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Lighting candles, by Lucas Klamert

The 2017-2022 Interreg Project

The European Green Pilgrimage Network (EGPN) is an advisory partner in the 2017-2022 Interreg Europe project aimed at promoting green pilgrimage in Europe.

Funded by the European Union, other partners are: 
  • Kent County Council (England)
  • Ostergotland County Council (Sweden)
  • Norfolk County Council (England
  • Puglia Region (Italy)
  • South-Trondelag County Authority (Norway)
  • National Institute for Research and Development in Tourism (Romania)
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The Green Pilgrimage Interreg Europe project was launched in Canterbury in May 2017 at a meeting hosted by the EGPN. This included a site visit to learn about the Green Pilgrimage Canterbury Partnership model of engaging the local community by drawing in more than 40 partners to green the pilgrimage city of Canterbury.

The project will also involve visits to major pilgrimage destinations in Europe. For example, this will include visiting Trondheim, Norway, to learn about best practice on creating routes, route maintenance, 
Photograph: Assisi water fountain, by Susie Weldon
signposting and low carbon transport. ​​Other visits will include Santiago de Compostela, Spain, to learn about how pilgrimage can generate jobs and income, and Vadstena, Sweden, to explore modernising pilgrimage through digital innovation. A series of action plans will also be developed over the next three years to increase green pilgrimage and its practice.

Interreg best practice

A variety of best practice has come from previous Interreg projects. For example, the 2012-2014 CERTESS project (Cultural European Routes Transferring Experience, Sharing Solutions) was an interregional project implemented by 12 regional partners of 10 European member countries. 

It aimed to build a framework of how to develop and manage Cultural Routes through the adoption of route development best practices. These best practices were designed to add value to local cultural and natural heritage and promote local enterprises and products along the routes. 
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With thanks to Creative Commons photographers. Picture credits, from top: Lighting candles, by Lucas Klamert; water fountain in Assisi by Susie Weldon

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European Green Pilgrimage Network

The European Green Pilgrimage Network
Diocese of Canterbury 
​Communities & Partnerships Office
Second Floor
The Old Palace
The Precincts
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 2EE

Email: EGPN @ diocant.org
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  • Home
  • About EGPN
    • EGPN HISTORY
    • EGPN NEWSLETTERS >
      • EGPN SPRING 2019
      • EGPN WINTER 2017
    • INTERREG PROJECT LAUNCH >
      • PRESENTATIONS
      • INTERREG PROJECT
      • INTERREG BEST PRACTICE
      • STUDY VISITS
    • EGPN SUPPORTERS
  • MEMBERS
    • CANTERBURY
    • ETCHMIADZIN
    • LUSS
    • NORWICH
    • ST ALBANS
    • SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
    • TRONDHEIM
    • VADSTENA
  • GREEN PILGRIMAGE
    • KEY AREAS TO CONSIDER
    • INSPIRING STORIES
    • SEVEN STAGES OF PILGRIMAGE
  • RESOURCES
    • THEOLOGIES
    • TOOLKITS & DOWNLOADS
    • USEFUL LINKS
  • Contact