Designed to develop and enhance cultural tourism in Kars through pro-poor tourism development policies, safeguarding of tangible and intangibleculturalheritage and development of capacities of communities and enterprises for income generation and job creation in the province of Kars.
The role of communities in identifying and transmitting intangibleculturalheritage is also highlighted, as the importance of safeguarding intangibleculturalheritage for sustainable development and social cohesion.
The exchanges covered issues from World Heritage Sites and intangibleculturalheritage to education for sustainable development, including the role of Scotland's Creative Cities, Edinburgh and Glasgow.