This conference paper deals with various organizations and pilot initiatives regarding the theme of sustainability.
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Culture and tourism have a symbiotic relationship that has the potential to make places more attractive and competitive. This review of the OECD report on The Impact of Culture on Tourism analyzes the ways in which culture and tourism can act as drivers of attractiveness, paying particular attention to the role of potential policy interventions to strengthen this process, including the development of partnerships, funding issues, product development, and marketing. A number of key future issues are identified, and evolving debates in the relationship between culture and tourism are outlined.
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Helping business networks and clusters to collaborate in international value chains and interregional collaborations as part of regional growth strategies.[project in progress]To improve regional/national policy instruments seeking to intensify clusterization processes (especially in KETs related sectors), fostering clusters’ and business networks interregional cooperation, integration into innovative value chains and better employment for the implementation of smart specialization strategies.