Sicily, 11-12 December 2023)
“Routes of the Olive Tree”, routes of intercultural dialogue & sustainable development”, Training seminar for the students of the Department of European Studies of the Aix-Marseille University (Aix-en-Provence, France, 15 December 2023)
”L’olivier source d’inspiration”, 3rd edition of the international symposium (Djerba, Tunisia, 15-17 December 2023)

2nd contest for students aged 10-14 “Kalamata Gastronomic Destination through the Kalamata Olive: is it possible?” (Kalamata, Greece, January 2022)
Organizer: Cultural Foundation “The Routes of the Olive Tree”
Cities 3.0, International Forum on the city of the future (Ioannina, Greece, 10-13 March 2022)
Organizer: Anna Lindh Foundation
FABROUTES ERASMUS+ 4th Transnational Meeting (Erfurt, Germany, 5-6 April 2022)
Organizer: Via Regia Cultural Route
Euro-Mediterranean Forum for Intercultural Dialogue in Lebanon (Lebanon, 20-23 April 2022)
Organizer: Lebanese Ministry of Tourism, BTA (Bchaaleh Trails Association), Lebanese Ministry of Rural Development
YOUTH4CULTURE ERASMUS+, First international event: Kick off meeting and good practices exchange (Jarandilla de la Vera, Spain, 26-29 April 2022)
Organizer: European Routes of Emperor Charles V
7th Forum EUSAIR-All (Tirana, Albania 16-18 May 2022)
Organizer: Co-organised by the European Commission, the Albanian EUSAIR Presidency
Seminars for students of the University of Peloponnese at the “Routes of the Olive Tree” Headquarters (Kalamata, Greece, OTRoutes Headquarters, 19 May 2022)
Organizer: Cultural Foundation “The Routes of the Olive Tree”
FABROUTES ERASMUS+ Transnational Training Workshops (Rimini, Italy 23-28 May 2022)
Organizer: Centre for Advanced Tourism Studies (CAST) of the Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna
OLIVE4ALL International Conference: The olive tree heritage as a tool for sustainable development, modelling the communication process in local communities (Kalamata, Greece, 27-30 May 2022)
Organizer: Cultural Foundation “The Routes of the Olive Tree”
General Assembly of the Routes of the Olive Tree Network 2022, (Kalamata, Greece 28 May 2022)
Organizer: OTRoutes Network / Routes of the Olive Tree Cultural Foundation
Training Academy 2022, (Fontainebleau, France 31 May – 3 June)
Organizer: Impressionism Routes and the French Ministry of Culture
Cluster Servagri project, on-site visit to create a cross-border cultural route ” Routes of the Olive Tree” Italy – Tunisia (Tunisia, 12-16 July 2022)
Organizer: Gal Eloro in collaboration with local stakeholders
“Faces and landscapes of Mani”, artistic photography exhibition by Yannis Kossivas (Stoupa, Mylo Indian Restaurant, 1 August-20 September 2022)
Smart Village Leader Network (Finland, 6-9 September 2022)
Organizer: Network of Cooperation of Municipalities of the Attica Islands
FABROUTES ERASMUS+ 5th & Final Transnational Meeting (Selinunte, Sicily, 20-21 September 2022)
Organizer: The Phoenicians Route – La Rotta dei Fenici
Cluster Servagri project, on-site visit to create a cross-border cultural route “Routes of the Olive Tree” Italy – Tunisia (Sicily, 22-26 September 2022)
Organizer: Gal Eloro in collaboration with local stakeholders
Annual Advisory Forum of Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe 2022, (Chania, Crete 5-7 October 2022)
Organizer: Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe and the European Institute of Cultural Routes, in cooperation with the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Hellenic Ministry of Tourism, the Greek National Tourism Organization, the Region of Crete, the Municipality of Chania, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Chania, and the Historic Cafes Route
Work meeting for the “Cultivating the Future” program (Kalamata, Greece, OTRoutes Headquarters, 14 October 2022)
Organizer: Coordinamento Nazionale Comunità di Accoglienza – CNCA, PALMI KOINSEP – Social Cooperative Enterprises & Cultural Foundation “The Routes of the Olive Tree”
YOUTH4CULTURE ERASMUS+, Ideas market: Spreading, promoting and engaging the participation of local communities and youth in cultural heritage promotion (Faenza, Italy, 7-11 November 2022)
Organizer: European Route of Ceramics
«Pareidolias de Tramontana», a photographic exhibition by Óscar Pipkin (La Sala Petita de la Fundació Sa Nostra de Palma, Mallorca, 15-26 November 2022)
Celebration of World Olive Day 2022, organisation of parallel events in Spain, Greece and Lebanon (26 November 2022)
Organizer: Spain – Municipality of Selva, Lebanon – BTA (Bchaaleh Trails Association) , Greece – Cultural Foundation ” Routes of the Olive Tree”.
“GALA Dekatiano” events for young people for World Olive Day (Kalamata, Greece, 26 November 2022)
Organizer: Cultural Foundation “The Routes of the Olive Tree”
“GALA Dekatiano” Information Day for teachers & parents on the importance of using traditional products such as olive oil and table olives in the daily diet of students (Kalamata, Greece, 26 November 2022)
Organizer: Cultural Foundation “The Routes of the Olive Tree”
DéfisMed , international meetings on ecotourism in the Mediterranean (Nice, France, 6-8 December 2022)
Organizer: DéfisMed
Participatory cultural training workshop for students, on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe / Management of Cultural Organisations (Athens, 20 Decemeber 2022)
Organizer: University of Piraeus, Departments of Cultural Management and Tourism Marketing

ΟΙ ‘ΔΡΟΜΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΙΑΣ’, POLICY LEARNING SEMINAR (Καλαμάτα, 29/3/2021)
Οργανωτές: ελληνικό Υπουργείο Τουρισμού και Πολιτιστικός Οργανισμός «Δρόμοι της Ελιάς» Θέμα: ενημέρωση για τις πολιτικές στον τομέα του τουρισμού.
DIGITAL TRAINING AND DIGITAL CULTURAL CONTENT, με οργανωτή την CoopSociety (Ελλάδα) με θέμα την ψηφιοποίηση των πολιτιστικών δεδομένων και την ψηφιακή εκπαίδευση, βασικοί άξονες για τη μετάβαση σε μια ακμάζουσα κοινωνία της πληροφορίας (26/04/2021)
III OLEA INTERNATIONAL PROJECT NETWORKING EVENT, Ημερίδα ενημέρωσης με οργανωτή το Universidad de Jaen (Ισπανία) (30/4/2021)
COVID-19 AND EURO-MED CIVIL SOCIETY, Ημερίδα εργασίας με οργανωτή το Center for International and European Studies (CIES), (5/5/2021)
Η ΜΕΣΟΓΕΙΑΚΗ ΔΙΑΤΡΟΦΗ ΚΑΙ Η ΔΙΠΛΗ ΑΝΑΓΝΩΡΙΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΔΙΑΤΡΟΦΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΞΙΑΣ, Διαδικτυακό σεμινάριο, 1/6/ 2021
Οργανωτής: Μουσείο Πολιτισμών της Ευρώπης και της Μεσογείου MUCEM (Μασσαλία), Edouard de Laubrie, Πρόεδρος Οργανισμού ‘Δρόμοι της Ελιάς’.
Εισηγητές : P. Bergeret (Δ/ντής Διεθνούς Κέντρου Μεσογειακών Αγρονομικών Σπουδών – Montpellier (Γαλλία), R. Capone (Δ/ντής Μεσογειακού Ινστιτούτου Bari (Ιταλία) και 3 μέλη της Επιστημονικής Επιτροπής του Οργανισμού ‘Δρόμοι της Ελιάς’: António José Marques da Silva, Τμήμα Τουρισμού, Έρευνας, Ανάπτυξης και Καινοτομίας – Πανεπιστήμιο της Μαδέρας (Πορτογαλία), ο F. Xavier Medina, Τμήμα Επιστημών Υγείας, Διευθυντής της Έδρας UNESCO για την Διατροφή, τον Πολιτισμό και την Ανάπτυξη, Universitat de Catalunya, (Βαρκελώνη, Ισπανία) και η Sonia Mlayah Hamzaoui (Διευθύντρια του Μουσείου Medina της Τύνιδας, Ερευνήτρια στο Εθνικό Ινστιτούτο Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς, Τμήμα Μουσειογραφικής Ανάπτυξης (Τύνιδα, Τυνησία).
‘EUROPEAN SPACES OF CULTURE’, Συνέδριο με οργανωτές την EUNIC (European Union National Institues for Culture) και την DG Education, Culture & Audiovisuel της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής (1/6/ 2021)
ΈΚΘΕΣΗ ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΑΣ «Pareidolias de Tramontana» του Oscar Pipkin|Ιούνιος 2021, Selva de Mallorca (Ισπανία)
Πρόκειται για μια συλλογή 36 φωτογραφιών από υπεραιωνόβιες ελιές, που παρουσιάζει μια άλλη πτυχή αυτού του σπάνιου φυσικού πλούτου της περιοχής Tramontana: την τέχνη της φύσης.
Η ΕΘΝΟΒΟΤΑΝΙΚΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΙΑΣ, ΟΙ ΚΛΙΜΑΤΙΚΕΣ ΠΡΟΚΛΗΣΕΙΣ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΣΟΓΕΙΟ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΕΠΙΠΤΩΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΑΙΟΚΑΛΛΙΕΡΓΕΙΑ, συμμετοχικά εργαστήρια πολιτιστικής κατάρτισης για νέους με οργανωτή τον Πολιτιστικό Οργανισμό «Δρόμοι της Ελιάς»
Καλαμάτα (Ελλάδα), Ιούλιος 2021
ΕΠΙΠΤΩΣΕΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΛΙΜΑΤΙΚΗΣ ΑΛΛΑΓΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΗ ΕΛΑΙΟΛΑΔΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΝ ΑΣΦΑΛΕΙΑ ΤΡΟΦΙΜΩΝ ΣΤΗ ΔΙΑΣΥΝΟΡΙΑΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΙΤΑΛΙΑΣ-ΤΥΝΗΣΙΑΣ, διαδικτυακό σεμινάριο με οργανωτές 2 συνεργαζόμενους με τον Οργανισμό ‘Δρόμοι της Ελιάς» ιταλικούς φορείς το GAL Eloro και το Παρατηρητήριο SERVAGRI (3/9/2021)