Canterbury conference presentations

You can download the presentations and film from the launch of the Green Pilgrimage Interreg Europe Project in Canterbury in May 2017 by clicking on the links below. Delegates also received copies of the Green Pilgrimage Handbook.

1. Welcome and introduction
   – Alison Hilliard, European Green Pilgrimage Network
2. Introduction to the Interreg Europe Green Pilgrimage project
   – Catherine Brady, Kent County Council
3. ​The Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe:
   A model for sustainable tourism. Lessons to learn for green pilgrimage
   –  Dr Stefano Dominioni, Director, European Institute of Cultural Routes
4. Growth, sustainability and social responsibility:
   Key lessons from managing St James’s Way in the last 25 years
   – Jose Luis Maestro Castineiras, Xunta de Galicia
5. Reviving pilgrimage, route creation and catering for the pilgrim: 
   Key lessons from St Olav’s Way, Norway
   – Hans Morten Lovrod, Director, National Pilgrimage Centre, Trondheim
6. CERTESS Project: Lessons in the Good Practice Database and from other projects
   – Dr Eleonora Berti, Project Co-ordinator
7. Lessons in the 12 Good Practices, Charter for Sustainable Cultural Tourism and new Interreg Projects CHRISTA & Cult-RInG
   – Manos Vougioukas, CHARTS Project co-ordinator, Secretary General of the European Cultural Tourism Network,
   – Ieva Treija, CHRISTA and Cult-Ring Communications Manager, Co-ordinator of the European Cultural Tourism Network
8. Green pilgrimage worldwide: Leaving a positive footprint
   – Alison Hilliard, The European Green Pilgrimage Network
9. Going Green in Armenia: 
   The Armenia Orthodox Church’s support for green hospitality and local traditions
   – Green hospitality film
10. Going Green in Vadstena: 
    Supporting green initiatives, extending and re-popularising pilgrimage routes
    – Per Rosenberg, Diocese of Linkoping, Sweden
11. Going Green in Canterbury: 
    The Canterbury Green Pilgrimage Network Partnership: Involving stakeholders in a common vision
    – Canon Caroline Pinchbeck, Diocese of Canterbury
12. Key lessons from The Via Francigena:
    Promoting environmental care and responsibility
    ​– Silvia Lecci, Project manager, European Association Via Francigena

Pilgrimage is very big business today and the numbers of people going on pilgrimage every year 
​are ​growing.

– Alison Hilliard, European Green
​Pilgrimage Network​

The Council of Europe's Cultural Routes programme are an invitation to travel and discover
the rich history of Europe by bringing people together to
​share that history.
– Dr Stefano Dominioni, European
Institute of Cultural Routes​

The number of people receiving the 'Compostela' or pilgrim certificate from the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela has risen from 5,000 in 1990 to nearly 280,000 in 2016.

– Jose Luis Maestro Castineiras,
Xunta de Galicia​​

Pilgrim numbers on Norway's St Olav's Ways have grown by 30% a year. If this trend continues, the numbers will rise to more than 10,000 by 2025.

– Hans Morten Lovrod, National
​Pilgrimage Centre, Trondheim
​