Meeting for the launch of the project, leaded by CREA and granted by the programme Horizon Europe. The project involves institutional and private partners from all Europe, to recreate a touristic-cultural itinerary along the European Silk Road.
OPENING TO PUBLIC, with presentation in Italian language:
Monday 6th March 2023 – 11.30 a.m.
At the Sericulture Laboratory of CREA – Centre of Research for Agriculture and Environment and Museum Esapolis – Padova
It is possible to participate to the event both in person and online at the following link: pagina youtube CREAtube.
Who would like to be present in person must reserve a seat by writing an e-mail to silvia.cappellozza@crea.gov.it
The project ARACNE (acronym of Advocating the Role of Silk Art and Cultural Heritage at National and European Scale), is among the very few projects, with Italian lead partners/coordinators, which were selected to receive a grant in the framework of Horizon Europe, “Culture, creativity and inclusive society” Work Programme, “Research and innovation on cultural heritage and Cultural and Creative Industries” call, devoted to research and development for the cultural and creative sector.
The activities foreseen in the project will start with the kick-off meeting of all the project partners on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th March in Padova (Italy). Among the other scheduled appointments there is also the introductory event of 6th March, at 11.30 a.m., which is in Italian language and open to the public by prior reservation.
> PROGRAM Public presentation (March 6 at 11.30)
> AGENDA Working sessions for partners (March 6 and 7)
Live streaming (from minute 10:04):
Goals to achieve in this three-year project are ambitious and tangible:
- to obtain an inventory of the sericulture heritage, a cultural legacy for all the Italian and European involved communities, aim that will be achieved through the involvement of historians, researchers, and schools too;
- to build a virtual map of the collected contents, reachable through a website or an interactive App, and apt to implement touristic, scientific, and technological uses;
- to study the new utilizations of products and by-products of the sericultural chain and of the mulberry, to be used as a multipurpose bioresource;
- to conduct a survey about the different mulberry cultivars and silkworm strains findable in the involved territories to make them available for the European farmers;
- to boost the development and positioning of creative and artisanal productions on the market by enhancing their strong attractiveness, sustainability, and high added value;
- to contribute to the establishment of the future “European Silk Road”, cultural itinerary crisscrossing Europe and certified under the Council of Europe’s umbrella.
Coordinator and lead partner of the project
- COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND ECONOMICS/Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment/Laboratory of Sericulture of Padova
Other project partners
- INIZIATIVA CUBE SRL, consulting company in corporate finance, aided finance, business advisory and public sector – Naples, Italy
- D’ORICA SRL SOCIETA’ BENEFIT – Vicenza, Italy
- STATE SILK MUSEUM – Tbilisi, Georgia
- SILK SERICULTURAL STATION – Vratsa, Bulgaria
- PIRAEUS BANK GROUP CULTURAL FOUNDATION – Athens, Greece
- NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS – Athens, Greece
- UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR – Maribor, Slovenia
- MURCIA INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT (IMIDA) – Murcia, Spain
- ASSOCIATION OF SILK ITINERARIES OF CEVENNES AND ALPUJARRAS – Florac Trois Rivieres, France
- SERYCINE, start up – Paris, France
Associated partners
- UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA (UNIPD) – Padova, Italy
- COUNCIL OF EUROPE (COE) – Strasbourg, France
- ART OF SILK MUSEUM – Soufli, Greece
For further information: Tel. 049 620205
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics/Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment/Laboratory of Sericulture of Padova – St. L. Eulero, 6