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
- 8.00, bus transfer from Asti to Torino
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), with contributions by Matteo Rosati (UNESCO) and Carlo Salone (University of Torino-DIST)
- 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)
- Dinner in 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 addresses: 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
- 11.00 coffee break
Training Session 1: “The dimensions of sustainable development”
- 11.15, 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;
- 11.30, World Heritage and Sustainable Development, Marie Noelle Tournoux, UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- 12.00, Biosphere Reserves and Sustainable Development, Philippe Pypaert, UNESCO Venice Office
- 12.30 lunch break
- 14.00, 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
- Yunus Arbi, Cultural Landscape of Bali Province, Indonesia, 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;
- Svetlana Belova, Katon-Karagay, Kazakhstan, BR
- Massimo Grisoli, Monviso, France and Italy, BR
- Catherine Cibien, Mont Ventoux, France, 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
- 20.00, dinner at UN Campus
20 October, UN Campus, Torino
Training Session 2: “Management planning for UNESCO designated territories”
- 9.30, Management planning for UNESCO designated territories, Alessio Re, CSS-Ebla
- 10.00, Community involvement and participatory planning, Alessia Mariotti, University of Bologna, CAST
- 10.45 coffee break
- 11.00, Sustainable Tourism, Benjamin Carey, Dunira Strategy, UK
- 11.45, Environmental prevention and disaster risk management, Paolo Canuti and Nicola Casagli, University of Florence
- 12.30 lunch break
- 14.00, Lessons and questions for the world of tomorrow, presentations and debates:
- Alessandra Curotti, Giuseppe Vignali, Appennino Tosco-Emiliano, Italy, BR
- 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, Hortobagy 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
- 19.30, visit at The National Automobile Museum of Turin and session on UNESCO creative cities
- 20.15, dinner at MAUTO
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;
- Cassiano Luminati, Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina Landscapes, Switzerland/Italy, WH;
- Roberto Cerrato, The vineyards of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato, Italy, WH;
- Ricardo Bento, 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
Text of the final recommendation of the UNESCO Academy
The group picture at Palazzo Mazzetti, Asti
