Presentation of the Cultural Routes Program

In Strasbourg, at the 37th Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe entitled "Culture Without Borders", Levan Kharatishvili, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, delivered a speech. In April 2019, he was elected as the Vice-Chair of the Governing Board of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe.

Levan Kharatishvili spoke in detail about the Council of Europe programme, specifically regarding the activities of the countries participating in the Enlarged Partial Agreement, certification criteria, routes certified in 2019, the sustainable development of cultural routes and their impact on the economic growth of individual countries, the involvement of local authorities, and other important aspects.

Levan Kharatishvili specifically highlighted the steps taken, innovative projects, and events implemented in Georgia to promote cultural routes. During his speech, the Deputy Minister focused on cultural routes as an important instrument for storytelling.