Programma - Fondazione Santagata

15 October

From 14.00, Meeting point at Palazzo Cisterna, Torino, and free visit of the exhibition “Behind Food Sustainability”
17.00, bus transfer to Asti
19.00, Welcome and visit at Palazzo Mazzetti, Asti

16 October, Torino, III World FORUM on Local Economic Development

Workshop 1. “Sustainability, Culture and Local Economic Development”

8.45-10.00, Cooperating to advance the new post 2015 development agenda, plenary session at III Forum on Local Economic Development (Piazzetta Reale, Torino)
10.30-12.00, UNESCO designations and local development: World Heritage Sites and Biosphere Reserves (Palazzo Cisterna, Torino)
12.30-13.30, Closing Ceremony of the III Forum on Local Economic Development (Piazzetta Reale, Torino)
15.00-17.00, Connecting culture, agriculture and the urban environment (Stupinigi Royal Palace and rural compounds, Torino)
20.00, meetings with local producers and dinner at Nizza Monferrato, Palazzo Crova, in collaboration with Consorzio Barbera d’Asti e vini del Monferrato (Nizza Monferrato)

17 October, Langhe-Roero and Monferrato World Heritage Site

Workshop 2. “World Heritage sustainable practices”

9.30, Agricultural and Cultural production (Parco culturale Orme su La Court, Castelnuovo Calcea)
11.00, Appreciating and understanding the cultural landscape: visit to the Barbaresco village and tower (Barbaresco)
15.00, Landscape, museums and creativity: visit at Wine Museum (Barolo)
17.30, Communities and local traditions: the international truffle fair (Alba)

18 October, Monviso Transboundary Biosphere Reserve

Workshop 3. “Sustainable practices in Biosphere Reserves”

10.15, Territorial marketing and promotion (Saluzzo, San Giovanni)
10.45, The management plan of the Monviso Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Saluzzo, San Giovanni)
11.15, Mapping the cultural industries in the Monviso area (Saluzzo, San Giovanni)
12.30, Rehabilitating heritage, landscape and community values (Ostana)
16.30, Food and new paths for local development (Pollenzo, University of Gastronomic Sciences, and Bra)

19 October, UN Campus, Torino

9.30, Institutional adresses: Municipality of Torino, Piedmont Region, UNSSC, ITC-ILO, UNESCO
10.00, The role of the Academy for the future management of UNESCO territories, Giovanna Segre, IUAV University of Venice and CSS-Ebla
10.30, The dimensions of Sustainable Development, Sergio Scamuzzi, University of Torino and UNESCO chair on Sustainable Development and Territory Management

Training Session 1: “The dimensions of sustainable development”

11.00, Opening: the work of the City of Torino to sustain the role of Culture in local development, Piero Fassino, mayor of the City of Torino;
11.15, World Heritage and Sustainable Development, Marie Noelle Tornoux, UNESCO World Heritage Centre
11.45, Biosphere Reserves and Sustainable Development, Philippe Pypaert, UNESCO Venice Office
14.15, Lessons and questions for the world of tomorrow, presentations and debates:
Dawood Al-Wahaibi, Aflaj Irrigation Systems, Oman, WH;
Ignacio Gomez Arriola, Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial facilities, Mexico, WH;
Juliana Forero, Classical gardens of Suzhou, Tongli, China, WH;
Maria Teresa Pinna, Ferrara and its Po Delta, Italy, WH;
Mbarak Abdulahir Abdallah, Fort Jesus, Mombasa and Lamu Old Town, Kenya, WH;
Jozeph Bednar, Katon-Karagay, Kazakhstan, BR;
Massimo Grisoli, Monviso, France and Italy, BR;
Aurelio Angelini, Arab-Norman Palermo and the cathedral churches of Cefalù and Monreale, WH;
Carlos Enrique Maradiaga Melara, Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras, BR;
Stephane Ritzenthaler, The Causses and the Cévennes, France, WH;
Marco Mario Avanza, Monica Perroni, Benedetto Franchina, Ticino Valley, Italy, BR;
Paola Falini, Val d’Orcia, Italy, WH;
Katia Basili, Venice and its Lagoon, Italy, WH;

20 October, UN Campus, Torino

Training Session 2: “Management planning for UNESCO designated territories”

9.30, Introductory speech on the management planning for UNESCO designated territories, Alessio Re, CSS-Ebla
10.00, Community involvement and participatory planning, Jane Thompson
10.45, Sustainable Tourism, Benjamin Carey, Dunira Strategy, UK
11.30, Environmental prevention and disaster risk management, Paolo Canuti and Nicola Casagli, University of Florence
14.15, Lessons and questions for the world of tomorrow, presentations and debates:
Luisa De Marco, Portovenere, Cinque Terre and the islands, Italy, WH;
Maria del Pilar Gilardo Rendon, Coffee Cultural Landscape, Colombia, WH;
Giovanni Villani, Costiera Amalfitana, Italy, WH,
Dimitris Michelogioannis, Gorge of Samaria National Park, Greece, BR;
Zsuzsa Tolnay, Hortobágy National Park, Hungary, WH
Roberto Bombarda, Ledro Alps and Judicarie, Italy, BR
Sebinane Lekoekoe, Maloti Drakensberg, Lesotho and South Africa, WH;
Vlatko Rozac, Mura-Drava-Danube, Croatia and Hungary, BR;
Duska Dimovic, Mura-Drava-Danube, WWF Office, Serbia, WH;
Zoran Pavlov, Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, WH;
Dejan Panovsky, Ohrid-Prespa, the Former Yougoslav Republic of Macedonia, BR;
Claudia Munera, Rio San Juan Biosphere Reserve, Nicaragua, BR;

21 October, EXPO Milan

Training Session 3: “Productive territories and sustainability”

10.30, Addresses by the City of Geneva and City of Lausanne;
10.40, The UNESCO debate on Intangible Cultural Heritage, foodways and sustainable development, Chiara Bortolotto, Laboratories d’anthropologic et d’histoire de l’institution de la culture, Paris;
11.00, Cross-border Enforcement of Intangible Cultural Heritage through Geographical Indications, Benedetta Ubertazzi, University of Milan-Bicocca;
11.30, Lessons and questions for the world of tomorrow: experiences and testimonies from the wine cultural landscapes:
Emmanuel Estoppey, Lavaux Vineyard Terraces, Switzerland, WH;
Roberto Cerrato, The vineyards of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato, Italy, WH;
Ricardo Bento, Luis Ramos, Alto Douro Wine Region, Portugal, WH;
Francesko Dubokovic, Stari Grad Plain, Croatia, WH;
12.45, An agenda for the future management goals of UNESCO designations

22 October

Departure

Programme may be subject to changes.