A brief summary of C&T meetings 1995-2010
Meeting I held in Stavanger 10 February 1995 7 attending 3 items
- Discussion of aims, ways of working etc.
- North Sea Culture Conference
- Our Sea travelling exhibition project
Meeting II held in Viborg 9 August 1995 6 attending 3 items
- North Sea Culture Conference
- Our Sea
- Catalogue of cultural institutions and events
Meeting III held in Stavanger 5 October 1995 7 attending 6 items
- North Sea Culture Conference (reflections)
- North Sea 2000+ (Interreg North Sea)
- Catalogue of cultural institutions and events
- The Northlands Festival
- A programme for education within cultural tourism and services
- A cycling programme for the North Sea region
Meeting IV held in Edinburgh 1-2 February 1996 8 attending 4 items
- North Sea Culture Conference (evalutation)
- Catalogue of cultural institutions and events
- A programme for education within cultural tourism and services
- A cycling programme for the North Sea region
Meeting V held on Tjørn 10-11 June 1996 6 attending 2 items
- Catalogue of cultural institutions and events
- A cycling programme for the North Sea region
Meeting VI held in Stavanger 30-31 October 1996 15 attending 4 items
- A cycling programme for the North Sea region
- Interreg IIC North Sea
- (included project proposal discussions: Our Sea; Trace Your Roots; The Vikings)
- Standard Information Museums
- Catalogue of cultural institutions and events
Meeting VII held in Assen 13-14 February 1997 12 attending 6 items
- Interreg IIC North Sea
- North Sea Cycle Circuit
- Standard Information Museums
- Our Sea
- Trace Your Roots
- Network among Viking Centres
Meeting VIII held in Gothenburg 4 June 1997 10 attending 8 items
- Interreg IIC North Sea
- The future role of the Culture and Tourism Group
- Standard Information Museums
- North Sea Cycle Circuit
- North Sea Viking Legacy
- Our Sea
- Trace Your Roots
- Art project on water theme
Meeting IX held in Peterhead 19 February 1998 18 attending 3 items
- Kings of the North Sea
- North Sea Cycle Circuit
- North Sea Viking Legacy
Meeting X held in Leeuwarden 2-3 June 1998 15 attending 6 items
- Book project on the North Sea
- Standard Information Museums
- Action programme C&T group 1998-99
- CPMR Interculture group
- Culture/cultural heritage vs. tourism in group
- Project updates (Cycle Circuit, Viking Legacy, Kings of the North Sea)
Meeting XI held in Viborg 10-13 October 1998 12 attending 6 items
- CPMR Interculture group
- Project updates (Cycle Circuit, Viking Legacy, Kings of the North Sea)
- Action programme C&T group 1998-99
- Bergen - European City of Culture 2000
- Boat of Dionysos, North Sea Sculpture Park
- "Friendship Village" project
Meeting XII held in Bury St.Edmunds 24-27 April '99 15 attending 7 items
- Project updates (Cycle Circuit, Viking Legacy, Kings of the North Sea)
- and Wheatstone project
- Co-operation with other thematic groups
- Elements Create People
- NSC Vision Document
- North Sea Games
- New initiatives in the tourism sector
- Youth Festival
Meeting XIII held in Dangast 7-10 October 1999 15 attending 10 items
- Elements Create People
- Youth Festival
- North Sea Culture Conference (II/Duff House)
- Tourism in the Culture and Tourism Group
- Standard Information Museums
- Artists exchange programme
- North Sea Games
- Herring project
- Project updates (Cycle Circuit, Viking Legacy, Kings of the North Sea)
- Christmas cards for NSC
Meeting XIV held in Trondheim 21-24 September 2000 20 attending 11 items
- North Sea Culture Conference (II/Duff House)
- Culture 2000 programme
- North Sea Games
- Youth Festival
- Elements Create People/Waves of Culture
- Christmas cards
- Herring week
- Tourism and disabled people
- Better understanding of the cultural heritage
- Project updates (Cycle Circuit, Viking Legacy, Kings of the North Sea, norTrail)
- Co-operation with business development group
Meeting XV held in Norwich 23-24 February 2001 23 attending 13 items
- Interreg III programme
- Culture 2000
- Project updates (Kings of the North Sea, Waves of Culture, North Sea Cycle Route, Herring Week, Viking Legacy, Lighthouses)
- On the Edge (Duff House conference)
- Youth Festival
- North Sea Games/Challenge
- Tourism and disabled people
- Better understanding of the cultural heritage
- Nortrail/NAVE
- Action plan 2001
- North Sea Languages
- Conference: Shaping the Nations of the North
- Education and Research Group
Meeting XVI held in Banff 3 June 2001 11 attending 5 items
- On the Edge conference, evaluation
- Youth Festival
- North Sea Games/Challenge Project updates (Waves of Culture, Destination Viking, Cycle Circuit, nave nortrail, tourism and disabled people, better understanding of the cultural heritage)
- Interreg IIIB
- Culture and Proximity
Meeting XVII held in Bengtsfors 4-7 October 2001 15 attending 8 items
- On the Edge conference, final evaluation
- Conference/seminar on cultural tourism
- Youth Festival
- Interreg IIIB
- Culture 2000
- Project updates
- Project initiatives under Interreg IIIB
- NSC Strategy document
Meeting XVIII held in Ribe 14-17 March 2002 18 attending 11 items
- Youth Festival
- Waves of Culture
- Seminar on Cultural Heritage and Business Development (Norwich 18 June)
- Dark Ages/Kings' Route project
- NAVE nortrail
- Destination Viking
- On the Edge (report)
- North Sea Challenge
- Tourism for disabled
- Interreg and participation
- Evaluation of the NSC Culture and Tourism Group
Meeting XIX held in Bruges 3-6 October 2002 20 attending 7 items
- Culture and Growth
- Project updates (Waves of Culture, NAVE nortrail, Cycle Route, Vikings, KNOT, AD 400-900, Mare Frisianum, Living in the Shadow, Maritime Heritage)
- Waves of Culture
- Youth Festival
- Culture 2000
- Christmas card
- Future Interreg programme
Meeting XX held in Sogndal 8-11 May 2003 19 attending 5 items
- Culture 2000
- Project updates (Waves of Culture, NAVE nortrail, Cycle Route, Destination Viking, Roots of North Sea Identity, North Sea Heritage, North Sea Languages)
- Interreg IIIB assessment
- Co-operation with other thematic groups
- The working of the Culture and Tourism Group
Meeting XXI held in Middelburg 2-5 October 2003 18 attending 8 items
- Culinary heritage project
- Interreg paper on sustainable tourism in the North Sea region
- Role of Non-material Culture in Spatial Development
- The working of the Culture and Tourism Group
- Action plan 2004
- Working with Cultural Institutes
- Christmas card
- Project updates (North SEAscapes, cycle route, Waves of Culture, Dark Ages, KNOT, norBAR, NAVE nortrail, Distributed Museum)
Meeting XXII held in Seefeld/Wesermarsch 2-3 May 2004 12 attending 6 items
- Sustainable tourism strategy for the North Sea Region
- Tourism forum
- Project presentations/updates (E-Voice, cycle route, Waves of Culture, NAVE nortrail, Clinkerboat, NorthSEAfaring)
- Christmas card
- Interreg IV
Meeting XXIII held in Lille (Region of Nord-Pas de Calais) 27-31 October 2004, 10 attending, 3 main items
- Future of NSC, thematic groups and co-ordinators
- Cultural items on the European agenda
- Project updates (KNOT, Vikings, Cycle On, Nave nortrail, ECTN)
Meeting XXIV held in Brussels (Belgium) 23-25 February 2005, 10 attending, 2 main items
- Future role of NSC and culture and tourism group
- Action plan 2005-2006
Meeting XXV held in Ringkøbing (Ringkjøbings Amt, Denmark) 17-20 March 2005, 11 attending, 2 main items
- Future role of NSC and C&T group
- Action plan 2005-2006
Meeting XXVI held in Trollhättan (Västra Götaland Region, Sweden) 27-29 October 2005, 12 attending, 6 main items
- Future of thematic groups, political involvement
- CoR Culture and Tourism network, working relations with our group
- Monitoring EU agenda
- Sustainable tourism network project
- North Sea Food Event 2006
- Following-up of finished Interreg projects
Meeting XXVII held in Dunkeld (Perth & Kinross, Scotland) 9-10 February 2006
14 attending, 8 main items
- Action plan 2006-07
- Status Interreg IV
- Political involvement in thematic groups
- Finished Interreg projects
- Green Paper on Maritime Policy
- SusTour project
- ECTN
- NSC Food Event 2006
Meeting XXVIII held in Stavanger (Rogaland, Norway) 1-2 June 2006
9 attending, 6 main items
- Future of NSC thematic groups
- NSC Food Event 2006
- Cultural Tourism/ECTN
- Culture 2007
- EU Green Paper on Maritime Policy
- Objective 3 North Sea programme (‘Interreg IV')
Meeting XXIX held in Dundee (Scotland) 2 September 2006
7 attending, 3 main items
- Reflections on NSC Food Event
- EU Green Paper on Maritime Policy
- New Terms of Reference
Meeting XXX held at Gunnebo Castle close to Gothenburg (Västra Götaland, Sweden) 25 November 2006
11 attending, 3 main items
(In addition to the meeting itself, two seminars, on Food, Innovation and Tourism; and on Film, Innovation and Tourism, were organised 25-26 November)
- Terms of Reference of NSC Thematic Groups
- EU Green Paper on Maritime Policy
- Cultural Tourism
Meeting XXXI held at the Provinciehuis in Middelburg (Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands) 9-10 February 2007
16 attending, 7 main items
- Terms of Reference
- Relations Executive-Thematic groups
- Action Plan 2007-08
- Input to NSC response to EU Green paper on maritime policy
- ECTN
- Food project
- Film project
Meeting XXXII held in the Hotel Wassilioff, Stavern (Vestfold County, Norway) 18-19 June 2007
12 attending, 6 main items
- Cooperation with the Baltic Sea Commission
- EU Agenda on Culture
- ExCom priorities
- Revision of action plan
- Cultural tourism
- Interreg bourse
Meeting XXXIII held at the Norfolk Club in Norwich, Norfolk County, 25 October 2007
12 attending, 4 main items
- Revision of action plan
- Challenges from ExCom
- EU Agenda on Culture and Tourism
- Project bourse
Meeting XXXIV held at Kystmuseet in Øygarden, Hordaland County Council, 28 March 2008 (with project workshop the following day in Bergen), 14 attending, 4 main items
- Chair's meeting in Brussels 1 February
- Action plan 2008-09
- CPMR Intercom group on sustainable tourism
- Project workshop
Meeting XXXV held at Castle Hotel, Huntly (Aberdeenshire), 2 April 2009, 17 attending, 4 main themes
- Evaluation/follow-up of Cultural Agenda/Sustainable Tourism conference October 2008
- Work themes 2009-10 in relation to EU Agendas on culture and tourism
- Response to ExCom paper on communications strategy for the North Sea Commission
- Project workshop
Meeting XXXVI held at Hotel Zuiderduin in Egmond aan Zee, 23 June 2009. 10 attending, 1 main theme. Prior to this meeting, there was a joint meeting of all thematic groups of the North Sea Commission.
- Conference on sustainable tourism, cultural tourism and employment planned for December 2009.
Meeting XXXVII held at Color Hotel Skagen, North Jutland Region (Denmark), 17 March 2010, 8 attending, 1 main theme
- EU and the culture and tourism agenda
Informal discussion meeting held during North Sea Commission annual conference, Stavanger, 15 June 2010, 8 attending, 2 main themes
- Seminar on North Sea Tourism Stategy
- North Sea 2020 Strategy
Culture and Tourism Group conferences and events:
- 1st North Sea Culture Conference, Stavanger (Rogaland County) 4-5 October 1995 44 delegates
- 2nd North Sea Culture Conference/On The Edge, Duff House (Banff, Aberdeenshire), 31 May-2 June 2001
- North Sea Festival of Youth, Kristiansand (Vest-Agder County), 4-8 September 2002
- Thematic conference on culinary heritage, Seefeld in Wesermarsch (Lower Saxony), 2-3 May 2004
(co-organised with the Education & Research and Economic Development thematic groups) - NSC Food Event 2006, Dundee 31 August - 1 September 2006
(co-organised with the Education & Research and Economic Development thematic groups) - Thematic conference on the EU Cultural Agenda and the EU Sustainable Tourism Agency, Vlissingen and Middelburgh, 22-23 October 2008
- Thematic workshop on North Sea Tourism Strategy, Brussels, 28 September 2010
Co-ordinators/ Advisers
(All co-ordinators come from Rogaland County Council, but until meeting IX were employed by a separate organisation called The North Sea Secretariat)
- Meetings I-III Ms Anne-Kristine Øen
- Meetings IV-V Ms Bjørg Ager-Hansen
- Meetings VI-VIII Mr Sverre Mauritzen
- Meetings IX-XXXVII Mr Geir Sør-Reime
Chairs
(No chairs were appointed by NSC until meeting V)
- Meetings V-VIII Ms Grethe Bjørlo with Ms Evalisa Birath Lindwall as vice-chair
- Meetings IX-XIII Ms Evalisa Birath Lindwall
- Meeting XIV Mr Jan Hallberg, with Baroness Ros Scott as vice-chair
- Meetings XV-XIX Mr Laus Coppoolse, with Baroness Ros Scott as vice-chair
- Meeting XX Baroness Ros Scott (acting chair)
- Meetings XXI-XXII Baroness Ros Scott with Ms Annelie Stark and Mr Jacques Suurmond as Vice-chairs
- Meetings XXIII-XXIV Ms Annelie Stark with Mr Jacques Suurmond as Vice-Chair
- Meetings XXV-XXIX Ms Annelie Stark, with Mr Jacques Suurmond and Mr Alan Livingstone as Vice-Chairs
- Meetings XXX-XXXI Ms Annelie Stark, with Mr Jacques Suurmond as Vice-Chair, the other Vice-Chair post being vacant
- Meeting XXXII Ms Annelie Stark, with Ms Wendy Mawer as Vice-Chair, the other Vice-Chair post being vacant (was filled three days later)
- Meeting XXXIII Ms Annelie Stark, with Ms Wendy Mawer and Mr Harry van Waveren as Vice-Chairs
- Meetings XXXIV-XXXV Mr Harry van Waveren, with Ms Wendy Mawer and Mr Lars Nordström as Vice-Chairs
- Meeting XXXVI Mr Harry van Waveren with Mr Lars Nordström as Vice-Chair.
- Meeting XXXVII Mr Harry van Waveren with Mr Lars Nordström and Mr Peter Robinson as Vice-Chairs
Acting chairs:
- I-V Chaired by co-ordinator
- VI-VIII Ms Grethe Bjørlo
- IX-X Mr Keith Newton
- XI Mr Erik Bach-Andersen
- XII Mr Giles Goyder
- XIII Baroness Ros Scott
- XIV Mr Jan Hallberg/Baroness Ros Scott
- XV-XVI Baroness Ros Scott
- XVII-XIX Mr Laus Coppoolse
- XX-XXII Baroness Ros Scott
- XXIII Mr Michael Knights
- XXIV-XXVIII Ms Annelie Stark
- XXIX Mr Alan D Livingstone
- XXX Ms Annelie Stark
- XXXI Mr Jacques Suurmond
- XXXII-XXXIII Ms Annelie Stark
- XXXIV-XXXVI Mr Harry van Waveren
- XXVII Mr Lars Nordström
