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A group of Swedish researchers will travel to Dénia to know the projects of the Creative City of Gastronomy

19 October 2018 - 07: 59

Next November, between the days 7 and 10, a group of researchers assigned to the Mid Sweden University of Sweden will visit Dénia to know the projects of the Creative City of Gastronomy.

They are interested in learning about the training resources and experiences in the field of food and gastronomy that are being developed in the region of the Marina Alta, as well as assessing the influence that the UNESCO declaration has been able to exert when promoting actions and promoting sustainable practices in the environment of cities.

Meetings have been scheduled for the visit with the different agents of the local agri-food system. In this sense, María Ibars and the CdT of Dénia will be received at the IES, as reference points for training in the gastronomic area, they will hold interviews with representatives of the University of Alicante and Gasterra, and will receive information about the courses developed during these years. the recovery of local agriculture. Likewise, meetings have been scheduled with local producers, who will explain their experiences, and visits to natural spaces integrated in the local agri-food activity, such as Marjal de Pego.

Youth in Action project meeting

The five creative cities of Gastronomy involved in the Erasmus + Youth4Food: Youth in Action program, have held a working meeting and evaluation of the activities carried out to date in Östersund (Sweden). Dénia participates in this training exchange program with the cities of Parma (Italy), Gaziantep (Turkey), Bergen (Norway), and Östersund (Sweden).

In addition to the coordination and monitoring of the program, the cities took advantage of the Östersund meeting to analyze in a workshop sharing the opportunities offered to the food and gastronomy sector by young entrepreneurs in their respective territories. The case of the Marina Alta was presented by Professor Marisa Ballester.

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